Dr. Brian Senewiratne, a Sinhalese activist who has voiced for the Tamil rights in Sri Lanka was refused access into Singapore on Saturday.
According to the Bangkok Post, Dr. Senewiratne was scheduled to give a speech in Johor Bahru in Malaysia about the political nature in Sri Lanka and the factors that’s contributing to the rise in Sri Lankan asylum seekers.
Salem-news reported that, Dr. Senewiratne was held in a small cell for more than five hours before he was sent back to Australia.
Dr. Senewiratne told Salem-news,
“If an Australian citizen is barred from talking to people in Malaysia and Indonesia about the refugee crisis, which involves them, then we are living in a very bad world. And if the Australian Government doesn’t do something then, as I said on the plane to the staff, an Australian passport isn’t worth the paper it is written on. I would rather have a passport for Guatemala.”
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