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Pictures: @uthayarasashali |
A remembrance event was held in the University of Jaffna the day it was reopened, after it was closed in the run up to the 5th anniversary of Mullivaikal.
Hundreds of students and faculty members packed the auditorium at the university on Wednesday morning, lighting candles in memory of those that died in the ethnic conflict.
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The president of the Jaffna University Teachers Association Mr Rasakumaran was summoned by Jaffna’s army commander Udaya Perera to the army camp in Palaly for an inquiry earlier this morning, according to Kumaravadivel Guruparan, a lecturer at the university.
Mr Rasakumaran was then asked to go to the office of the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) in olombo, for further questioning, Mr Guruparan tweeted.
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| 'Our heartfelt prayers for our loved ones who perished at Mullivaikal' poster at Jaffna University remembrance event (Picture: Uthayan) |
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Death threats were issued to several students and staff over their plans to commemorate Mullivaikal, despite the military ban on any public remembrance.
In a flyer distributed around Jaffna yesterday, staff, students and journalists were given a "final warning" against those "encouraging or resurrecting terrorism".