SLA motor-bike squad abducts 3 farm-workers in Vadamaradchy

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 12:43 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers driving four motorbikes abducted three manual laborers in Kambarmalai in Vadamaradchy Sunday at 11 a.m. while they were doing farm work at a private property, according to complaints registered at the Jaffna Human Rights Commission offices.

The abducted were identified as:

• Kovintharajah Kirubaharan, 22, from Puloly, Point Pedro,
• Kandiah Selvakumar, 21, from Puloly, Point Pedro, and
• Velayutham Krishnamohan, 19, from School Lane, Viyaparimoolai, Point Pedro.

Relatives said officials at the SLA camp in Point Pedro have denied arresting the three laborers.

Local residents who know the abductees said that they were poor laborers struggling to make ends meet, and the the families will be pushed into dire poverty without the earnings.

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