July 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) affiliated Socialist Youth Union (SYU) today said that villagers in Kaudarimunai in Pooner have been questioned by the security forces after a group of JVP members including SYU head Bimal Ratnayake and former JVP parliamentarian Ramalingam Chnadrasekar visited the village.

The JVP delegation had visited the village situated in the Kilinochchi District on Friday (23) as part of a fact finding mission.

The JVP in a statement said the government instead of resettling the displaced and helping them return to their normal lives by ensuring democracy and human rights was trying to prevent the people from building a dialogue with a main stream political party by getting the security forces to question them.

The security forces personnel according to the JVP had questioned the villagers about the JVP members' visit and what they had discussed with them.

"The government should be happy that the Tamil civilians in the north who have been under the LTTE organization are coming into contact with main stream political parties. It is by acting wisely that one could prevent separatism from raising its head again," the JVP has said.