Are they using chemical gas as tear gas?
Weligama organizer of the Samagi Jana Balawega, Rehan Jayawickrama, says that the government is currently using chemical gas to suppress protests against the current regime.
He said that he had come to know of it from a very reliable source.
In a Twitter message he said that the chemical gas was brought to Sri Lanka during the war with the LTTE. He says they were brought to Sri Lanka during the civil war and are being used because the government does not have the money to import standardized gas.
He said using such chemical gas could severely affect the eyes and cause various complications, adding that people who were tear gassed were seen fainting on the roads.
