Military personals threatened 5 journalists in Waligamam North

[ Monday, 28 October 2013, 03:08.00 PM GMT +05:30 ]

Military personals have threatened journalists arrive to collect news report on destroying houses at high security zone at Kattuwan area in Waligamam North. Military personals have ordered erase photographs.

Area residents have informed Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians on this issue. TNA parliamentarian Saravanabawan, TNA Northern Provincial Council members M.K.Sivajilingam,Sidhartha and Gajadeepan directly visited Kattuwan area this morning. Military personals have threatened Jaffna Valampuri journalist S.Rajasekaran, Thinakuran newspaper journalist S.Nidharshan, Shakthi TV provincial council correspondent V.Gajeeban , Tamilmirror provincial correspondent S.Kajendraprada and the Udayan photo journalist S.Tharshanth. Military personals have ordered to erase video footages recorded by these journalists and also warned not to release them in the media.

Army continuing to take civilian lands says TNA

Tuesday, 29 October 2013 

The army is continuing to take over civilian lands in Valikamam North in the Jaffna says the TNA.

TNA Northern Provincial Council member M.K. Sivajilingham has charged that the army had destroyed some homes in the area to prepare the land for military camps.

“Over the past few days the army has been using bulldozers to destroy the buildings in the area including civilian houses,” he has been quoted in the media as saying.

Sivajilingam has said that he had visited the area with TNA MP E. Sarawanabavan and a few other Northern Provincial Council members.

A few Tamil journalists from Jaffna including those representing Thinakural and Tamil Mirror had also accompanied the delegation to visit the site.

Sivajilingam has also said that the army had threatened the journalists when they had attempted to take photographs of the High Security Zone in the area where the civilian houses were located.

“We were told permanent camps are going to be built for the army there,” he has said.