Sri Lanka’s Joint Opposition has challenged the government to provide extra security assurances for police officers in the North-East, following clashes in Kilinochchi between Sri Lankan police and locals protesting over the killing of two Jaffna University students.
"A posse of policemen was surrounded and beaten mercilessly in Kilinochchi by Tamil racists,” claimed Joint Opposition Leader Dinesh Gunawardena. “Who will ensure their safety?" he questioned.
In response, Leader of the House and Highways and University Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said the incident had brought to the notice of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister and dismissed Mr Gunawardena’s claims that police in the North were in danger.
“It is your habit to raising nonsensical issues,” he said. “We have been informed of that incident and we have already taken necessary action.”