LTTE taxation burden on masses
The LTTE's extortion and illegal tax has resulted
in the cost-of-living sky rocketing in the Jaffna peninsula. The
ceasefire agreement does not have a clause forbidding the tax
collection by the LTTE. Added to the high transport and payments for
loading and unloading at entry-exit points on both sides of the
boarder, the cost-of-living in the Jaffna peninsula is 25 per cent
higher than the rest of the country.
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LTTE kills two soldiers
Two soldiers on foot patrol were shot dead by
the LTTE in Kuramanadu, Vavuniya yesterday, the spokesman for the
Media Centre for National Security said. The bodies are now lying at
the Vavuniya Hospital.
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