A trade union in Sri Lanka has called on the new government to release the report compiled by former High Court Judge Mahanama Tillekeratne after probing the killing of free trade zone (FTZ) worker Roshen Chanaka.
Roshen Chanaka was killed on May 31, 2011 during a protest by FTZ workers against the proposed private sector pension plan, which they alleged would result in the former government plundering into funds of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
Head of the FTZ workers’ union, Anton Marcus, has told the media that a letter has already been written to the office of President Maithripala Sirisena about the matter, since the earlier administration had apparently kept the report in limbo for the past several years.
He has added that while Chanaka was killed, some 260 other factory workers were injured following the assault on protestors by police personnel in 2011.