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Sri Lankan police register households in Colombo with some collecting ethnicity details

Sri Lankan police have been registering the details of occupants in households across Colombo according to reports emerging from the city, with at least some forms also asking for the ethnicity and religion of any occupants.

The security forces have reportedly said the move is part of a crackdown on illegal drug dealing as militarisation continues across the island. Hundreds of people have reportedly been arrested in the Colombo district in relation to drug dealing in the past week alone.

Sinhalese journalist Sunanda Deshapriya tweeted a photograph of one such registration form that has been handed to households by Sri Lankan police, which had also asked for ethnicity and religion.

See the tweet below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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