Sri Lanka arrests lot of tamil civilians all over the country

by Tranroy | March 20, 2009 at 10:00 pm
65 views | 2 Recommendations | 2 comments

23 Tamils arrested in Wellawatte, Sri Lanka
The Bambalapitya Police in cordon and search operations conducted in Wellawatte in Colombo on Sunday night arrested 23 Tamil civilians, majority of them are residents of North, East and Central provinces. They had been staying in lodges and with their relatives at that time of arrest, police said.
 

Police said the suspects had failed to prove their identity by producing their national identity cards issued by the government and justify their presence in the location. 

They are detained in police stations of the division and being interrogated, police said.

5 Tamil youths arrested in Colombo
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28732

Police, SLA harass Aalangku’lam Tamil residents
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28708

5 Tamil civilians arrested in Trincomalee
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28703

18 Tamil youths arrested in outskirts of Colombo
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28674

SLA arrests 12 youths in Vavuniyaa
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28653

Police arrest 3 Tamils in Colombo
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28625

recommend This comment thread is now closed
0
Amy Judd

Is this from an outside source? I wasn't sure.

0
senthil5000

Yes this news is true. I have read this in many regional news sites also.

This story was created over 3 months ago, the comment thread is now closed.

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from