Sri Lanka: Further information on fear for safety/possible "disappearance"

Index Number: ASA 37/025/2006
Date Published: 11 September 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Sri Lanka

An eyewitness has alleged that they saw Reverend Fr. Thiruchchelvan Nihal Jim Brown and Wenceslaus Vinces Vimalathas in the village of Allaipiddy on Kayts Island off the northern peninsula of Jaffna, at about 2:15pm on 20 August, being followed by armed men on motorbikes. This last confirmed sighting of the two men greatly heightens fears for their safety.