Sunday 2006.06.16
Sunday 1.20pm Many arrested in Negombo, including a 70 year old man with high blood pressure.
I got a phone call from Sudarshana a human Right lawyer, around 1.20pm, saying some one from Negombo had called him to ask his help. His father had been arrested
Then immediately went to the Negombo police station. The time was around 5 pm.
Around 20 Tamils had been arrested including very old sick man, a father of three children , All were arrested on suspicion for not having identity cards (IDs), or for simply having IDs registered in Jaffna.
That father is a development worker in a Wattle project , and lives in Ja-ela. His son works in YMCA and I have met him before. I met him again at the police station and he was so upset, especially because of his father’s health situation. And he also told me a lot about the dignity of such a old person.
No officer at the police station was there to talk to us about his condition and his father had not eaten since his arrest. He was so upset for having such a unprecedented thing happen to him. We were at the police since from morning until nearly mid night when finally the old man was released.
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