The meeting between Army Commander of Jaffna,
Mahinda Hathurusingha and the four parents of the detained students from the
University of Jaffna (UoJ) concluded with no result.
The Commander had refused
to discuss any matters relating to the release of the students. He had added
that the students’ activities symbolized the return of former LTTE Leader V.
Prabhakaran, and that therefore they must be treated as hardcore LTTE
supporters, requiring intensive rehabilitation. That if not subject to
rehabilitation, the students would cause trouble at the University again.
When Hathurusingha had refused to release the boys,
some of the parents had dropped down to their knees and begged for their
release. The Commander had allegedly refused to respond and turned away.
When
University lecturers had raised their concern regarding the interruption to the
students’ studies caused by the boycott calling for the release of the boys,
Hathurusingha had replied that it was not possible to release the boys prior to
the completion of their rehabilitation.
The Police Spokesperson has added that the boys
have consented to their rehabilitation and that therefore it should not be
considered as them being detained arbitrarily by the military. This however is
contradictory to the initial response given by the Inspector General of Police
to the University authorities that that he could not comment regarding the
arrests as it was a matter under the purview of the Terrorist Investigation
Division (TID).
How a military
commander decides about the status of a university? The Sri Lankan
fascist regime supported by the western imperialism and Indian expansionism
carries out its ethnic cleansing agenda thorough out the country against Tamil
speaking ethnic minority while Sri Lankan traditional Left is questioning about self
determination.
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