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Sri Lankan police investigate 'Free Tamil Eelam' T-shirt found in Kandy

The Sri Lankan police this week launched an investigation over a T-shirt found in a textile shop in Kandy, depicting a Tamil Eelam map, Tamil Eelam flag symbol and photograph of the leader of the Liberation Times of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Prabhakaran, and with the words 'L'aspiration des Tamouls est un Tamil Eelam libre' and 'Free Tamil Eelam' printed over it. 

The owner of the textile shop informed police on Saturday night after finding the T-shirt within clothing donated to his shop, the Daily Mirror reported. 

The police is reported to be trying to find out if the T-shirt, with French and English text and seen during the 2009 Tamil diaspora protests in France, belonged to the LTTE. 
 

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