41 illegal asylum seekers nabbed

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At least 41 persons were taken into police custody while waiting to flee to Australia illegally in Wennappuwa in the early hours today, police said.

The asylum seekers, who were residents of Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Trincomalee, are to be produce before the Wennapuwa magistrate court today. (Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe, Jude Samantha)

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Kajaan Monday, 06 August 2012 04:06 AM

Next time try to approach the right smuggler then you can reach your final destination

Dadoriya Monday, 06 August 2012 04:24 AM

The number of asylum seekers is proportional to the poor state of the economy. Do not need a degree is nuclear physics to understand this equation.

Nitpicker Monday, 06 August 2012 04:48 AM

Doesn't any one of them ever identify the people who took their hard earned money to pay for the abortive trip?

Matalan Monday, 06 August 2012 04:55 AM

Whatever the 'Masters' say; the unprecedented (not so even during the 30 yr war) 2/3 boat loads risking their lives to escape every week is a testimony to the horrors Sri Lankans endure in this once resplendent isle.

terror Monday, 06 August 2012 01:56 PM

Then from where did they get the money to give these smugglers? I need to work at least 10yrs to get this sum of money...

jayantha.j Monday, 06 August 2012 11:18 PM

Knowing the truth, still there are media popularity hungers are defending the illegal boat people arrival in Sri Lanka.

Niromi de Soyza is one of the ex-LTTE , is gaining the popularity to sell her book with full of twisted stories.

Showing one face to the LTTE diaspora and another face to the LTTE in Australia.

Prof Michael and Dr.Sarvananthan brought to the light !

Matalan Tuesday, 07 August 2012 05:22 AM

Selling off all assets/belongings may be, as they won't need them. The question is: what drives them to such extremes? - Economic reasons is only a fraction of the bigger picture.

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