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A Tamil woman who was recruited into the Sri Lankan Army has reported repeated instances of sexual assault against her and other Tamil women by army officials.According to the Uthayan, the 23 year old victim said she was forced to have sexual intercourse with over 10 high ranking officials in the army, as well as other soldiers in lower ranks.
Outlining her ordeal she said that she, along side a number of other Tamil women, were forced to fulfill the sexual demands of higher ranking officials at night. Women who fell pregnant were taken to hospital for an abortion.
Women who refused were attacked said the young woman, adding that one Tamil woman who tried to escape was later caught and tortured, before she was disappeared.
These allegations are the latest in a string of reports of sexual assault against Tamil women recruited into the army.
The recruitment process itself has drawn much criticism, most recently from the Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran who accused the army of coercion.
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