BBC Sinhala
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Herman Kumara, the Secretary General of the WFFP told BBC Sandeshaya that he noticed a group following him in a van on his arrival after attending an international conference in Rome.
"I noticed a group following me in a van with registration no 301-2865 and their attempt was to abduct me," he said from an undisclosed location where he is currently hiding.
While he managed to hide, said Mr Kumara, the group has come to his home and travelled around his hometown asking his whereabouts from his family and other people.
Fuel price increase
"If I have done anything wrong, there are legal ways of dealing with it. They could have arrested me at the airport," he said adding that he is willing to face any legal action if he has committed any office.
Herman Kumara's office has lodged a complaint about the threats at the police station in Pannala.
The fishermen leader stressed that he will continue representing the fisher community in protests against the fuel price increase as well as other related issues.
There have been violent protests in Sri Lanka a few days after the government raised the price of key household fuels by up to 50 percent.
A fisherman was killed as police confronted crowds on the west coast while teargas is being deployed at a big rally in the capital, Colombo.
Four days after sudden steep increases in the price of fuel, there is unrest and anger in much of Sri Lanka.
There have been days of protests and road blockades in the western fishing town of Chilaw, where larger boats depend on diesel whose price has jumped by 36% and smaller ones on kerosene which is now 49% more expensive.
© BBC Sinhala
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