TNA says people in the east are currently in an 'open prison'

TNA parliamentarian Chandrakanthan Chandraneru told BBC Sandeshaya that Tamil people will not gain anything from government capturing territory from the LTTE.

He was responding to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement that government troops captured the former LTTE political headquarters, Kilinochchi.

The security forces re-captured the eastern province from the LTTE in 2007.

“Everybody says that the east is currently an open prison. People cannot freely walk around in the east. Tamil people fear that same will happen in the north,” the MP told BBC Sinhala service.

Mr. Chandraneru stressed that the war will continue, unless a political solution is provided, despite Sri Lanka troops capturing key strongholds from the LTTE.