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On 22nd August speaking at the parliament, Member of Parliamentarian Admiral Sarath
Weerasekara condemned the order issued by the Mullaitivu Magistrate T. Sarvanaraj to allow
Tamil locals in the area to conduct religious rituals at the Athi Ayyanar Hindu Temple located
in the Kurunthamalai archaeological site, rejecting the request by Police to issue an injunction
order. In his speech, MP Weerasekara also claimed that the magistrate had violated the
section 31 (b) of the Antiquities Ordinance. Last month also he made a similar statement at the
Parliament regarding the same judge claiming that the judge does not possess expertise in
archaeology in order to allow Tamils to conduct religious rituals there. Last month also he made a similar statement at the