^{Sri Lankan police surround Kajendren in Mullaitivu earlier this week.}

Sri Lankan police have arrested Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) MP Selvarajah Kajendren as he and his team campaigned for a boycott of the upcoming Sri Lankan presidential elections in Kilinochchi this morning.

Kajendren and other members of the TNPF have repeatedly been harassed by the Sri Lankan security forces in recent weeks.

Just this week, several uniformed and plain-clothed police officers, seized leaflets from the TNPF MP in Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu, as he and others distributed them in the area to encourage Tamils to boycott the upcoming presidential elections.

Since May of this year, the TNPF has been urging Tamils to boycott the upcoming presidential election. In a statement released earlier this year, the TNPF criticized the Sri Lankan government, stating: “The Sri Lankan government views the Tamil homeland as an enemy. They continue their policies of Buddhization, militarization, and structural genocide in the homeland. As long as the majority representation remains in their hands, they will regard Tamils not as their own people but as adversaries.”