{"id":37291,"date":"2015-01-14T21:36:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T02:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37291"},"modified":"2015-01-14T21:36:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T02:36:44","slug":"sri-lanka-born-singer-mayamiaarulpragasam-wants-mahinda-rajapaksa-to-face-trial-at-hague-for-alleged-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37291","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Born singer Maya “MIA” Arulpragasam wants Mahinda Rajapaksa to face Trial at Hague for Alleged war crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka born singer Maya “MIA” Arulpragasam hs told the British TV Channel 4 News that she still wants to see former president Mahinda Rajapaksa face a war crimes trial,though her priority is peace and basic needs for Sri Lanaka\u2019s Tamil community.
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While claiming that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should be taken to Hague for alleged war crimes, Maya Arulpragasam, the Sri Lankan Tamil recording artist said that Sri Lanka’s new government has the \u2018same face\u2019 as it includes politicians who have been involved in government for the last 30 years.<\/em>
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She said the Tamil community had embraced democracy and peace – the Tamil vote was largely responsible for Sirisena’s election – and that now the government had to restore “basic needs” to the community.<\/p>\n

She told Channel 4 News that reconciliation can only come if the Sri Lankan government undoes some of the Rajapaksa regime’s actions, such as his militarisation of Tamil areas in the country’s north.<\/p>\n