TAMIL MPs NOT ALLOWED TO MEET TAMIL IDPs BY SINHALA GOVT!!!

TNA MPs not allowed to meet IDPs – Sampanthan asks why

Tamil National Alliance leader and Trincomalee District parliamentarian R. Sampanthan has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa asking him why the elected representatives of conflict zone or even after their arrival in Government controlled territory. "What is the Government seeking to conceal by such actions?" Sampanthan queried.

Referring to his recent summons by the CID for recording his statement, Sampanthan said that he recently held a media conference pertaining to the position of the Tamil civilians in the war zone in the Mullaitivu District and those who crossed over to Government held areas.

He has said that certain Government TV channels made slanderous references to him, while commenting on the media conference and on the interview the CID had with him. He said it was a malicious effort to create an environment hostile to him with the objective of suppressing the truth.

"I do not know what further developments there could be and I consider it my duty to keep you informed of the above, so that much improper conduct by some in your Government would be brought to an end," Sampanthan said in his letter.

He said that after his press conference, the CID visited his residence in Colombo on February 23 and wanted him to be present at the CID head office on the following day to record a statement. When he visited the CID the officers there who questioned him had been very courteous.

Two days after the press conference, the Human Rights’ Watch in a comprehensive report confirmed the substance of the statements he made at the press briefing on February 17.

"Some in your Government may have been irked by what transpired at the conference and this so-called investigation, despite the courtesy extended to me by the CID, constitutes an unwarranted interference in my freedom of thought and action as a democratically elected representative of the people and leader of the political party which very substantially and democratically represents the affected people," he has said.

Sampanthan alleged that the democratically elected representatives of the Tamil people are being prevented from having any direct contact with the displaced Tamil people either in the conflict zone or even after their arrival in Government controlled territory.


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