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Former Northern Provincial Council member, M K Shivajilingam was reported to have been arrested
by Sri Lanka police on 26th of November while he was trying to mark the LTTE leader V Prabhakaran’s birthday nearby his ancestral residence in Valvetithuari. He was arrested with a cake,candles and some other items but he was released later. In the meantime four youths were also reported as arrested in the same day morning by police while they were clearing bushes around the Prabhakaran’s home. Journalists reporting on the arrests were quoted as saying they were threatened by police who had warned them to leave the area and photographed them.