Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga has released a statement through her official Facebook page urging the government to change the decision to not permit any burial of COVID-19 victims.
She said she did not want to make any statement until she had all the facts related to the burial of COVID-19 victims and she believes that the reasons given justifying the mandatory cremation is baseless after having consulted scientists and researchers in Sri Lanka and overseas.
Former President Kumaratunga further stated that this is a practice Muslims have been following for centuries and there is a legitimate right for Muslim community to follow their religious practice of burying dead, which doesn't harm anyone.
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