The Sinhale National Front lodged a complaint with Sri Lankan police against the Chief Minister of the Northern Province C V Wigneswaran, accusing him of inciting racial hatred.
The organisation, accused of being behind a recent spate of racist attacks across the island, said the chief minister’s call for the removal of Sri Lankan military camps in the North-East would give rise to “terrorism”.
Sinhale President Agulugalle SiriJinananda Thero said, “Wigneswaran has demanded that army camps in Northern Province should be removed and that temples should not be built in the North”.
“He has spoken against settling ‘outsiders’ in the North. Already different politicians and religious leaders have spoken against the Chief Ministers comments. However we think just speaking up against such statements is not sufficient.”
“We need to take action against him, which is why we lodged the complaint against the Chief Minister,” he concluded.
The call for “action” against Justice Wigneswaran comes after Sinhala protestors issued death threats against him.
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