The Sri Lankan government announced it will be launching a fraud investigation into the media rights groups, Free Media Movement (FMM), reports Colombo Page.
Citing an apparent police complaint from a foreign country accusing the organisation of 'massive fraud', the government has alleged misappropriation of millions of rupees by the leaders of the organisation.
The FFM have been critical of the Sri Lankan government over recent months, particularly over the government's censorship of news websites.
In January, the Department of Government Information accused the FFM of running a campaign against the country by writing to the European Union attempting to terminate the GSP + concessions to Sri Lanka.
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