Tamil language training for police

The Milinda Moragoda Institute initiated a free Tamil language training course for police officers in the Colombo DIG's Division.

The six month course is for officers who man inquiry desks at the police stations and those deployed on security purposes.

This will enable them to have better rapport with the Tamil speaking people in the city. Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickramarathne met Minister Moragoda at a ceremony to hand over computers and photocopy machines to OICs of police stations in Colombo East and Colombo West. He stressed the value of the knowledge of the Tamil language to police officers specially those working among the Tamil people in the city.

The Minister promised the IGP to help him in this initiative and instructed his officials to work immediately on this.

Chief Secretary General of the Amarapura Sanga Sabawa Ven. Brahmanawatte Sivali Thera addressing the gathering in Tamil emphasised the value of the Tamil language, saying the initiative will create better understanding between the two main communities, Sinhala and Tamil.