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We have to assume that the government is fulfilling their duties to the Canadian Tamil congress when the government is responding lackadaisically to the Britain\u2019s hunt against military personnel\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leader of \u2018Pivithuru Hela Urumaya\u2019 Udaya Gammanpila alleges that US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung has omitted certain words and edited the statement issued by Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the sanctions imposed by the UK government on former military chiefs. 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