Tamil UNP MP arrested by Sri Lankan police over speech mentioning LTTE

by Thusiyan
Oct 8, 2018

Vijayakala Maheswaran, a Tamil parliamentarian with the UNP, has been arrested by Sri Lankan police this morning over a speech she gave earlier this year which faced criticism from cross-party Sinhala politicians for calling for a resurgence of the LTTE in order to curb crime rates in North-East.

Maheswaran has since been released on a Rs 500,000 bail, after being produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

Last month, Sri Lanka's Attorney General advised the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to file a case at the Court of Appeal against the UNP MP, after she was forced to resign her ministerial post following pressure from Sinhalese politicians.

 

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