Sri Lankan army soldiers and police stopped and searched a Tamil member of Vavuniya South Divisional Secretariat on Wednesday as she was returning hom after attending an event in in Omanthai.
Anchala Kokilakumar, was searched despite producing her National ID card and stating that she was a member of the Divisional Secretariat.
The authorities did not give her a reason for the stop and search, despite her requesting them to do so.
Kokilakumar complained afterwards that her rights as alocal government official had been breached.
"It is unfair that Tamil officials are treated this way," she added, speaking to reporters about the incident.