The North-East of the island is under Sri Lankan military invasion, said the Tamil National Alliance spokesperson at a meeting Tuesday in Jaffna, reports Uthayan.
Speaking at the National Fishermen Cooperation Movement, MP Suresh Premachandran, citing several facts, condemned the Sri Lankan government’s actions during the armed conflict and afterwards.
Mr Premachandran deplored the heightened military presence alleging that 75% of the Sri Lankan military was based in the North-East.
He further added that at least 50,000 people in Jaffna, the majority of whom are fishermen, were not being resettled and were having their livelihoods and land taken away from them by the Sri Lankan government.
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