HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 to which these inmates were transferred to and obtained statements from them. At the same time, the Commission directed several inmates to be produced before the JMO and Medico-legal Reports be obtained. The Commission also obtained a list of Prison Officers who were on duty at the Welikada Female Ward on the day of the incident. As a result, 53 Prison Officers who were on duty on the day of the incident were summoned to appear before the Commission for individual inquiries, out of which 52 inquiries have been conducted and concluded at the end of 2018. ▪ Search of the TNL transmission station at Polgahawela by the authorities (HRC/SUO/MOTU/18/18): On 06 June 2018, the Commission intervened to investigate the case of TRCSL officials and CID detectives raiding the TNL transmission station at Polgahawela based on the news articles published in the press. The news item carried a statement from the TNL Chairman that even though the TRCSL justifies it actions on the basis that the raid was carried out due to the channel’s failure to obtain the annual transmission license, TNL had made all necessary payments to operate a transmission station. The Commission called for reports from the TRCSL, observing closely whether any other media institution was operating without extending the annual transmission license. According to the evidence provided by the TRCSL, it had raided the transmission subsequent to the silence of TNL to the request of TRCSL to renew its license. The search of the premises had been conducted after obtaining a search warrant from the Magistrate. However, it was found that the TRCSL had withheld issuing transmission licenses to several other media corporations due to the differences of the standards of the antenna systems. Therefore, the Commission came to the conclusion that even though TNL had not renewed its transmission license, thereby violating the TRCSL Act, it had been disproportionately disadvantaged by the TRCSL in light of the fact that the TRCSL had permitted other channels to operate without renewing licenses. The Commission, through a written communication, informed the TRCSL that its failure to implement licensing powers conferred on it by the TRCSL Act in a strict yet fair manner rendered 59