Sri Lanka Muslim Congress on Thursday called upon the newly elected president to reinvestigate religious killings which had occurred in the country under the previous regime.

The SLMC said that while the government had a tight schedule under its 100-day policy program, it would request the president to reinvestigate Muslim killings and attacks after the April elections. The attacks in June last year were said to be led by Sinhala extremist monks of the Bodu Bala Sena.

"The government has a lot to do in its 100-day policy program. But we want a reinvestigation into the killings and attacks soon after the April polls," SLMC General Secretary and newly appointed State Minister of Health, M. Hassen Ali has told Xinhua.

"Our Party High Command had also met the president and we have decided to work closely with the government to achieve all its goals," Hassen Ali also said.

At least three Muslims were killed and over 80 injured in the incidents in Aluthgama and the adjacent areas last June. Several Muslim properties and mosques had come under attack and Muslim ministers had blamed the former government failing to protect its citizens.
(with inputs from Xinhua)