TamilNet: 14.11.06 Up-country Tamils shun work mourning Raviraj's assassination

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P. Chandrasegaran, Minister and the leader of Up-country People's Front (UPF) organised the protest. Shops were closed and white flags were flown in the hill country towns of Hatton, Talawakella, Bogawanthalawa, Akarapthana, and Diyagama. Auto and mini-bus drivers took part in the protest and the shops in Nuwareliya, Kanthapalai and Ragala areas are to shut down to support the protest Tuesday afternoon. Tamil estate workers of Ratnapura and Pusselawa areas abstained from work participating in the protest. "Hill country workers are proud to have been able to show their solidarity, amidst their own economic sufferings," Chandrasekaran said. 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