Media Center for National Security abolished

The Media Center for National Security (MCNS) has been abolished with affect from the 1st of November, the Presidential Spokesperson Mohan Samaranayake said.

The Media Center for National Security (MCNS) was established for the specific purpose of disseminating all national security and defence-related information and data to the Media and the public from one co-coordinated Center.

MCNS, the brainchild of President Mahinda Rajapaksa comes within the purview of Defence Spokesman for the Government and Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, was administered by the Director General of the MCNS, Lakshman Hulugalle . 

Media coordinators of all three Armed Forces, Police & Special Task Force, attached to the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH), liaise with field formations and worked to ensure speedy collection and dissemination of information.

The MCNS, as the sole state authority to distribute national security and defence-related Media releases, data, statistics, visuals and other information to the public, produced special dossiers, audio-video clips and various documentaries.