The Bishop of Mannar, Rayappu Joseph said the Sri Lankan government's reintroduction of travel restrictions to the North was "symptomatic of the government's ill will towards the Tamil people".
"These restrictions which were not there all this time are all quite strange to us. There are more soldiers and security forces present here more than during the wartime and they are disturbing people," he told Ceylon Today.
"If the government has any suspicions concerning certain persons they can take action against those particular persons by not allowing them entry or access, but there was no reason for such draconian measures," Bishop Joseph added.
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