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by Jaffna special correspondent

A three mile long procession to demonstrate the people's sympathy against the sentence of 200 year imprisonment on LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran started from the Jaffna University Parameshwara temple courtyard and wended its way through Palaly road, Stanley road, Kasthuriar road, Hospital road, and reached the Jaffna Secretariat yesterday afternoon.

Thousands of students, teachers, representatives of NGOs, members of fishermen's society, priests and members of the public participated in the procession.

A memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Justice and the Foreign diplomats in Sri Lanka was handed over to T. Vythilingam, Additional Government Agent, Jaffna to be faxed to them.

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