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On the 11th, the police officers obtained a court order from the Muthur Magistrate's Court, prohibiting any ceremony planned for the distribution of Mullivaikkakal Kanji in memory of the people who died in the last phase of the war for the next 14 days (Sri Lanka Brief, 2024).
Three women were arrested by the Sampur Police on charges of distributing Mullivaikal Kanji in Trincomalee's Sampur area. They are Kamaleswaran Tennila, Kamaleswaran Vijitha, and Kaliraja Sujaniya (Sri Lanka Brief, 2024).

Although the court order barred five people from participating in the commemoration, it said that the order "applies to all people" and that they should not gather in schools or temples, and no vehicular protests (Sri Lanka Brief, 2024).

Regarding the recent arrests of people in Trincomalee, Eastern Province, in connection with commemorative acts, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) wrote to the Inspector General of Police (IGP). On 13 May 2024, the HRCSL launched a suo motu investigation with respect to the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of four persons on 12 May 2024 in Trincomalee. These persons were arrested for allegedly violating a temporary
order of the Learned Magistrate by holding a commemoration event at the Bhuvaneswari Amman Temple in Chenaiyoor, Muttur at which kanji was served to the public, and for allegedly assaulting a police officer