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On 8th March, student union of the University of Colombo organised another protest march
against the forcible entrance, and tear gas attack by the Police into the University of Colombo
premises on the previous day. This protest was also dispersed by the Police firing tear gas
and water, when it was passing the national museum in Cambridge place in Colombo. School
children in the area were also affected by the tear gas. The University of Colombo Federation
of University Teachers Association also staged another protest on the same day opposite the
university premises, and the teachers of the faculty of law issued a separate statement
condemning the police attack into university premises.