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The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi· Jaffna· 6 December 2024 ·Papers: Papers Presented

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Sivagnanam Shritharan raised an urgent matter concerning Sri Lankans allegedly deceived by agents and conscripted into the Russian military. He referred to photographic evidence identifying three individuals and requested the responsible Minister to take steps to repatriate them to Sri Lanka.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I wish to place before Parliament an urgent matter. We have learned that several Sri Lankans have been deceived by agents and have been conscripted into the Russian military. They have even sent their photographs from there; I have one such photograph with me showing, from left to right, Sundaralingam Balachandran, Adishtaraj Gomes Mithushan and Sujanigan Bhagirathan. I respectfully ask the responsible Minister to please take steps to bring them back to this country.

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Hansard, Friday, 6 December 2024 ·No. 1734424725051921 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 December 2024. No. 1734424725051921. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19511