Injustice to Muslims in north: Hakeem
By Kelum Bandara and Yohan Perera
SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told Parliament yesterday that Muslim families evicted from the Machchikuda area in Kilinochchi had been denied access to their original lands now.Mr. Hakeem said 1,750 Muslim families evicted by the LTTE now lived in welfare camps in Puttalam. However, he said their lands in Nachchikuda were now being occupied by others. “Therefore, these Muslim families cannot return to their original lands,” he said.
He said even the police did not act to ensure justice for these people. The SLMC Leader said former LTTE cadres had grabbed the lands of evictees. “People are scared to talk against them. These former LTTE cadres might have hidden their arms elsewhere,” he said. He said this problem had cropped up in the Iranativu area in the North too. – Dailymirror
