The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar
Ramalingam Chandrasekar stated that the incident involving missing fishermen occurred under the previous Government and that Navy searches, including aerial searches, had failed to locate them at the time, leading to the belief that they may have drowned. He said it was only later discovered that they had washed ashore, and that his Ministry is taking steps to provide justice and relief to affected fishermen while pledging measures to protect fishermen in future.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, this incident occurred during the previous Government. Regarding missing, adrift, or detained fishermen, we are taking fair action. At the time, I inquired from the Navy; they had searched even by air but could not locate them and suspected they might have drowned, so no further action was taken then. Only later did it emerge they had washed ashore.
¶ 02 In any event, my Ministry is taking appropriate steps to ensure justice and relief for affected fishermen. I believe such problems have not arisen recently; going forward we pledge to take adequate measures to protect fishermen.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 September 2025. No. 1758876121024768. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15515