Sri Lanka’s Free Media Movement (FMM) has condemned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over its reported request to X regarding a journalist’s post on the country’s energy crisis.
In a statement issued today, the FMM said journalist Sulochana Ramiah Mohan had received an email from X informing her that the platform had received a legal request from the CID concerning content shared from her account.
According to the notice, the CID claimed that a post linking to one of her articles violated Sri Lankan law. The post reportedly shared an article titled “Govt seeks time to address power ministry issue,” which highlighted concerns surrounding the ongoing energy crisis.
X stated that no action had been taken on the content at this stage.
The FMM said it had reviewed both the article and the related post and found no illegal content. It added that the basis for the CID’s request to remove the post or block the account remains unclear.
Condemning the move, the FMM described it as a serious interference with freedom of expression and said it would raise the matter with both local and international stakeholders.
