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Sri Lankan court further remands Tamils over Facebook post

A court in Sri Lanka has ordered that two Tamils accused of sharing a Facebook post containing 'LTTE symbols'.

The two men, named as Dinesh Kumar and Vijaya Kumar by Ceylon Today, have now been remanded until 7th of February.

They were arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) for the social media post.

 

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