Controversy
On October 20, 2008, registrars attached to the Colombo Magistrate Courts system received a threatening letter, stating that the 'Mahason Brigade' was watching "traitors that stood up for terrorists" (referring to lawyers who represented captured LTTE cadres in court). The authorship of the letters were never verified, thus leading some to dismiss it as the concoction of ultra-nationalistic groups within the Sinhalese community.
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