The Sri Lankan Army continues its involvement in Tamil schools as children from a Koppay preschool were taken on a tour of the Palali air base.
The air base falls within occupied land which the Sri Lankan Army maintains as a “high security zone”, nine years after the end of the war.
Teachers reported that Sri Lankan Army officials actively go to Tamil preschools to arrange such visits and activities and that teachers feel powerless to raise objections.
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