Sri Lankan government to step up spy and surveillance services

by Thusiyan
Oct 3, 2018

A Sri Lankan minister declared that his government would increase police spy services across the island, in a press conference this week.

Sri Lanka’s Law and Order minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said “steps will be taken to increase police spy services” in response to increased criminal activity, particularly in the Tamil North-East.

He also announced that Sri Lanka’s notorious Special Task Force, a unit reported to have committed serious human rights abuses, will  be instructed to increase operations across the island.

The announcement by the minister comes amidst an environment of intense surveillance across the North-East, where the Sri Lankan military and it’s intelligence structures continue to be deployed.

 

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