- Popular Tamil daily Uthayan’s office in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, by more than 50 army personnel May 18, 5th anniversary of end of war against LTTE
- Army action came amid a ban on any ceremony marking death of LTTE militants and celebration of ‘Victory Day’ by the government in Mattara
- Army left only after paper’s MD assured them that no violent incident will take place, newspaper office recently came under fire from unidentified groups
- President Mahinda Rajapaksa rules out probe into alleged killing of LTTE militants towards fag end of war
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sri-lankan-army-surrounds-jaffna-newspaper-office/article6023531.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Ealam War IV
- LTTE