December 27, 2009 4:20 PM

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Evicted Muslim civilians will be resettled: Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said all Muslim civilians who were forcibly evicted from the North 20 years ago due to LTTE threat will be resettled in their original places of residence with all infrastructure facilities. He was speaking at the All Ceylon Muslim Congress Northern Convention, 2009 at Alankuda, Kalpitiya yesterday. He assured the gathering that innocent Muslim civilians who had to leave their homes in the North due to LTTE threat and were living in camps for the last almost 20 years, will be resettled in their own properties. He said their houses, schools and business establishments will be rebuilt with all necessary infrastructure facilities. The President said he would not allow terrorism to raise its ugly head and incidents such as the Kathankudy Mosque massacre in the East will not be allowed to happen again. Senior Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa said the Government has worked out extensive plans for the resettlement of displaced Muslims with all necessary infrastructure facilities. Thousands of displaced Muslims from the North, who are currently living in Puttalam and Kalpitiya districts, attended the Convention.

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