The Urban Development Authority ordered that recent development work at a 60-year-old Pillaiyar temple in Trincomalee be demolished, citing the need for "road development work".
The Urban Development Authority is under the Ministry of Defence, overseen by the President’s brother Gothbaya Rajapakse.
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