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Sinhala colonisers settle in Northern village renamed after Namal Rajapaksa

Sinhala families have been colonising a Tamil village in the North which has now been renamed after the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son, said JVP MP Vijitha Herath in parliament this week.

The families, from Rajapaksa's home town of Hambantota, have been gifted an acre of land each, said Herath.

Furthermore, the village that they have settled into has now been renamed 'Namalgama' said the MP, after Namal Rajapaksa son the president and current MP for the ruling alliance.

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