Further SL Navy landgrabs in Pulmoddai
Tamil Guardian 21 December 2013


The Sri Lankan Navy has been engaging in further landgrabs in Pattikuda in the eastern Pulmoddai region, reports Tamilwin.
புல்மோட்டை பட்டிக்குடா பிரதேசத்தில் கடற்படையினர் மீண்டும் காணி
அபகிரிக்கும் முயற்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளதாக அப்பகுதி மக்கள் விசனம்
வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர்.
Tamil Guardian 21 December 2013
A sign was erected on the land,
belonging to local residents, declaring it to belong to the navy.
Residents were forced out, with their huts, fences and crops destroyed.
The land was in the midst of being
cleared for agriculture, by owners who had only recently returned to the
region after years of displacement.
The navy has reportedly already
grabbed almost 500 acres of land in the east, despite not having
received administrative approval to push ahead with plans for a naval
camp.
