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Horrifying case of mistaken identity

PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA: A 22-year-old Sri Lankan student who was killed by a group of kinife-wielding men is believed to be a victim of mistaken identity.
Sarankan Srikandarajah from Sri Lanka was having lunch at 3.45 pm last Wednesday in Taman Tasik Semenyih, just a two-minute drive from Nottingham University in Kajang where he studied, when 10 men in three cars pulled up and attacked three students.

A witness said the assailants hacked and slashed the victims.

'It was horrible and everyone was stunned as they attacked my friends for almost two minutes before leaving without saying a word,' the witness, who requested to remain anonymous, said.

Sarankan, a final-year student, suffered multiple slash wounds, losing part of his heels and fingers as he tried to kick the kinfe away.

He died at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre over the weekend.

A few minutes after the attack on Wednesday, another student of the same university was attacked two kilometres away when the same assailants blocked his car and began slashing at him.

'They rammed my car to a stop in the middle of the road.

One of them opened my door and began slashing me until one of his gang members said in Tamil: 'He is not the person'.

'He stopped attacking me and got back in his car and drove off,' the victim, said.

He suffered cuts on his thigh, hand and leg and needed 48 stitches.

It is learnt that many of the students living the area are afraid for their safety following the vicious attack.

Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Sakaruddin Che Mood confirmed the incidents. (The Star)

Wat abt those SLA Cadres who tried to run away & yet being conscripted again ?

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Since 2004, 282 soldiers have been killed in militant attacks
Since 2004, 408 soldiers have taken their lives, killed colleagues or died after colleagues ran amok
Of the 408 soldiers, 333 killed themselves

Flood-hit Sri Lankans 'need help'

Tens of thousands of people in flooded areas of northern Sri Lanka are without adequate shelter and need help now, the Human Rights Watch campaign group says.

It has called on the government to immediately lift a ban imposed in September which stops humanitarian agencies from going to conflict areas.

But the authorities say that flood waters are now starting to recede.

The north of Sri Lanka is currently the scene of heavy fighting between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels.

'Only government-approved food convoys have been allowed to enter the north since the government, in September 2008, ordered the United Nations and nearly all humanitarian agencies to withdraw,' the Human Rights Watch (HRW) statement said.

'That decision has severely limited humanitarian access to the affected population.'

The government says that the worst of the floods is over

Cyclone Nisha hit northern Sri Lanka on 25 November, causing heavy rains and flooding that reportedly forced between 60,000 and 70,000 people to relocate.

HRW says that thousands of shelter kits are available from the humanitarian community for emergency shelters for the affected families.

But it says that that the government has 'reportedly insisted' that only shelters without logos from humanitarian agencies will be allowed into the north.

'Such unnecessary restrictions on assistance are unacceptable in this time of urgent need,' HRW Asia Director Brad Williams said.

'The Sri Lankan government should stop playing games with aid organisations and let them get on with their life-saving work.

'Tens of thousands of people in flooded areas are without adequate shelter and need help now.'

Government officials and humanitarian agencies estimate that between 230,000 and 300,000 displaced people have been trapped in a small area of the north-east by fierce fighting between the Sri Lankan army and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

'Forced labour'

The rebels are accused by HRW of refusing to allow displaced people in areas under its control to leave for government-held territory.

'It has increased forced recruitment of civilians, including children, as well as making civilians carry out regular forced labour in dangerous conflict areas,' the HRW statement said.

It said that only around 1,000 people had managed to flee the conflict zone since March 2008.

The rebels have not commented on the allegations, but the authorities have insisted that the worst of the floods is now over.

Officials say that at least nine people died and around 8,000 homes have been destroyed in the Jaffna peninsula and the Kilinochchi and Mulaitivu districts by the floods.

The army says it is providing assistance to those affected and the transport authority is repairing roads that have been damaged.

The meteorology department said the rainfall in the region was the heaviest since 1918.

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But it says that that the government has 'reportedly insisted' that only shelters without logos from humanitarian agencies will be allowed into the north.

'Such unnecessary restrictions on assistance are unacceptable in this time of urgent need,' HRW Asia Director Brad Williams said.

'The Sri Lankan government should stop playing games with aid organisations and let them get on with their life-saving work.

'Tens of thousands of people in flooded areas are without adequate shelter and need help now.'

It has called on the government to immediately lift a ban imposed in September which stops humanitarian agencies from going to conflict areas.