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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6918270" data-attributes="member: 92282">A planned visit to Toronto by Colombo’s Permanent  Representative at the UN in New York, Dr. Palitha Kohona has been put on  hold for security reasons following protests by local groups over  alleged ‘war crimes’.   Kohona, who also served as the Foreign Secretary in Colombo prior to his  appointment in New York was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the Munk  Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto on  Wednesday.   Magaret McKone, Executive Director at the University said the planned  lecture had to be postponed pending a standard ‘security assessment’ but  did not elaborate.   Student groups in Toronto have vehemently protested at Kohona’s visit  saying he represented a country that has been blamed for war crimes and  other human rights abuses.   The students have even called on the Canadian authorities to deny a visa  to the former Foreign Secretary and also to ban him from entering the  premises of the university.   The student groups raised among other issues the deportation of Canadian  MP Bob Rae in mid last year considering him a security threat to Sri  Lanka and the abductions and killings of journalists.   Dr. Kohona could not be reached for comment .    Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogallagama refused to comment on the matter,  saying he was not aware of such a development. <a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/cms/articleXYZ100000010.php?id=5354" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/cms/articleXYZ100000010.php?id=5354" target="_blank">ST</a></blockquote>

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