Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) arrested yet another Tamil man who was returning from the Middle East on Tuesday, reports Ceylon News.
Muthulingam Jeyakanthan was returning from Doha last week, after travelling there to seek work in 2013. The father of two from Mullaitivu was arrested on his return to the island shortly after he landed at the Katunayake International Airport on April 12.
His lawyer Dominic Premanand told Ceylon News this was the second such arrest to have taken place in April alone.
“His family has not been given any document with regard to his arrest,” added Mr Premanand.
Tamils being deported from other countries or passing through Colombo airport frequently faced arrest in the past and have continued to do so, despite a change in government in Sri Lanka last year.
See our earlier posts:
Tamil youth detained at Colombo airport (25 Jan 2016)
Another Tamil woman arrested at Colombo airport (21 Aug 2015)
Tamils arrested at Colombo airport (20 August 2015)
Tamil man arrested and sent to CID for 'rehabilitation' (01 July 2015)
Sixteen Tamils from North-East arrested by Sri Lanka over past 100 days (04 May 2015)
Earlier this year, an exiled Tamil journalist was detained on Wednesday morning as he arrived back in Sri Lanka.
See our earlier posts:
Exiled Tamil journalist given bail after detention in Sri Lanka (21 Jan 2016)
Exiled Tamil journalist detained on return to Sri Lanka (20 Jan 2016)
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