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Sri Lankan police today disrupted a signature campaign in Trincomalee, calling for an international accountability mechanism to deal with mass atrocities committed during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s armed ethnic conflict.
The organisers of the campaign were asked by police to meet the chief inspector over a complaint that they were forcibly recruiting signatures in Trincomalee.
President of the Tamil National People’s Front Gajen Ponnambalam, who went to the police station, tweeted that the campaign was filmed by the police media unit, pointing out that the police could confirm that the allegations were untrue by checking their footage.
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Mr Ponnambalam further said that he was told the campaign was illegal as it was "against the government".
The campaign, which was launched on Friday in Jaffna, entered its 4th day today. Sri Lankan police officials in Jaffna also attempted to stop the campaign on Saturday.
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