The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan thanked the Minister for responses under Standing Order 27(2) and raised concerns about several named individuals from Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Uduvil whose families are seeking their rescue. He requested a copy of the tabled list of deceased persons to verify whether those individuals are alive or dead, and asked what avenues exist for rescue, noting family claims that they had been forced into the army.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, thank you for the answers under Standing Order 27(2).
¶ 02 In particular, families are asking for the rescue of the following persons: from Jaffna — Athishtaraja Komes Vithusan; from Karaveddy, Jaffna — Sudhanikaan Pakirthan; from Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu — Sundaralingam Balachandran; from Jaffna — Geetha Ponkalan Prathap and Steven Shives. Likewise, from Kamalagiri, Karpakkunai, Uduvil — Vijeyakumar Mugunthan. His father is a teacher. Is there any possibility to rescue them? Also, if you could provide us a copy of the list of the deceased you tabled, we can verify whether the above persons are alive or have died. Their families say they were forced into the army. Can you explain what avenues exist for their rescue?
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Cite as: The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 February 2025. No. 1739786070060795. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23089