Jaffna land ownership redress in three-months [October 20 2010]

The Sinhalese families who claim land ownership in Jaffna were given an assurance that it will be solved within three months after a consultation with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Minister of Resettlement Minister Milroy Fernando told the Sunday Observer online that there were evidence that there were a Sinhalese population in Jaffna who owned bakeries, furniture and jewellery shops but yet the government needs clear legal documents to prove their ownership.

“ We are in the process of cheacking all the available documents with the relavent authorities to get proof”, he said.