However, Mr. Vithyatharan pointed out that there is no competent authority in Jaffna to censor the Uthayan now. The SLA had charged that the Uthayan is creating apprehensions in the minds of the Jaffna people by putting out such stories. Mr. Vithyatharan said that he is concerned about the SLA's attitude towards him and the Uthayan paper at this juncture. Under the draconian regulations, the censor, or the competent authority, has been granted full powers to bring within his purview all news papers in the island. All editorial material in the media has to be approved by the competent authority before publication.
All copies relating to the war are unrecognizably 'chopped' journalists say.
12 May. The Uthayan paper, however, said in its columns today that the SLAF had bombed Pallikudah, a coastal hamlet in the Pooneryn sector, and published the list of civilians who were killed in the Kfir bombing on Friday. The printing presses of news papers which violate the regulations can be seized by the comptetent authority. The Uthayan is edited and published from its offices in Jaffna town.