Northern Province residents are forced to wait hours for Tamil-language services at police stations, the Chief Minister has said.
In a meeting with police officials, Chief Minister Wigneswaran said police departments across the North did not have enough Tamil language capacity to serve the population.
Police officials responded that they struggle to recruit Tamil officers and that Tamils did not come forward to join the force.
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