Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) have summoned Baskaran Kandiah, chairman of mass media company, IBC Tamil.
The summons orders Kandiah to give a statement at the TID's Kilinochchi office tomorrow on an investigation that is being conducted by the anti-terrorism unit. However, the summons fails to mention what the investigation is in relation to.
Tamils in the North-East are frequently subjected to summons and interrogations by the TID. Last year, former UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet wrote that "without fundamental security-sector reforms and demilitarisation of the North and the East, this pervasive culture of surveillance and oppressive environment for the people in these areas will continue."