Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has interrogated the secretary of former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Sivasakthi Anandan on Tuesday, questioning him over a protest held by Tamil families of the disappeared last week.
Kanagalingam Srimathan was on his way home in Vavuniya, when a group of four plainclothes officers approached him and began to interrogate him over the protest. The men identified themselves as from the TID, and questioned Srimathan for over half an hour.
Their questioning focussed on a protest held by Tamil families of the disappeared in Vavuniya last week to mark International Human Rights Day. Srimathan was asked about the organisers of the protest, before he was released.
The latest incident comes as the Sri Lankan security forces continued to call journalists and Tamil political activists for questioning, in a move seen by many across the North-East intended to intimidate and stifle Tamil political activity.
