evidence: Later, in a statement, Weeratunga said that "pressure" had been brought about and the interview had been pulled out from the You Tube. He published a post of the interview in his Facebook account. Whoever did that, he charged, would be held responsible if any harm was to come his way. When Mahinda Rajapaksa was President, he appointed Udayanga Weeratunga as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Russia. Earlier, he owned and operated Club Sri Lanka, a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine. [...] Another area of serious concern has been the Ministry of Defence which is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring national security. Defence Secretary retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne told a news conference last week that he received no intelligence reports of attacks on protestors outside Temple Trees and Galle Face Green. Other highly placed sources are disputing this. "He was not only warned of what was ahead. He was also asked to initiate certain measures. However, they were not executed," said one of them. Added another "The MoD had a bigger role to co-ordinate the activities of the troops and Police to prevent any mayhem. The question is whether this happened or did anyone fail."