Sri Lanka’s Professionals’ National Front (PNF) has written to the British High Commissioner James Dauris, warning him to “refrain from interfering into internal affairs of our motherland”.
The PNF, an organisation of Sri Lankan professionals from various fields including medicine, engineering, banking and IT, also accused the diplomat of going “beyond the accepted norms and limits as per Vienna convention”.
Their letter comes amidst many governments, including the UK expressing concern at the political turmoil on the island.
However, Sinhala nationalists groups, including the extremist Bodu Bala Sena and Buddhist monks, have pushed back against these calls.
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