Friday, February 10, 2012

Movement for Peoples' Struggle awareness programme disrupted

An awareness programme of the movement that was held at the Colombo Manning market today (Feb. 10) was disrupted by armed security personnel, the media unit of the Movement for Peoples' Struggle says.' With the movement commencing their awareness programme by distributing leaflets, armed policemen had approached them warned that no anti-government activities could be conducted in the Manning Market.

They had also asked the group to disperse.

Paying no heed, the movement had gone ahead with their awareness programme.

Soon afterwards, the policemen had left the scene but Army personnel had approached them and threatened and taken photographs of them.
  Srilankamirror