A Sri Lankan police intelligence officer pointed his gun to Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam after he was attacked during a meeting in Maruthankerny.
Ponnambalam was at a meeting with a sports club in Maruthankerny earlier today where two unknown men were in the crowd.
While the organisers were trying to verify everyone’s identity at the meeting, the two men refused to provide their details which resulted in an argument.
An act of ‘extreme repression’ – TNA MP condemns intimidation of TNPF leader
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, Sivagnanam Sritharan, condemned the intimidation of Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, after a Sri Lankan intelligence officer pointed his gun at the TNPF leader.
Sritharan slammed the incident as an illustration of “extreme repression”. He added that it shows the harm “the military and state investigators can pose to the normal lives of ordinary Tamil people”.
The TNA MP demanded immediate action against the police officers and expressed his strong condemnation.
(Tamil Guardian)