Sri Lanka: Army takes dead worker's body for burial ahead of scheduled time

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Sri Lanka Mirror
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The body of Roshan Chanaka has been taken out of his home at Minuwangoda for burial ahead of the scheduled time, said UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya.

The Negombo magistrate had ordered that the funeral of the FTZ worker who died in a police shooting on a protest should take place at 3.00 pm today (June 04).

Roshan’s family had made arrangements accordingly.

However, several Army officers who had gone to his home this morning had taken the body to the Catholic church despite strong objections by the family members.

The buses transporting FTZ workers, who are arriving to pay their last respects to their colleague, are also being disrupted, reports said.

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