Brigadier Samarasinghe
Brigadier Samarasinghe
alert conduct continuing normal troops
All troops are on alert for any eventuality. We are continuing to conduct normal searches.
farm hand maintained open prison work
We have a farm there. The farm is not maintained properly, because we don't have (enough) people. So we can hand it over to them as an open prison and they can work there and we can get vegetables.
farmers fields taken
Those farmers were working in their paddy fields when they were taken and shot.