The government is forcibly acquiring land owned by the fisher and farmer communities in the guise of state projects implemented under various names, secretary of the organization Herman Kumara has told jdslanka.org.

The land thus acquired is being either sold or given on long-term lease to foreign businesses, which has now become a permanent feature of the policy of the state, he said.

In order to gain legal backing for the land grabbing, the government publishes some act or gazette, he charged.