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Sri Lankan Authorities: Rathika Sitsabaiesan

Rathika Sitsabaiesan: Rathika Sitsabaiesan, who represents the Toronto-area riding of Scarborough-Rouge River, said in a statement distributed Wednesday by the NDP that she has been subjected to intimidation by Sri Lankan authorities since arriving in that country to visit her extended family and to see the places where she once lived. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka counting the civil-war dead amid pressure for inquiry into abuses A New Democrat MP who was rumoured to have been under house arrest in Sri Lanka says she had been threatened by that countrys officials but has been told there are no plans to detain her. Profile The new face of old-school NDP values: rookie MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.