Police in the area of Velvettithurai have recently had to destroy posters and stickers on walls in support of a separate state for the North-East of Sri Lanka.
Explaining their actions, the police told press that they were stopping elements that had, with the support of Northern politicians, attempted to revive the LTTE.
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