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The Global Tamil Forum (GTF<\/a>) has written to Amber Rudd, Home Secretary, UK, demanding that the visas granted to family members of Brigadier Priyanka Fernando<\/a> be cancelled.<\/p>\n

Fernando, former Minister Counselor (Defense) of the Sri Lanka mission in London, was asked to return to Sri Lanka following an incident at a protest organized by expatriate Tamil organizations.<\/p>\n

The GTF argues that the family member\u2019s visa statuses were dependent on Fernando\u2019s and since the GTF believes that the latter has no status as of now their statuses \u2018should also fall\u2019.<\/p>\n

However, in a letter that the South Asia Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, had written to the GTF in response to a letter by the latter, what is intimated is just that the Sri Lankan Government has ordered Fernando to return to Colombo \u2018while the incident is thoroughly investigated\u2019. This follows, according to the South Asia Department, serious concerns being expressed to Sri Lanka by UK authorities.<\/p>\n

Both letters are given below in full:\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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