Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga threatened media outside the Colombo High Court when his brother Nishantha Ranatunga's bail application was to be heard.

He threatened a photojournalist who was taking video footage outside the court as to how he could record videos.

Ranatunga then captured a photograph of the journalist and threatened him saying, "we'll take care of this later"

The photojournalist later said that he will be lodging a complaint over the matter.

Meanwhile, Nishantha Ranatunga's lawyers told the journalists that his side is ready to make a public apology over the incident.

Dhammika Ranatunga is a brother of Ports and Shipping Minister Arjuna Ranatunga, a key campaigner for good governance.