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Army tell Tamils in Jaffna - 'beware the Tamil diaspora'

The Sri Lankan military's army commander in Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe warned Tamils in the North-East to be wary of the Tamil diaspora.

Hathurusinghe said,

"Various groups in Tamil Diaspora are now in the process of undermining the hard-earned peace in the country. Instead of disturbing peace now being enjoyed by people of Sri Lanka, those groups must come forward to help destitute people to make their life better using money being wasted on creating dissension among communities in Sri Lanka"

The Sri Lankan government has previously dismissed human rights concerns as "propaganda" by the Eelam Tamil diapora, which it refers to as the "LTTE rump".

The Sri Lankan president's spokesperson, Bandula Jayasekera, told ABC news channel last year,

"This is hearsay. These are mere allegations... we have ended 30 years of terror."

"This is the well-oiled propaganda machinery of the LTTE rump"

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