The Hon. Mujibur Rahman
Mujibur Rahman challenged the Minister’s account of an arrest, saying parents alleged counter-terrorism officers pressured them not to inform others, including human rights bodies. He questioned why a youth was arrested for pasting a sticker, why the Colombo Crime Division visited homes linked to a protest looking for stickers, and why a poet in Eravur who wrote in support of Palestine was summoned to record a statement, requesting clarification.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, what you say is completely different from what the parents say. They told us your counter-terrorism officers pressured them, telling them not to inform anyone, not even human rights bodies, about the arrest.
¶ 02 Another matter: the youth was arrested for pasting a sticker. Why did the Colombo Crime Division visit homes last Saturday—such as the organizer of a protest—looking for stickers? And why was a poet in Eravur who wrote in support of Palestine taken in to record a statement? Please clarify.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 April 2025. No. 1747999742032122. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11326