Police registration needed for security

It has been observed that certain parties with vested interests, seek to misinterpret the concept and process of the registration of persons resident in Colombo with the Police, and are attempting to show the entire scheme as a discriminatory practice confined to Tamil citizens, the Police Headquarters said in a release yesterday.

This is a baseless allegation furthest from the truth and meant to convey to the world that the Security Forces have an ethnic bias and are acting with injustice and discrimination towards the Tamil community living in Colombo city, the release said.

It added: “On the contrary, the Police are acting in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Police Ordinance under which officers in charge of police stations are empowered to carry out such registration of persons wherever deemed necessary to ensure maximum possible social security, accountability and safety to all citizenry, regardless of any ethnic consideration.

It is necessary to state that in the Wellawatte police area that has been referred to, registration had been done of Tamil people who are a majority in this ares as well as Sinhala and Muslims.

The public are advised to cooperate with law enforcement authorities and make the project a success since such registrations are of high importance for your own security.”