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Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka urged India on Saturday to free Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Vaiko, who was arrested on July 9 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for making a pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam speech on June 29.
"The arrest of Vaiko in these circumstances on the ground that he was supportive of the LTTE...causes deep anguish to the Tamil people in Sri Lanka," R Sampanthan, a spokesman for the Tamil National Alliance, said in a statement.
"Vaiko has frequently spoken up on behalf of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, and demanded that there should be a just and durable solution to the Tamil question," he said.
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