Highways Minister A. L. M. Athaulla yesterday called on the government to resettle all those Muslims who were evicted from Jaffna in July 1991 and are now living in refugee camps in Puttalam or with their relations in the South.

 

Addressing a news conference at the Presidential Secretariat, he said that the Muslims have also undergone severe hardships due to the LTTE’s actions and the time had come for those wrongs to be rectified.

"Muslims owned land and property in the North and all that should be returned to them."
Athaulla said that it cannot be said the LTTE existed to liberate the Tamil people. This is a victory for both the Tamil and Muslim people."