The Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) summoned Pachchilapalli council chair, Subramaniam Suren for questioning on November 17.
Suren was previously interrogated in August along with several other Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Pradeshiya Sabha members in Kilinochchi and Colombo.
The stifling of Tamil civil society continues to grow in Sri Lanka, with politician, journalists, and residents are subjected to increasing surveillance by the state.
In September, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council, “expecting accountability from any [Sri Lankan] state-led mechanism is futile.” The Sri Lankan government has historically used national security as a guise to intimidate, surveil and harass Tamil communities.
