evidence: Intimidation, surveillance and other threats: In mid-August, two men claiming to be officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had attempted to enter the house of the Editor of a Tamil newspaper, R. Sivarajah and visited his apartment at around 2.30 am demanding to search the premises. However, the security guards at the gate had refused to allow the ‘CID officers’ inside. The editor has made a Police complaint regarding the incident while Police were unaware of such a search. Later in August, Journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara also made a complaint to the Inspector General of Police regarding an attempt to obtain his personal information by a person who claimed to be a Police officer. He said that a female who introduced herself as a police officer attached to the Medical Officer of Health office of Kolonnawa called him and asked for personal information. When he inquired from the office, he was informed that no such information gathering was conducted.