JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti told the media that the party condemns the government's decision to deport the Lebanese couple who took part in a protest held by the JVP in Jaffna.
Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department arrested the couple, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Mohammed Hotek yesterday while they were staying in a hotel in Kandy.
He said the Lebanese national is the Chairman of the Democratic Youth Union of Lebanon and also Lebanon's representative to the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
Handunnetti had reportedly met the couple while attending overseas forums and said that their recent visit to Sri Lanka was their first trip after getting married recently.
According to Handunnetti, the couple had participated in the protest, held recently against an attack on him in Jaffna, only on an observation level and as international friends.
Meanwhile, local daily The Island reported that the CID is conducting further investigations in to the Lebanese connection to the Marxist party. The CID is of the belief that the couple is representing a Lebanese organization, which funds the JVP and supports its anti-government campaigns.
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