
40 Muslims turned back at Muhamalai by SLA
40 Muslims traveling from Jaffna crossing SLA Muhamalai checkpoint were turned back by SLA at the Muhamalai border point on Monday. The Muslims were traveling to meet Ilamparuthi, Head of Political Division for Jaffna, at Palai in LTTE administered area. By turning back the Muslims the SLA prevented them from proceeding to attend the meeting.
The 40 Muslims were kept at the Muhamalai border checkpoint for more than three hours and interrogated in a threatening manner. Eventually, denied permission to go to Palai the Muslims returned to Jaffna.
14 March 2006
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