(November 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the website unveiled in the name of ‘Connect Sri Lanka’ (www.connectsrilanka.net) to coincide with the heavily publicised Tamil Diaspora meetings in Colombo over the weekend, the website with special message for the Diaspora has stated over 250,000 Tamils are held in the Internally Dispersed Persons (IDPs) in welfare camps.
Under the heading ‘Housing’ it states: ‘With over 250,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in welfare camps in the North, the need to give them the opportunity to get back to their normal life is of utmost importance.’
The latest claim in the website managed by the Presidential Secretariat contradicts all recent official under valued claims that only 120,000 IDP’s are held in camps.
The website in its mission statement states: "United Lankan expatriate community dedicated to and integrated in, the nation building and development process of Sri Lanka. To mobilize Sri Lankan Diaspora for unity/ cohesion among themselves targeted for the promotion of security and socio-economic development of their homeland."
An Tamil expatriate who did not respond to the President’s invitation in London wishing to maintain anonymity said: ‘the government seems to be telling the absolute truth to the expatriate Tamils to convince them, whilst carrying out a calculated campaign by revealing a lower number of 120,000 IDP’s to the international community’.-Sri Lanka Guardian
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By Sri Lanka Guardian • November 16, 2009 • • Comments : 1
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Hahah, you would like that wouldn't you, traitor? Are you claiming that the United Nations is lying??
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