File Photo: Theeruvil grounds on Maaveerar Naal 2019
Valvettithurai city council denied permission to use the Theeruvil grounds for Maaveerar Naal commemorations following a request from the Sri Lankan security forces.
Former member of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) M.K. Shivajilingam sought permission to use the grounds for Maaveerar Naal on 27th. In a letter, Council Chairman, Selvendra, responded he had been instructed by the Valvettithurai Police not to allow any events to take place on the grounds until the end of the month.
File Photo: Theeruvil grounds on Maaveerar Naal 2019
This week, several Sri Lankan courts accepted applications filed by Sri Lankan police seeking a ban on commemoration events throughout the North East. Whilst numerous activists and politicians, from across Tamil parties, reported an increase in surveillance and intimidation by security forces ahead of Maaveerar Naal.
File Photo: Theeruvil grounds on Maaveerar Naal 2019
Maaveerar Naal remembers those who sacrificed their lives and is marked on November 27, in memory of the first death of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, Lt Col. Shankar, who died in combat on November 27, 1982.
