In brief
Shooting
The police shot Sundaram Paulraj, 38, while he travelled in an autorickshaw in Maradana, Colombo on 1 November. He later died in hospital. Colombo MP Mano Ganeshan says Mr Paulraj was an innocent man who did not realise that a curfew was in force. He accused the police of firing indiscriminately during ceasefire.
Threat
Paul Hariss, a journalist of London-based Daily Telegraph says that his life has been threatened and visa denied. Armed police visited him on 6 November and asked him to leave the island. The Presidential Secretariat says that he was threatened because he criticized the LTTE for human rights violations.
Cancelled
A meeting for Constitutional Affairs minister GL Peiris on 13 November in Melbourne was cancelled after Australian Sinhalese groups threatened to stage a protest. These groups say that Mr Peiris is behind granting too many concessions to the LTTE.
Envoy
The Japanese government has appointed Yasushi Akashi as a special peace envoy to Sri Lanka. Mr Akashi is head of the Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention. A Japanese delegation led by Mr Akashi met LTTE’s political leader SP Thamilchelvan on 8 November to discuss rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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