{"id":2325,"date":"2026-06-09T09:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:08:06","slug":"response-to-international-report-on-plantation-workers-to-be-issued-soon-minister-samanta-vidyarathna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/09\/response-to-international-report-on-plantation-workers-to-be-issued-soon-minister-samanta-vidyarathna\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to International Report on Plantation Workers to Be Issued Soon \u2013 Minister Samanta Vidyarathna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure Samanta Vidyarathna stated that the government will soon issue an official response to a report released by the international human rights organization MS International.<\/p>\n<p>The report alleged that plantation workers are being treated as bonded labourers by certain plantation companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister made these remarks in Parliament today (9) while responding to a question raised during the oral questions session by opposition MP Nizam Kariyapper.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Vidyarathna noted that the government is examining the findings and allegations contained in the report and that a formal response will be provided in due course.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has drawn attention to working conditions and labour rights within Sri Lanka\u2019s plantation sector, with calls for further clarification and action regarding the concerns raised in the international report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure Samanta Vidyarathna stated that the government will soon issue an official response to a report released by the international human rights organization MS International. The report alleged that plantation workers are being treated as bonded labourers by certain plantation companies. The Minister made these remarks in Parliament today (9) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}