Police have arrested two French journalists for filming a military checkpoint in southern Sri Lanka, and anti-terrorism investigators are questioning the pair, a local media rights group said Tuesday, according to AP. The military stopped journalist Capucine Henri and cameraman C. Siomon of France 24 news channel after they filmed the checkpoint as they drove to the district of Galle, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the capital Colombo, on Monday, the independent Free Media Movement said in a statement. The statement did not explain how the group heard of the arrests. A police officer in Galle confirmed the arrests, and said the checkpoint was near an army camp in Boossa in Galle. The French Foreign Ministry said it heard about the reports but was unable to immediately confirm the arrests. Calls to the French Embassy in Colombo were not answered Tuesday.
