{"id":128535,"date":"2014-07-30T01:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=128535"},"modified":"2014-08-09T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T15:26:59","slug":"450-families-lose-their-homes-in-trinco-as-rajapaksas-woo-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/450-families-lose-their-homes-in-trinco-as-rajapaksas-woo-china\/","title":{"rendered":"450 Families Lose Their Homes In Trinco As Rajapaksas\u2019 Woo China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 450 families in Trincomalee are to lose their homes as a result of the Rajapaksa regime\u2019s continuous wooing of the Chinese to remain in their good books.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43893\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Mahinda-CMBT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43893\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43893\" alt=\"Rajapaksa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Mahinda-CMBT.jpg\" width=\"278\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rajapaksa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Australian media establishment \u2018Green Left Weekly\u2019 in an article on Monday has revealed that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> during his recent visit to China had signed an agreement to hand over 1200 acres of land in Trincomalee to the Chinese on a long term lease for \u2018defense-related development\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The land that has been promised to be given over to the Chinese is said to be occupied by temples, mosques, schools and houses and the majority among the 450 families who are affected are said to be Tamil speaking Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Several similar land transfers have been made to China recently by the Rajapaksa regime in a bid to curry favour with the Chinese government. 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