Sri Lanka’s police warned today that legal action will be taken against anyone that holds public events “in support of the LTTE” reports Colombo Gazette.
The police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara, said that since the LTTE is still a banned outfit in Sri Lanka public events cannot be held in support of the leaders or organisation.
The police announcement comes as Tamils across the world have started holding commemoration events for their war dead. Posters commemorating Maaveerar Naal, the annual Tamil remembrance day, have started appearing across the North-East.
Sri Lanka's former president on Tuesday, called on the Police to ensure the Tamil Eelam flag was not hoisted in the North-East, claiming that his government never allowed people in the North and East to commemorate the LTTE.
Rajapaksa urges police to ensure Tamil Eelam flag is not hoisted (24 Nov 2015)
Last week Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran called on Sri Lanka to allow Tamils to commemorate their war dead freely, labelling the destruction and desecration of liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cemeteries as the “most uncivil act.”
TNA calls on Sri Lanka to allow Tamils to remember war dead freely in November (23 Nov 2015)
Maaveerar Naal posters appear in Vavuniya (20 Nov 2015)
Posters commemorating Maaveerar Naal appear in Jaffna University (13 Nov 2015)
The police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara, said that since the LTTE is still a banned outfit in Sri Lanka public events cannot be held in support of the leaders or organisation.
The police announcement comes as Tamils across the world have started holding commemoration events for their war dead. Posters commemorating Maaveerar Naal, the annual Tamil remembrance day, have started appearing across the North-East.
Sri Lanka's former president on Tuesday, called on the Police to ensure the Tamil Eelam flag was not hoisted in the North-East, claiming that his government never allowed people in the North and East to commemorate the LTTE.
Rajapaksa urges police to ensure Tamil Eelam flag is not hoisted (24 Nov 2015)
Last week Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran called on Sri Lanka to allow Tamils to commemorate their war dead freely, labelling the destruction and desecration of liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cemeteries as the “most uncivil act.”
TNA calls on Sri Lanka to allow Tamils to remember war dead freely in November (23 Nov 2015)
Maaveerar Naal posters appear in Vavuniya (20 Nov 2015)
Posters commemorating Maaveerar Naal appear in Jaffna University (13 Nov 2015)