Fate of 200 fleeing civilians arrested by SLN not known[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 21:15 GMT]Sri Lankan Police in Jaffna, which had alerted the judicial system and the civil authorities on Monday that around 200 civilians arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) while fleeing in boats from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupied Vadamaraadchi East to Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) held areas in Mullaiththeevu district, were to be handed over to the authorities, on Wednesday said that they had no further updates from the SLN or the SLA on the whereabouts of the refugees. The arrested civilians had been brought to areas in Jaffna peninsula under control of SLA, according to earlier reports from the sources close to Jaffna District Secretariat. Chronology:
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