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| Wednesday, 14 January 2004 |
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| Senior Deputy SLMC leader complains of death threats by Chamikara Weerasinghe Senior Deputy Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), A. L. Abdul Majid says he and his family members are facing constant threats to their lives from the LTTE and other sinister elements. Majid who is also a Private Secretary to Minister Rauf Hakeem had also written to President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga informing her of the threats to his life and that of his family members. He has requested for police security at his residence in Sammanthurai and also personal body guards. Majid told the Daily News he was prompted to write to the President following the latest attack on his house and property, which was carried out by an unidentified armed group. "The incident took place during the early hours of December 29," he said. "Members of my family in Sammanthurai live in fear consequent to this incident. I am unable to be with my family at Sammanthurai because of my duties in Colombo," Majid said. He said he came under attack during the 1999 Presidential Election. The suspects were identified as UNP supporters. He suspected the involvement of an Ampara District UNP MP in this attack. Majid said no suspects have been arrested so far in this connection. My sister Asiya Umma (47) and her daughter Benazir Begam (16) were killed in the attack while they were going to pray. He also said he had received numerous threats from the LTTE since then. Majid said, he had been under heavy attack by the LTTE in 1990 and was rescued by the former Brigadier of the Ampara Division Daluwatta who transported him and his family under security in army trucks up to Padiyathalawa. "Thereafter I had to live in Akurana away from my home town for three years under difficult conditions until the LTTE left that area," he said. |
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