The TNA condemned the arrest and detention on Wednesday of the disappearances campaigner, Ms. Jeyakumari and her 13 year old daughter, Vipoosika, reports Colombo Gazette.

TNA MPs Mavai Senathirajah and E. Saravanapavan said,

“We have now heard reports that Jeyakumari and Vidushika may be detained by an Order of the Secretary, Ministry of Defence under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act, thereby circumventing the legal requirement that they be produced before a Magistrate within twenty-four hours of arrest. The TNA is shocked and appalled at the conduct of the authorities in this regard. The high-handed conduct of the government, even while its human rights record is under scrutiny at the current sessions of the Human Rights Council, is illustrative of the government’s disdainful conduct towards the Human Rights Council,”

Speaking to Reuters, Mr. Saravanabavan said,

"I think they have been targeted and charging her will send a message to the other relatives of disappeared people. Those people may not come out to tell what happened to their beloved ones in the future,"

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