Teargas used to disperse protestors

30 May 2011 08:11 am Views - 4163

The police used teargas and shot into the air to disperse protesters in Katunayake who were against the proposed private sector pension scheme, Inter Company Employees Union , Vasantha Samarasinghe told Daily Mirror.

Reportedly the police had used the teargas to disperse the Katunayake FTZ protesters after a tense situation erupted between the police and protesters and the protesters started throwing stones at the police. (Nabbeela Hussein)