The Tamil National People’s Front moved their planned Mullivaikal remembrance event to Vaddamarachi East after a court order banned the organisation from leading commemoration events at Mullivaikal.
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The event was held at the Vembadi Murugan temple where people lit candles of remembrance and lay flowers paying respects to those that had died.
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The president of the TNPF Gajendrakumar Ponnamballam and event organiser Mannivannan addressed those that attended the remembrance ceremony.
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