{"id":985,"date":"2026-05-08T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:03:49","slug":"disappearances-issue-is-not-just-a-file-matter-northern-governor-vethanayahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/08\/disappearances-issue-is-not-just-a-file-matter-northern-governor-vethanayahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappearances Issue Is Not Just a File Matter \u2013 Northern Governor Vethanayahan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Province Governor N. Vethanayahan has stated that the issue of missing persons in the Northern Province is not merely a routine file matter lying in government offices.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that it is a deeply sensitive humanitarian issue connected to the unresolved grief, decades-long suffering, and painful uncertainty faced by thousands of families, and therefore must be approached with compassion and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor made these remarks while addressing a nationwide awareness programme organized by the Office on Missing Persons, held yesterday evening (07.05.2026) at the Capacity Development Centre of the Kilinochchi District Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Chairman of the Office on Missing Persons Mahesh Katulanda joined via Zoom technology and delivered the welcome address, explaining the objectives and importance of the awareness programme.<\/p>\n<p>A special message sent by Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara was also officially presented during the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Province Governor N. Vethanayahan has stated that the issue of missing persons in the Northern Province is not merely a routine file matter lying in government offices. He emphasized that it is a deeply sensitive humanitarian issue connected to the unresolved grief, decades-long suffering, and painful uncertainty faced by thousands of families, and therefore &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","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\/985","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=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}