An Indian journalist, Tamil Prabhakaran, was arrested by the Sri Lankan police in Kilinochchi on Wednesday.
The BBC's Sinhala Service reported that the journalist, who had arrived on a tourist visa, had been arrested for taking photographs of military installations. He had also reportedly met with members of the Tamil National Alliance.
The Indian High Commission in Colombo is aware of the arrest.
The journalist was inside St Anthony's Chuch, in Ponnaaveli, in the Vanni region, when 50 Sri Lankan army soldiers surrounded the church and detained the journalist, confiscating his camera.
The TNA parliamentarian, S. Sreetharan, was also detained, but released after questioning.
See here (includes photographs), here and here.
The BBC's Sinhala Service reported that the journalist, who had arrived on a tourist visa, had been arrested for taking photographs of military installations. He had also reportedly met with members of the Tamil National Alliance.
The Indian High Commission in Colombo is aware of the arrest.
The journalist was inside St Anthony's Chuch, in Ponnaaveli, in the Vanni region, when 50 Sri Lankan army soldiers surrounded the church and detained the journalist, confiscating his camera.
The TNA parliamentarian, S. Sreetharan, was also detained, but released after questioning.
See here (includes photographs), here and here.