Canadian Tamil tortured in Sri Lankan prison

Sri Lankan Tamil a citizen of Canada was tortured in Sri Lankan prison was published in “The National post” media. 40 years old Roy Manojkumar Samathanam was imprisoned in Sri Lankan prison for the past three years.

He said, he had been threatened to give false statement that he had smuggled weapons and was under torture. He had now returned to Canada, and  had mentioned that he had been taken to three places in Sri Lanka and was imprisoned. The Sri Lankan Terrorist detention unit had treated him in a very cruel manner, he said. Sri lankan government is denying the war crimes charged against them, but he said, he is one of the witness who has faced torture and torture incidents happening in the Sri Lankan prisons. Sri Lanka Terrorism detention unit is demanding ransom from Tamil businessmen. In connection with this, 50 persons are detained by the terrorism detention unit and are facing inquiries was mentioned by Manojkumar.