Around 30 Persons Suspected As Rohingya Refugees Have Been Taken Into Custody By Police In Mount Lavinia

Around 30 persons suspected as Rohingya Refugees of

Myanmar (Burma) had been taken into custody while staying in a condemonium (Flats)in Mount Lavinia area.

The persons have been taken into custody after a group of buddhist monks protested in front of the house scheme against them.

The suspected refugees had been handed over to the United nations high commission for refugees after found staying in kankasanthurai area without visas and later they were settled in Mirihana detention center it has been reported.

Afterwards the group have been settled in the housing scheme by United Nations office in colombo it has been revealed.

The group  have been later taken to the Bussa Army camp after a group of Buddhist monks protested in front of the housing scheme against their presence and houses the group were in reported as damaged.