In an interview to Sudar Oli, the Sri Lankan military’s army commander in Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe admitted that land in Jaffna was being taken by the military to build army camps, but dismissed the allegations of land invasion.
According to the Jaffna newspaper, Uthayan, under the name of “Government Land,” divisional office land and other key facilities continue to be seized by the army. Jaffna district Tamil National Alliance MP, Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy told Sudar Oli that total of 61 acres of land in Nallur, Kopai and Thelipillai are expected to be occupied by the army.
According to the Jaffna MP, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is expected to bring this concern to UNHRC. He further told Sudar Oli that the Sri Lankan government has no intention of resolving the ethnic conflict through political means which is why it’s instigating military growth.
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