{
  "id": 16680039,
  "title": "Jaffna based Customs refuse to release books ordered from TN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/jaffna-based-customs-refuse-to-release-books-ordered-from-tn",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T23:57:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/jaffna-based-customs-refuse-to-release-books-ordered-from-tn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Customs in Jaffna has declined to release copies of Thoarai, a Tamil novel by the writer Piratheep Kunaradnam, aka Yatharthan, pending approval from the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Government Information, in the latest case of Tamil books being held by the state, Tamil Guardian reported. Kunaradnam went to the customs division, at […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}