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CONTENTS
A year after the Accord-Editorial............ 2 ISSN (
Colombo NewsLetter...............................3 ANNUAL SUE Relief work grinds to a halt........................ 5 Kgಳ್ತ:ಗ್ಗ
American funding for SLFP...................... 6 Published r TAM TI
Prof. Buultiens Abducted..........................
rof. Buultj ed ........6 P.O., BC Tamil-Muslim Alliance..............................6 SUTಖ್ಖನ್ಡ
Plight of students in India.......................... 7 Views expressed by contrit those of the editor or the LTTE-Amirthalingam Alliance?................. 9 The publishers assume no
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Militarisation advances in Lanka............. 11 unsolicited manuscripts, p
A YEAR AFTER
The Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement signed on 29 July 1987 was intended to bring an end to the then raging ethnic Conflict and violence that had rocked Sri Lanka for several years and inaugurate an era of peace and harmony among its people. A year has elapsed. But the violence and Conflict Continues unabated. Indeed the violence has spread to other parts of the country which had previously remained relatively unaffected.
The Indian Peace Keeping Force which arrived in the wake of the Agreement has failed to restore peace. On the contrary, it is engaged in a violent and tragic confrontation with the most dominant Tamil militant group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In this confrontation, many innocent Tamils have been killed, and many others subjected to untold hardship and suffering. In several instances, the personnel belonging to the IPKF have behaved as bad or even Worse than the Sri Lankan security forces from whom they came ostensibly to protect the Tamil people.
'Operation Leap' and Operation Liberation'previously undertaken by the Sri Lankan security forces have been followed by "Operation Pawan', 'Operation Virat", "Operation Trisul' and now 'Operation Checkmate" launched by the IPKF. The successes claimed as a consequence of these operations have not brought peace, but death, destruction and misery to the people.
The basic cause of the continuing violence resulting frOrn the Confrontation befween the IPKF and the LT TE is that the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement does not adequately provide for meeting the national aspirations of the Tamil people. With all its reservations, the LTTE is on record as having pledged to cooperate in the implementation of the Agreement. That being the case, it is hoped that the ongoing talks between India and the LTTE would lead to a resolution of the areas in dispute thus bringing peace to a long Suffering people.
Ironically, the cause for the campaign of violence unleashed in the south of the island by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) with the tacit support of the
 
 

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A Country United by fear......................... 12
266-4488 Sri Lanka-Southern Scene................. 12 SCRIPTION Voterigging............................................ 15 . . . E10/US$20 . . . E15/USS30 TULF leaders in Colombo....................... 15
Ionthly by No court action against IPKF.................. 15
ES LTD X 121 NeWS in Brief.......................................... 17 EY SM1 3 TD NGDOM Classified............................................... 22
utors are not necessarily Quote...Unquote..................................... 16 publishers. esponsibility for return of Tamil Nadu Ex-Ministeron fraud charge.....19 otographs and artwork.
Blurring the boundaries.......................... 20
THE ACCORD
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is that the same Agreement has granted too much to the Tamils and the limited devolution for which it provides is equated with the division of the country. These parties ought to realise that gross distortions of this type and the continued denial of the legitimate rights of the Tamil people resulted in the emergence of Tamil armed resistance. The cause of Indian intervention, to begin with indirectly and later directly, in Sri Lankan affairs has been the inability or rather the pig-headed unwillingness on the part of Sinhala political leaders to resolve a problem which was essentially an internal one.
If the SLFP or the JVP, or for that matter any other party or group, desires an early exit of the IPKF and to see an end to Indian meddling in Sri Lankan internal affairs, then they should come to terms with and recognise the legitimate aspirations and national rights of the Tamil people. The advance towards the realisation of those aspirations and rights have reached a point of no return. No amount of anti-Tamil propaganda based on misinterpretation of history or distortion of present day realities is going to prevent that advance.
Mass struggles against a government which subverts representative democracy by frequently monkeying with the Constitution, or extends the life of parliament by depriving the people of their right to periodic general elections, or suppresses political dissent and opposition by resorting to draconian, arbitrary or military means is one thing. But combining some elements of such a struggle with a campaign of individual terrorism which draws its inspiration and nourishment from an essentially chauvinist anti-Tamil stance is politically and morally wrong, counter-productive and reactionary and therefore should be resisted. For all the narxist rhetoric of the JVP, it has not only failed to recognise and understand the basic tenet that national minorities are the natural allies of all progressive forces, but has also ganged up with the most reactionary chauvinist and fascist elements in Sri Lankan society while engaging in a vicious and sustained campaign of individual terrorism.

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There are grave doubts about the socalled informal talks between Indian officials and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) producing an agreement and bringing about an end to the ongoing confrontation between the IPKF and the LTTE before the first anniversary (July 29, 1988) of the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agree
ment. v
A flurry of speculation of a possible agreement has preoccupied the Sri
Lankan and Indian media for several weeks. These rather optimistic reports have at the same time been accompa
nied by other reports of intensified operations against the LTTE by the PKF which had claimed that it had allegedly succeeded in 'cornering the Tiger leaders within a small area in the north of the island. While accusing the IPKF of committing atrocities against Tamil civilians, the LTTE counterclaimed that it had inflicted heavy casualties upon the IPKF.
Ironically, while the body count has been increasing on both sides, informal discussions have been taking place during the last several months between officials of the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and LTTE stalwarts in Madras. The 28 year old former Jaffna Commander of the LTTE, Sathasivam Krishnakumar, better known as Kittu, confirming that the discussions have been taking place, said at the end of June that the negotiations with India were "approaching an advanced stage".
L-FATED AGREEMENT
Tiger leader Prabhakaran had on several previous occasions appealed to the Indian Prime Minister to order a cease-fire and conveying LTTE's pledge to cooperate in the implementation of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord and its willingness to hand over its weapons following negotiations between the LTTE and India on certain aspects of the devolution package. But India would not budge from its intransigent position that it would not order a cease-fire unless and until the LTTE accepts the Accord and surrenders its weapons.
Earlier reports indicated that the LTTE, during negotiations with RAW officials, wanted the resuscitation of the ill-fated Dixit-LTTE agreement of September 28, 1987 (See Tamil Times, page 13, June 1988) under which an interim administration in the northern and eastern provinces was to be established under control of the LTTE. Neither India nor Sri Lanka was agreeable to this suggestion. They argued that the time and the need for an interim administrative machinery
had passed, an Council Law had a civilian elected be set up
AGREEMENT
By the latter par able sources rep ment between LT had been reached ters. India had r general cease-fire
a 'sectoral cease-f ences of opinion a
ber of weapons
would appear to The 'sectoral c brought into effec ing over arms on
resulting in an the area concern cumulatively resu once 700 weapol dered. The rest o except those reta protection of its handed over with period.
On completion weapons, a genera announced, the
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The following is munique issued Secretariat on 3
“Follouwing the Indi K. C. Pant's visit to ujith the President of June 1988, the have achieved furt, been an exchange tuveen the Presiden, of India between th 1988. The Prime M President that the tions of their willi arms and cooperate the Indo-Sri Lank Keeping in view the Government of ment of Sri Lanka t and suffering of the to revive the politica fair and equal opp pate in these proce Sri Lanka reiterat the following steps If the Tamil m. arms and support t ment, the detenus Tamil militant gr general amnesty a return to the na process as envisage Agreement and the Sri Lankan Const
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administration could after elections.
VTH RAW
t of June, knowledgeorted that an agreeTE and RAW officials covering several matejected the cal for a , but was agreeable to
as to the actual numheld by the LTTE, have been resolved. ease-fire' would be it by the LTTE handan area-by-area basis unoffical cease-fire in d. The process would ilt in a total cease-fire ns had been surrenf the LTTE weapons, ined for the personal leaders, should be in a further two week
of the surrender of ul cease-fire would be proscription on the
Sarthesivam Krisħna kumar (allas AKtu), former Jaffna Commander of
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LTTE and the Emergency affecting the north and east would be lifted and the President would publish a proclamation of the merger of the northern and eastern provinces. Thereafter preparations for the holding of the Provincial Council elections in October this year would be undertaken.
In regard to the question of Tamil militant cadres, two Rehabilitation Committees were to be set up - one was to comprise of LTTE nominees and allocated with a sum of 500 million Indian rupees, and the other was to comprise of nominees of all other Tamil militant groups and allocated 100 million Indian rupees. Representatives of the governments of India and Sri Lanka would serve on both the Committees to ensure that the funds would be applied only for the intended purpose of rehabilitating the militant cadres.
RI LANIKA GOVERNMENT COMM UNICUE
the text of the comby the Presidential Oth June 1988:
an Defence Minister, Mr. Colombo for discussions between 30th May and 1st operations of the IPKF her successes. There has of communications beand the Prime Minister e 24th and 27th of June inister has informed the LTTE has given indicagness to lay doun their in the implementation of a Agreement.
the shared objectives of India and the Governo bring an end to violence people of Sri Lanka and l process by giving a free, ortunity to all to partici'sses, the Government of is its willingness to take
ilitants would lay down he Indo-Sri Lanka Agreewill be released and all oups would be granted nd would be allowed to instream of democratic d in the Indo-Sri Lanka latest amendments to the tution.
is understood, is now d if they agree to surren
der all arms, explosives and communication equipment held by them, in accordance with a procedure agreed between the military authorities relating to quality, quantity, type and method, and the Government of India agrees to disarm totally the LTTE, the Government of Sri Lanka will issue instructions to the authorities and the Commissioner of Elections of Sri Lanka to call for elections to the Provincial Council of the North-Eastern province under Article 10(1) of the Provincial Council elections lauv and to take further action under that law, and the North-Eastern Provincial Council to be formed with one Government, one elected Chief Minister and four elected Ministers (vide S.37 of Act No. 2 of 1987).
"The question of the use of the 1982 election register by an amendment to Act No. 2 of 1988 S5(1) will be studied for its constitutionality and legislative appropriateness.
"The Government of Sri Lanka will also take immediate steps to appoint one High Court for the North-Eastern Province and pass the necessary legislation envisaged in the 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution to fulfil aspirations relating to Tamil, along with Sinhala, being made the official language of the Democratic Socialistic republic of Sri Lanka.
If, in response to these assurances, the LTTE fulfils its stated commitment to lay down arms and fully cooperate in the implementation of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, the Government of Sri Lanka will initiate steps by the end of July for holding elections to the North-Eastern Provincial Council.”

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As to the LTTE's demand for the enhancement of the devolution package and any further amendments to Constitution and the Provincial Council Law, the government of Sri Lanka would give an assurance that those matters would be discussed after the elections with elected representatives.
HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS
Though reports suggested that these were matters on which agreement has been reached between LTTE leaders in Madras and RAW officials, at no time did the LTTE or any one of its leaders claim or even suggest that there was such an agreement. On the contrary, the LTTE persisted in calling for a cease-fire followed by negotiations.
The high level discussions held on June 27 in Delhi presided over by Rajiv Gandhi on the Sri Lankan situation fuelled further speculation about the prospect of a definite agreement. Those who attended these discussions included the External Affairs Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao, Defence Minister K.C. Pant, Minister of State for External Affairs K. Natwar Singh, Foreign Secretary K.P.S. Menon, Defence Secretary T.N. Seshan and the High Commissioner for India in Colombo D.N. Dixit who had flown to Delhi to attend the meeting.
Mr. Dixit returned to Colombo presumably with a message from Rajiv Gandhi to President Jayawardene with whom he had a series of meetings on 28 June. It would seem that the President had a briefing meeting with his cabinet on the morning of 30 June about the exchanges between Colombo and Delhi and the message brought by Mr. Dixit.
GOVT COMMUNIOUE
In the afternoon of June 30, the Presidential Secretariat issued a communique (see box) which announced the government's intention to take certain steps. These included the release of Tamil political detenus and the grant of general amnesty to all Tamil militant groups to enable them to return to the mainstream of democratic process as envisaged in the Accord; if the LTTE would agree to the surrender of all arms, the government would call for elections to the Provincial Councils of the North-Eastern Province and to take further action to form the NorthEastern Provincial Council with one Government, one elected Chief Minister and four elected Ministers; the legal possibility of the use of the 1982 electoral register would be considered; immediate steps would be taken to appoint one High Court for the NorthEastern Province and to enact necessary legislation to make Tamil, along with Sinhala, being made the official languages of the country; and if the LTTE fulfilled its stated commitment to lay down arms and fully cooperate in the implementation of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, the government would initiate steps by the end of July for holding the elections to the NorthEastern Provincial Council.
If the messages to President
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The following is statement dated 9 Liberation Tigers o During the 9 m tion, being waged u an army large num been killed, women raped, millions wor troyed and the wil were devastated.
India is trying t to the Tamil nation 40 years of oppressi genocide, by sper rupees to bomb and "India's propaganc once the North and are merged togethe an election is held th Tamils would be remembered that e made by the Tamil dom attained by th youth was not to merger and election vincial councils.
'What is described is the Motherland of indivisible. The Sri L. rejoiced, rather vain Liberation” in Vad the liberation strug been crushed. Howe attack by Black Ti liyadi on July 5th 19 government was Lankans and the w that the Tamil liber not ended and the have not been subc "India which en under the pretext o'
claims to have crus)
Jayawardene from t quately reflected the by the LTTE negot assume that the coi idential communiqu responded to the me an PM. If that w response of the LTT tial communique wol this.
NO PROSPECT
The LTTE's respon Kittu at a press ( Madras the day foll the Presidential con told the pressmen d prospect of an inn On the contrary, it LTTE's previous po tude to the Accord, general cease-fire, surrender of weapo of the northern anc of the island.
On the Agreemel have declared this tinue to stand on o ate in the impleme! Sri Lanka Agreem that this should hav of safeguarding aspirations of our

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'CORD, A CHARTER FOR SERVILITY'
text of a press uly issued by the ' Tamil Eelam: nths war of attrijustly by the Indier of civilians have have been brutally h of property desl life and jungles
teach democracy
that has suffered on to the extent of ding millions of burn Tamil areas. a seems to be that Eastern provinces r temporarily and e grievances of the over. It must be normous sacrifices people and martyrLousands of Tamil ffect a temporary for powerless pro
as North and East Tamils and that is ankan government ly after "Operation amarachchy, that gle of Tamils had ver with the suicide ger Miller at Nel87, the Sri Lankan stunned. The Sri hole world realised ration struggle has
Liberation Tigers lued or liquidated. tered Sri Lanka
struggle after committing greater atrocities than the Sri Lankans and also declares that elections could be held soon. India also seems to be exploring the possibilities if it could hold elections with the help of quislings. India mistakenly believes if they could hold a show election and install a puppet administration in the Tamil homeland which had been made a big garrison of Indian army, they could convince the world that democracy has revived in Tamil Eelam. Since it is obvious that Tigers will not accept any solution couched under the veil of peace, that does not afford genuine protection for the Tamils, India is hellbent on eliminating Tigers and liquidating its leaders.
India is wrong if it believes that it could implement the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord, a charter of servility for the Tamils, by destroying the LTTE and its leaders. If India continues to engage in its effort to eliminate Tigers and kill Tamils, it would become inevitable that the Tigers would withdraw from the farcial peace talks and prepare the Tamil Nation for a long and protracted struggle against foreign domination.
In the military engagement, last month 80 Indian soldiers were killed and 15 were wounded. The number of Indian soldiers killed in various districts are as follows. Kilinochchi-26, Mannar-7, Jaffna-2, Trincomalee-16 and at Mullaitivu-15. On our side, Major Salam, Captains Ragavan and Sabesan and Mano, Alex, Thamu, Hari, Sutha, Prince, Thiyagu and Arasan
fprotecting Tamils attained martyrdom, to whom we pay ned their liberation homage.'
he Indian PM ade- the talks with RAW officials, he said
"indications' given iators, one would tents of the Prese also adequately ssages of the Indias the case, this E to the Presidenuld have confirmed
ise was given by onference held in owing the issue of munique. What he id not indicate any ediate agreement. vas a reassertion of sitions on its atti
on the need for a on the question of ns and the merger | eastern provinces
nt, Kittu said, “We before and we conir pledge to cooperntation of the Indo2nt. We still insist 'e the desired effect the interests and eople". Referring to
that they focused on matters relevant to bringing about an immediate ceasefire, and "included the handing over of weapons, the rehabilitation of our people and the security of our people. Once an agreementis reached in the negotiations, in accordance with that agreement, we are willing to hand over the weapons".
Kittu was very emphatic on the question of a cease-fire and surrender of weapons: "No firm decision has been made regarding the time limit and quantity of weapons. A final decision can be made with the permission of Prabhakaran. Owing to Operation Checkmate (launched by the IPKF) going on at present, communications have been disturbed. Operation Checkmate has been a hindrance to a final decision. Therefore, we urge an immediate cease-fire".
ON MERGER
Referring to the question of merger of the northern and eastern provinces, Kittu explained that the LTTE expected that "the Sri Lankan government should make a proclamation on this issue. Yesterday, the Secretariat of the President has issued a statement that the Northern and Eastern Pro

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vinces will be merged into single unit. This is not a proclamation. Our sincere hope is that the government of India will persuade the government of Sri Lanka to make a proclamation on this merger as early as possible".
Stating that the LTTE had submitted a detailed study to the government of India pointing out the shortcomings in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in regard to the devolution of powers to the Provincial Councils, Kittu asserted that most of the powers had been concentrated at the Centre. “Improving the 13th Amendment cannot be done immediately. Therefore, what we are talking about at present is a matter relevant to bringing about a cease-fire".
India has now come to realise that establishing contact with the LTTE leader Prabhakaran is crucial for any progress on the negotiating front. The LTTE in a statement issued on 8 July made this point absolutely clear: "Although there is some progress made in the current negotiations, there is also a compelling need for our leader to assess fully the important subjects before making decisions. Hence it is necessary that our leader should discuss with us and the representatives of the government of India in person. There are several practical difficulties in consulting our leader in person . . . Therefore we requested India to cease hostilities in the area between
Elephant Pa the meeting place. Althou dia understo turned down arrangement reached with Mr. Prabha totality of th
MAN HUR
According to sioner in Col main hurdles for an agree mand for a to it requires weapons. Ол gathering of Committees
town of Batti the LTTE w cease-fire pri Tiger leader ly the LTT period for th weapons. The teed safe cor emerge from deputation to a complete
had not beer Mr. Dixit cal mittees as a opinion to pe down arms a
Sequel to murder of Fr. Ch and abduction of Kandas
RELIEF WORKGRIND HALT INTAMIL AR
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Refugee relief and rehabilitation work undertaken by religious and non-governmental organisations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces have ground to a halt.
The killing of the Catholic Priest Fr. Chandra Fernando in Batticaloa on June 6 and the abduction of a promin
ent social worker Mr S. Kandasamy by unknown persons on June 19 has led to this situation.
An office-bearer of the Tamil Refugee Rehabilitation Organisation (TRRO) said that most international agencies that were giving aid to the TRRO for refugee relief and rehabilitation work had expressed horror at the plight of Mr. Kandasamy. Several of these agencies particularly those from Scandinavian countries had already suspended financial aid following Mr. Kandasamy's abduction. In view of this situation the TRRO was constrained to suspend its refugee settlement programme including free-medical aid. Mr. Kanda samy was primarily instrumental in setting up the TRRO in 1977 after the August violence.
The TRRO had spread its activities throughout the North and East and since 1983 had been playing a prominent role in rehabilitation work. Mr Kandasamy wentinto self-exile in 1983
and thereafte raising from TRRO.
A west-Eu tive of an ai Island by te agencies wer ertia of some concerning til samy. “We k man dedicat Tamils and of If some harm will have to r the represen A spokesm told The Isla suspended a Eastern Prov of Fr. Chand Chairman o Citizens' Col said that t Eastern Hu. velopment C pended its a cally refugee The Batti Rev. Fr... Kin cided to susp role of the appreciated a of Fr. Chand

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is and Trincomalee while with our leader was taking gh the government of Inld our genuine concern, it the request for such an No agreement can be but facilitating our leader aran to comprehend the e negotiations directly".
DLES
the Indian High Commisombo, Mr. Dixit, the two that remain to be cleared ment are the LTTE’s detal cease-fire and the time for the surrender of June 9, addressing a epresentatives of Citizens in the eastern province caloa, Mr. Dixit said that as insisting on a five-day or to a meeting with the Prabhakaran, and secondE wanted a five-month Le total surrender of all Indian offer of a guaranduct for Prabhakaran to his hideout or for a Tiger meet their leader without cease-fire being dec
acceptable to the LTTE. ed upon the Citizens Com"potent force of public rsuade the Tigers to lay und enter the democratic
process. If that happens, India will be equally responsive."
Characterising the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement as "a charter of servility for the Tamils', the LTTE in a rather hard-hitting statement issued on 9 July (see box on page 4), has threatened to “withdraw from the farcial peace talks and prepare the Tamil Nation for a long and protracted struggle against foreign domination".
PROSPECTS DIM
The optimism evident during late June and early July for a negotiated settlement seems to have evaporated. The prospects for peace in the near future for the beleaguered Tamil population would appear to be rather dim.
As for the LTTE leaders, they must be ruing the adventurism they displayed in dashing the plate on which power was being offered through the DixitLTTE agreement of September 28, 1987.
As for the Indian leaders, however much they may crow about Indian national interests being protected by the provisions of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, they cannot regard the performance of the IPKF in Sri Lanka as the crowning glory of the fourth largest army in the world which is today engaged in the longest war in its entire history.
andra amy
DS TO A
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r was responsible for fund western countries for the
ropean based representad-giving agency told The lephone that the donor e disappointed at the inTRRO officials, in matters he release of Mr. Kandahow personally that he is a ed to upliftment of the funimpeachable integrity. has befallen him then we econsider the whole issue" tative said. an for the Catholic church and that the church has l its social work in the rince following the killing ra Fernando who was also f the Batticaloa-Amparai mmittee. The spokesman he church organisation, man and Economic DeCentre (EHED) has susctivities which were basi
oriented. caloa-Trincomalee Bishop gsley Swampillai had deend these activities as the church was not being as indicated by the killing ra Fernando. All Catholic
priests had resigned from posts held in Citizens' Committees following the killing.
The Bishop of Jaffna Rev. Fr. Deogupillai has also advised the priests in his diocese to be 'careful' and "go slow' in doing social work because of the political situation.
According to citizens from the North and East, the suspension of refugee work has hit the ordinary people very hard. More than half the population have been affected by the past violence. Since civil administration is also in shambles, the non-governmental relief and rehabilitation was of great importace.
(The Island, 8 July 1988)
SCOTAPPEALS FOR, KANDASAMY
The General Council of the London based Standing Committee of Tamils (SCOT) has appealed to those who abducted Mr. S. Kandasamy on June 19 from his residence in Jaffna to release him unharmed.
A statement issued by SCOT's Secretary on behalf of the General Council said that the contribution made by Mr. Kandasamy in the cause of human rights and rehabilitation of Tamils was enormous. The fact that he abandoned a lucrative legal practice following the August 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom in which tens of thousands of Tamils were affected and thereafter devoted himself totally to serve the community illustrated his sense of self
sacrifice.
(Conta. on p.10)

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AMMIERICAN FUNDINI
FORSLFP
I am surprised that such little public attention has been paid to an article appearing in the Sunday Island of the 19th June, where a businessman of Sri Lankan origin, who lives and operates in California, is interviewed as saying that he has 'already succeeded in doing what no Sri Lankan here would even consider possible: raised funds for the SLFP from private American citizens and businesses."
The article goes on to say: "The cheques, some made out to Mrs. Bandaranaike, some to the SLFP, have been coming in during the last two months. Together with the cheques are letters wishing the party success.'
One must ask whether there is a link between this fund - raising campaign and the subsequently reported fact that Mr. Anura Bandaranaike was leaving for the US to attend, as guest of honour, a meeting, to be presided over by Mrs. John Wayne, and to be attended by a large gathering of "distinguished Americans, including six Mayors.' It was further reported that on this occassion Mr. Bandaranaike would deliver a lecture explaining SLFP policies for the forthcoming General and Presidential elections.
I am not aware of any previous precedent for a Sri Lankan political party openly receiving foreign funds for
PROFESSOR, A VICTIM OF GUN POWER
It happened to Professor Ralph Buultjens, much in demand among the Colombo elitist circles, earlier based in the U.S. and known to be a personal friend of the late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The scene: Havelock Town, Colombo, 5 p.m. 26th June. The Professor was in the front seat of his car with driver Lester Ranatunge at the wheel and his secretary, Miss de Silva in the rear, getting out of his Skelton Road residence to deliver the Felix Dias Bandaranaike lecture at the Bandaranaike Memorial Hall. The title of the lecture: THE PRICE OF POWER.
Suddenly a Red Lancer car had intercepted his vehicle. Three men armed with revolvers dragged out the driver and shoved him into the rear seat. Prof. Buultjens was threatened and told to remain seated where he was. He was quickly blindfolded. One of the armed youths had taken the wheel, while the Red Lancer followed.
Reaching the unknown destination, they treated him well and offered him a soft drink "Fanta'. 'You are a fine chap', the abductors told him, but don't get inolved with this
election purposes. Hov me as an observer of unaligned with any po the significance of the news is not exhauste
The SLFP is, of all t ing political parties in one which campaigns against the Indo-Sri accord and against th
Anura flies tor :ا meet
chief Juest is John Waynes sohn ame
The O'
IPKF in Sri Lanka. that while official S policies may be recon role in relation to the conflict, there is a p right-wing American ranoiacally regards I of the Soviet Union Indo-Sri Lankan acco of Indian influence,
crowd. And don't giv on Felix Dias Banda At 7.15 p.m. he wi late now for a resu meeting and your lec the sounds of a car give it a few minute blindfold, and please The Professor did a while a distinguishe the BMICH includin the late Felix Dias
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aver, it seems to political affairs, itical party that se two pieces of | by this fact, elegally operatSri Lanka, the most stridently Lankan peace presence of the
California where ife - News win
borses and rhino3. Can Yo the have
It is well known tate Department ciled to the Indian Sri Lankan ethnic werful section of opinion which paIndia as a satellite , which sees the rd as an extension and therefore in
directly of Soviet influence, in South Asia, and which would therefore be more than willing to support a party which was taking a militantly antiIndian position. It is reasonable to suppose that these extreme right-wing elements would be strongly represented in what is described in the article to which I have referred as the city of million dollar homes and affluent life-styles' where this fund-raising campaign is centred.
Who, moreover, is Mrs. John Wayne? She is the widow of the famous American star of cowboy and other action films, the intimate friend of Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, who associated himself off-screen with diehard right-wing political causes in America, and who on screen was the spiritual ancestor of that present-day quintessentially American hero, Rambo.
There is a further angle to this development which intrigues me. We have been accustomed in recent times to smears against institutions and organisations which have stood for peace and ethnic good relations, on the ground that they receive foreign funds. It is interesting to see that none of these self-appointed defenders of the national interest who were responsible for these smears have thought it fit to question the legitimacy of a national political party fighting an election with the help of funds from American big
business. Reggie Siriuwardena
e any lectures Iranaike’.
as told: It's too mption of the ture. Listen for driving away, 3, remove your get back home. s he was told d gathering at g the widow of Bandaranaike,
kept waiting, while frantic telephone calls were made.
Earlier, driver Ranatunga and Secretary Miss de Silva were dropped close to the traffic lights at the Havelock Road intersection. Both were so shocked they could not even note the number of the abductors' car, Police said. But the driver had been told: We will not harm him. We only want to question him.
d Veena Fecital by RENUKA SHRANANDA
Committee of Tamil Speaking People, UK (SCOT) organised
dVocal and Veena recital in aid of medical equipment for the on 2.7.88 at Merton Civic hall, Wimbledon, London SW19'

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PLIGHT OF SRI LA TAMIL STUDENTS
A Government order has been issued by Public (Refugees) Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu, referred to as G. O. MS No. 597. The order is in consequence of the decision of the Government of India, communicated by the Joint Secretary to the Government of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Internal Security. The direction is in response to a letter written by the Commissioner and Secretary to Government Public Department, Madras on the subject of 'allowing Sri Lankan Tamils to remain in India to continue their education until the completion of their respective courses etc.
"The G. O. makes the following restrictions regarding Sri Lankan Tamil students.
1) Students studying in classes XI and XII should be allowed to remain 盟India till they complete standard 2) Those who are studying in Std. X and below will not be allowed to continue after the current academic year March 1988.
3) The Sri Lankan Tamiľ students who are now studying in Universities, Colleges and Polytechnics will be allowed to continue their education until the completion of their COURS62S.
4) No new admissions should be given in any of the Colleges, Polytechnics or Universities.
5) Student visas should be given only on the basis of the above direction.
6) Extension of student visa is subject to the condition that the parents of such children would not insist on staying back in India on the pretext of completion of respective COUISes. The Government Order has caused considerable consternation and confusion in the minds of Sri Lankan Tamils. In the first place it is noted with anguish that these restrictions regarding continuation of education or extension of student visa is applicable only to Sri Lankan Tamils. It is most unfortunate that the Government discriminates between Sri Lankan Tamils and nonTamils. Does it not apply to Sri Lankan Telugus and Malayalis? Why should these restrictions be imposed only on a particular linguistic community from Sri Lanka? Many Sri Lankan Tamils point out that these restrictions will not apply to Sri Lankan Sinhalese. Therefore are we to understand that the Government of India is denying educational facilities in India to Sri Lankan Tamils only?
There are Sri Lankan Tamils and others who have been receiving education in India for many years long before some of them became refugees. There are private fee levying institutions and schools where Sri Lankan Tamils have
joined to study choice of ed Admissions tc been secured and after payi and other such face a sudden tion or is this studying in G only and und Are students f exempted from The G. O. state communicated stitutions unde
It is not un Government of the most vulne the Sri Lankan for the perem attempt to "flu Tamils from Inc in such a crude such as a decla an Tamil shoul tional Instituti have a far re psyche of the It has been and others, foi India in the pu studies in the ec religious institu age old tradition ly and abruptly whatsoever?
We learn that mission in Sri structed not to this order to tho Std. 10 and bel gone to Sri Lan their parents a turn after thei promotion resu announced only Sri Lanka on v longing to come classes. They w arrangement fo) and to secure h
It is a most he dreams of child aspirations. Thc to India for ed things, choose tc in India througl After having fo through the Er last four or five told to get bac educationist will adjustment such educational syst tender minds of primary and sec tion. It is almo hasty and incon G.O. No. 597 c generation of Sı came to India to tion free from

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NKAN N INDIA
AN APPEAL -
as a matter of conscious lcational institutions. the institutions have after severe hardships g heavy capitation fees payments. Are they to disruption of this educaorder confined to those overnment Institutions r refugee concessions? om private institutions this Government order? s that this order is to be to all educational inr Government control. lerstood as to why the India has singled out rable population among Tamil residents in India tory order. Is this an sh out', all Sri Lankan lia? Should that be done and distasteful manner ration that no Sri Lankd be admitted to educaons in India. This can aching impact on the Sri Lankan Tamils. the tradition of Tamils o centuries to come to rsuit of knowledge and lucational, cultural and tions. Why should that be snapped so suddenand without any reason
, the Indian High ComLanka has been inissue visas in terms of se students studying in ow. Many of them had ka for holidaying with nd are planning to revacation. Firstly the lts would have been after they had gone to racation. They will be back to join their new ould have made every the purchase of books lostel facilities etc. artless act to dash the en and to crush their se students who come ucation, among other follow their education, 1 the English medium. lowed their education glish medium for the years if they are now k to Sri Lanka, any know the hardships of a change of school and em will impose on the young children at the ondary levels of educazt unthinkable that a siderate order such as ould cause the young i Lankan Tamils who continue their educaethnic discrimination
and the terror of ethnic conflicts, such a traumatic turn-about from friendly reception to rude rejection. They came in the hope that India is the alternative home for them, at least in the field of education where both the cultural and educational atmosphere was conducive to their unimpaired development.
Nowhere else in the world, to our knowledge have Sri Lankan Tamils been so totally and particularly denied admission to educational institutions.
Let us contemplate what consequence it will generate if the Sri Lankan Government is to issue an order refusing school admissions to all Indian Tamil students in Sri Lanka particularly in the plantation areas and if they are denied admissions to educational institutions, purely by way of returning the compliment of G.O. No. 597, what will be the consequences? We dread to contemplate such a possibility.
India apart from its proclamation of protecting the Tamils and promoting their advancement, assured all Sri Lankan Tamils, that they will be sent back to Sri Lanka with dignity and honour. Today it is difficult to resist the conclusion that they are being despatched with disgrace and with almost a sense of compulsory deportation. Is India throwing an invisible fence around India to Sri Lankan Tamils alone?
India, we thought was thinking in terms of promoting a South Asian consciousness by infusing a spirit of (SAARC) South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation, in the minds of the younger generation who are growing up. This Government order No. 597 is extremely offensive to such a philosophy of generating a sense of fraternity among the growing generations of SAARC, at least between Sri Lanka Tamils and India. As a leader of the Non-aligned Movement what example is India setting by throwing Sri Lankan Tamils out of her educational institutions? Is there an attempt in the G.O. to snap the thousand year old cultural links between Sri Lankan Tamils and India, particularly in the field of education and culture?
It is well known to those who know the educational profile in Sri Lanka that Sri Lankan Colleges, Polytechnics and Universities could not provide admissions to all the Tamil aspirants and one of the causes of the political tension in Sri Lanka between the Tamils and Sinhalese has been the wilful denial of educational opportunities to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Due to this reason many students had to come to India to continue their higher education. The G.O. No. 597 now clearly states that Sri Lankan Tamils should not be admitted to technical and professional institutions. Is this the way of promoting advancement of Tamils or is this the way of joining hands with the Sri Lankan Government to deny educational opportunities to Tamil students?
Has it ever occurred to any of those who have had a hand in issuing this
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LTTE-AMRTHALI
ALLIANCE2
I first heard his name mentioned in 1958 during the communal riots period. As a four year old I was not really aware of what was happening. The experience of being the only Tamil child in a Montessori in Colombo on the day that the riots began, the memory of two
persons being pulled out of a bus and
being burnt, the sieged mentality of Tamil relatives and friends and the horror...stories discussed was enough to make even a child understand that something terrible was happening to the Tamils and that I was a Tamil. A recurrent theme among those • “Colombo Tamils and their Sinhala friends was that a man called Appapillai Amirthalingam and his wife, Mankaiatkarasi, were a major if not the only cause for their troubles. The reason the launching of the anti-Sri tar brush campaign. 1958 is now a dim memory but the name Amirthalingam registered.
I cannot remember when I first saw or heard him speak. There were however several occasions during the sixties. The first major political speech one remembers is during the 1970 election campaign where at Puliyankoodal he debated on a common platform with Navaratnam of the Tamil self-rule party who was contesting Kayts. Ironically Navaratnam was propounding the arguments for a Tamil State while Amirthalingam was disputing it and espousing a federal polity within the Island state.
In 1970, I entered Jaffna College as a boarder. The institution was in Vaddukkoddai, the constituency he represented for 14 years. He was out of Parliament. His two sons, Kandeepan and Pageerathan were students at the same school. His home in Moolai was only three miles away from Howland hostel. The early seventies with standardisation, the JVPrevolt, the liberation of Bangladesh, the 1972 Constitution etc, was a stirring period for Tamil students.
I was one of the many youngsters who flocked at his residence for informal meetings. Also, many a Jaffna College student waiting at the bus stand to go to Jaffna town, seven miles away, was sure to get a lift in his car if there was room. Thereafter it was ful of political discussion.
Another man who exerted a charismatic pull over the youths then was Communist Party's W. Ponnambalan from Alaveddy who contested SJV Chelvanayagam during the 1975 K.K.S. by-election. Discussions with him about Marxism were equally stimulating. The Tamil youths of that generation felt the tug at both ends. Yet it was the performance of the United Front Government of which the LSSP and CP were part of that was the decisive factor. The localised debate in
Jafna betwee ism ended in a was however TULF variety with the poet darling of the the youth. La the CP, forme ment” and en member of the esis between M evolved.
The "Tigers" enter the polí
From an old W The lsland, Col
One came to k entering jour entered Parlia Ever since th, personal inter offered one th side view of th thalingam. Th Ramakrishna Tamil leader dered at the G to emulate the Rahman who secede without the conventior the TULF Se the rebelling y mutineers wou furing the DD Amirthalingam graduates in J the youth wide the consitution the ceremonia Parliament. Th when Amir sai knows how to s a storm. There ing the local a where the LTT meeting at Ail TULF stallwar leaving Amirth the wrath of th the Mannar Col he re-asserted party and effe
 
 
 

Marxism and Nationalvictory for the latter. It
a nationalism of the . Amirthalingam along Kasi Anandan was the masses and the hero of er V.Ponnambalam left d the "Red Tamil Moveled up as a politbureau ! TULF, a Jafna synth(arxism and Nationalism
must be persuaded to fical process'
- A.Amirthalngan
ijesoma cartoon, ombo, 1985
now him personally after halism in 1977. He rement in the same year. en journalism as well a est in political affairs has e opportunity of a ringe rise and fall of A.Amire triumphant meeting at Hall where the new of the Opposition thunovernment asking them wisdom of Tunku Abdul allowed Singapore to t bloodshed. There was in Aavarankal where retary-General warned 'outh that in a military ld be court martialled. C exercise, the effigy of 1 was burnt by underaffna. The breach with 2ned as Amirthalingam alist went on to address opening of the New nere was the May Day d only the ship's captain teer the vessel through was the TULF contestuthority polls in 1983 E disrupted an election nthumuchchandhi. The ts deserted the stage alingam alone to face e militants. Then came nvention in 1983 where his authority over the ctively put down the
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challenge to his leadership by V.Navaratnam and S.C.Chandrahasan. The event was eclipsed by the killing of 13 soldiers and the July '83 violence.
EXILE
Then came the exile, voluntary at first to India. The Opposition Leader who had his official residence in Colombo damaged found shelter in the Tamil Nadu State guest house. The ensuing period saw various discussions with Indian officials, the round-table conference, the Thimpu talks, the GovtTULF talks, the Indo-Lanka Accord
etc.
Last Thursday Mr. Amirthalingam along with Mr. M. Sivasithamparam, the TULF President was in Colombo. The event in itself is not final but it was the beginning of the end of the period of exile.
The purpose of recording the above sentiments is to trace briefly the passage of time in Amirthalingam's life. To illustrate in a personal sense the fluctuating perceptions of the post-independent Tamil generation towards the TULF as political developments unfolded. Whatever the rise and fall in the political fortunes of Amirthalingam the one thing that is clear is that he is a colourful personality who cannot be totally ignored.
... RACISM
Appapillai Amirthalingam is an old student of Victoria College, Chulipuram. He was in that sense an indigenous product unlike the earlier Colombo educated Tamil leadership. He was very much a son of the soil and had great empathy with the common people which accounted for his popularity. A contemporary of Mr. Ronnie de Mel, Dr. Nisanka Wijeratne etc at University College, he was for some time disciple of Dr. N.M. Perera from whom he learnt his Marxism. Although he ended up as a Tamil nationalist the Marxist fragrance lingers on and he is still considered slightly left of Centre. He introduced the concept of scientific socialism into the Federal Party lexicon.
Passing out as a lawyer he became a pioneering member of the Federal Party and contested Vaddukkoddai in 1952. He lost it. In 1956 he won the seat and retained it for 14 years. Although he lost in 1970 he continued to play an active part and along with M. Sivasithamparam of the Tamil Congress who was also defeated in Udupiddy largely responsible for the formation of the Tamil United Front. The Front re-named itself as the Tamil United Liberation Front and propounded the Eelam demand as the panacea for Tamil grievances. The old guard leadership passed away prior to the elections. The TULF under the joint leadership of Amirthalingam and Sivasithamparam swept the polls in the Tamil areas of the North and East.

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With the SLFP being reduced to 9 seats the 18 strong TULF became chief. Opposition party and Amirthalingam the Leader of the Opposition. The 1977 violence dampened the initial Tamil enthusiasm.
The first half of the 1977-83 period was characterised by a pragmatic approach. Instead of joining the government on entering into a pact separately the TULF chose to remain in the Opposition and by adopting a consociational approach sought to resolve the outstanding problems on piecemeal basis. Ft also sought to join forces with the opposition parties in focussing attention on general issues. It was in a way a bid to neutralise the opposition into accepting provisions recognising Tamil rights without demurring. The strategy worked only to some extent as running with the hare and hunting with the hounds was a very difficult art which requires tremendous stamina. Both the Government and the Oppositon were not happy with the TULF. The 1978 constitution, the new scheme for varsity admission, the Commission of Devolution etc all creditable achievements. Yet on the other hand Tamil militancy was rising and the State treating as a law and order issue was resorting to stern measures like the emergency regulations. Prevention of Terrorism Act which in turn was causing resentment among the general Tamil population. Racist elements were stirring up violence against the Tamils in the South.
The TULF to avoid civilian massacres was desisting from launching extra-parliamentary agitations. The Tamil youth were getting dis-illusioned with the TULF in general and Amirthalingam in particular. He was a victim of the political crossfire.
Amirthalingam banked his hopes on the DDC's. He staked his political future in going through with it. The TULF won six of the seven District Development Councils. There seemed a chance that if the councils worked Tamil passions could be contained and aspirations realised. That chance never came because the councils never worked or were allowed to work. The undercurrents and cross-currents within the Government, the reluctance collectively to devolve power to the periphery from a constitution which had centralised power and the reluctance individually of line ministers to share power contributed to a stalemate.
With the failure of the DDC's the end of the parliamentary road drew closer. The 1983 local authority polls showed this clearly. It seemed clear that the TULF would not be allowed by the youths to remain in Palliament after 1983 July. The TULF itself evolved a complicated formula at the Mannar Convention whereby they sought to tide over the crisis. Events started overtaking. The 1983 July violence was a watershed.
SEVERE BLOW
Again the TULF was dealt a severe blow which was in a way a blessing in
disguise. The Sixth A red the TULF an honc Parliament. But what was that the death-kr tive democracy in the been sounded. After f ate attempts are bein the situation. The n offered by the Indian and military machine, offered by the west to medical treatment is patient stirs only to COa.
Amirthalingam's la dia. He went there mentioned earlier en political activity that agandistic and diplom time the predicament a political exile fell creased absence from enhanced identificati country was eroding The spiralling violenc Tamil violence was al. cutting his political f the process accelerate essence' cried out an
Finally the Accord ( factory solution for Yet the important a and a political opport more powers. Then c. between India and thalingam was placed position. His political further.
Finally the exile ha may be even an exerc pulse of his people. It the advent of a pe being in sight.
The return of the ex that Mr. Amirthaling pick up the threads f and proceed as usual mean that he is a sp no role to play in cur was to look at the Amirthalingam it sh as a leader of a mi the limits of his p reach dizzying heig present situation he ised but he is certai uished force. The ma centre-stage to the ' dialogue has chang bullet yet another tw political drama wou light on him again.
Confid, from p.
Kandasamy’s sin ment and lack of p ambition became m the period after J spent most of his t heart ailment, in Tamil Information ( tral British Trust fugees in London. gaged in similar opportunity to und ventures in which key role.
He raised enorm

JULY 1988
ndment profer- wild cheers of "Encore' but the applause able way out of has not died down entirely. If and when as not realised representative democracy enters the I of representa. Tamil political realm and free and fair amil areas had elections becomes a reality then Appar years desper- pillai Amirthalingam will re-emerge as made to revive a political force to reckon with even if dical expertise political system the other hand the TULF is able to he generous aid achieve an understanding with the
fray the cost of groups particularly the Tigers then his f no avail. The position would be even better.
lip into deeper
Under the present circumstances the E hope was In- chief enemy of the Tigers seems to be in 1983 and as Mr. Amirthalingam against whom aged himself in death sentence notices have sprung up 'as largely prop- but the reality is that both the TULF tic. In the mean- and the LTTE derive its strength and hat befalls many owe its origins to the same socioin him too. In- political base. he home soil and
n with the host LTTE-TULF Iink is political base.
of which intra- There are others who think of a
) significant was LTTE-TULF alliance without Mr. et. As time flew Amirthalingam. Again the real situal. Time is of the tion is that a TULF without Amirthaanguished Amir. lingam will be like a Hamlet sans the ame. Not a satis- Prince of Denmark in the same way as Tamil problems. an LTTE without Prabakaran is hard spect was peасе to imagine. Amirthalingam and Prabanity of achieving karan are the 'Kovil Melam' or Temple ame the violence drums of the TULF and LTTE respeche LTTE. Amir tively. During the period of Thiruvila' in an unenviable or festival many other drums and stature decreased drummers are inducted into the festivity. Yet despite the drumming of severis returned. This al Mel melam' or extra drums the ise in feeling the Ther' or Chariot will begin the proces, also may herald sion only when the Kovil Melam' is ceful settlement beaten. If this is realised and an LTTETULF alliance proves fruitful the danile does not mean ger then to Amirthalingam will be from am has merely to the so-called democratic forces than the rom where he left so-called fascist forces.
. It also does not A historical appreciation of the Tamil ent force and has struggle would show that it is both a ent period. If one non-violent and violent struggle. In the rise and fall of same manner as one does not expect
puld be seen that Prabakaran to emulate Amirthalingority community am one does not expect Amirthalingam wer could never to do a Prabakaran. The specifics of a hts. Likewise in non-violent struggle produced an Amirmay be marginal- thalingam. The exigencies of a violent ly not an exting- struggle produced a Prabakaran. One has moved from would naturally be redundant in the ings because the other sphere and vice-versa. The future d from ballot to however is not Amirthalingam's past or st of the on-going Prabakaran's present. It is one that of d focus the spot- the people in their entirety. The sooner There may be no this is realised the better.
e-minded commit- from western-based non-governmental rsonal or political funding agencies for rehabilitation and re evident during reconstruction work in Sri Lanka. It y 1983 when he was his commitment to the reconstruc: he, in spite of his tion of the devastated Tamil areas and ne offices of the the rehabilitation of the thousands of intre and the Cen- Tamil people that encouraged him to nd for Tamil Re- return to the island. SCOT, being en- SCOT, while condemning his abductivities, had the tion, has appealed to those who are take certain joint holding him in captivity to release him ndasamy played a unharmed without delay so that he
might resume his humanitarian service is sums of money to the community.

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MILITARISAT
ADVANCES
MERVYN DE SILVA
It was a coincidence of course but too striking not to mark well. Just two days after the Minister of National Security, Mr. Lalith Athulathmudali scoffed at the latest Amnesty report on Sri Lanka, the government gazetted a Bill to Indemnify all PTA enforcers for 8 1/2 years - from the Introduction of the PTA in July 1979 to Dec. 1987. The Bill covers all persons who acted law
fully or unlawfully And the ambit of
the proposed law which is certain to be passed in a Parliament where the governing party enjoys a five-sixths majority is so wide that it covers almost every action taken by an 'offender.
The indemnity embraces the lawful or unlawful act of any individual who was involved in the detection, prevention or prosecution of any person indulging in unlawful activities specified in the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
In short, they are protected from being charged for human rights violatins. Or, from the citizen's point of view, his Fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution mean little if the transgression can be covered by the proposed Bill. Police and Security personnel will no longer bother to act under "emergency regulations' tough as they are. Once their lawful or unlawful' actions are covered by the PTA, and were committed before Dec. 31 1987, they are totally immune. And since by 1989, the law is likely to be extended to cover such activities until Dec. 31st 1988, the immunity is not only absolute but permanent.
An interesting feature is that this retroactive legislation is being introduced by a party that was so violently ορ to such measures by its United Front (1970-77) predecessor that it made a dirty word of 'retroactive'
Official sources told the SUN which made a frontpage lead story of the new bill that the government's intention was to prevent "frivolous' cases being filed against members of the security forces. Fair enough. But who is to judge what is frivolous or not? The Executive or the Judiciary? In any event, this Bill when it becomes law does not permit any legal action to be instituted. It states:
No court of law or tribunal shall have the power orjurisdiction to entertain or inquire into or hear and determine, any such action or proceeding...' In order to prevent "frivolous' charges, all legal proceedings against security personnel will be automatically disallowed. In other words, security personnel, including those who may have committed "unlawful' acts, such as murder or torture, will be affectively above the law and the Constitution.
Security pers class of citize shis step, s. as it is, does no that "law enfo Government o force. Or of an or service Com mous importar fact – the f change to affor ity to an inst armed forces a A few days a Dr. Colvin R. question on it surprised the brief reply: Th into politics'. O services.
The armed creasingly largo order' agencies contain the cor Indeed, suc threat, new s were established gated challenge State. One was (STF) an elite trained by foreig here by the KM based British F S.A.S. (Dogs of Pakistani, Israe had the "Home C military units spending, the l complaining bit cent of the annu percent.
The L.G., chos tarisation proce rapid transform government an transition from junta via coup d arrangement, a the Third World indeed civilian much in comma ble, radical cha process, distinct character. It is a tion' but not ol S.W.R.D. Bant announce in a ch ical fashion.
The Indo-Sri an end to the A tion in the north very day, it was threat emerged ly — the viole Sinhalese major 88SU([26o 8 10€ and invite the ( JVP threat, ol Southern terrol stream, state r

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nnel become a special
ocking and horrendous
reflect badly on this or cement agency' of the its Army, Navy or Air particular Police Chief hander. Indeed its enorce lies in precisely that r-reaching legislation extraordinary immunution - the country's nd police. ter black July" (1983), de Silva, answering a s likely consequences, resent writer with this army has thrust itself f course, he meant the
-onflict created an inr role for the law-and, the police unable to flict on its own.
h was the "security pecially trained units l to cope with the varles of this threat' to the the Special Task Force police commando unit, in mercenaries brought S, a Channel Islandsirm formed by former War") personnel, and by li Instructors. We then uards” and other paraand militias. Defence inance Minister kept erly, rose from 2 perall budget to nearly 20
e to call this the miliss' for there was no ation of the nature of State, no dramatic ivilian government to etat or power-sharing change so familiar to . The Presidency and Authority were very nd. But all these visinges amounted to a y Third Worldist in new period of transi
the type which Mr. aranalke sought to Iracteristically rhetor
anka Accord brought my's direct participarn conflict. But on the igned, a new security ven more dramaticalt opposition of the y, which was soon to rell-defined character scriptive title of "the in Sri Kotha Idiom im' and in the main
media, Southern
subversives'.
The Southern Province Polls, both a prestige battle for the UNP as well as a UNP-JVP tussle to demonstrate each other's 'effective control of the deep South is now over. A new phase begins. The administrative and operational changes are explained in this report from the WEEKEND, a summary of the weekly Situation Report', by the exceptionally well-informed Iqbal Athas:
The government will effect a major reorganisation of the security set up in the South with immediate effect.
* "WEEKEND” reliably learns that measures will include a phased withdrawal of the Police Special Task Force (STF) and the appointment of new Military Co-ordinating Officers to areas affected by subversive activity.
With these changes, the security forces and Police will launch a massive public relations drive intended to overcome the fear psychosis created by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.
Details about the proposed changes, WEEKEND' learns are now being worked out by General Cyril Ranatunga, General Officer Commanding the Joint Operations Command, in consultation with President J.R. Jayewardene.
The primary objective of the new exercise is to ensure normal conditions exist for the conduct of both General and Presidential elections.
"Highly place security sources said personnel of the STF who will be withdrawn from southern positions will be re-assigned.
"A Brigade Commander is also to be named for the Southern sector. Colonel Lucky Algama, Military Co-ordinating Officer for Ratnapura who is based in Embilipitiya is being strongly tipped for this possition.'
Some political sociologists who have studied the intricate, multifarious ways in which armed conflict introduces the army as a major actor in the political drama have gone beyond "militarisation'. When the armed conflict is not resolved but in fact assumes a new, ever-changing shape, civilian regimes need to rely more and more on the military which in turn demands not only more power, and more resources, but a special status and privileges. In the end we have the emergence of a "military system' which is quite different from that which exists in First or Second world societies, argues Johann Galtung in his essay “Military Formations and Social Formations: A structural Analysis'. His focus is not on the military system as it operates in conflicts between States but within States, The Third World phenomenon. In any case, says Galtung, the growth rate of the military system is much higher in the Third World. The Special emphasis of his study is on how the military system relates to 'social structure in which it is embedded the society that produces and reproduces the system, the degree of interdependence - the society forming the military system and vice versa - becoming” more pronounced as the military system becomes stronger and more “developed”.

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The cynics could as well say: Sri Lanka is at last one united country, united by one common thread - fearl
Be it north or east, South or west, a fear psychosis is quietly gripping the whole island. There is no more, in terms of the mental state, a north-south divide. President Jayewardene who talked endlessly for the past ten years about Northern Terrorists' has now his hands full with Southern Terrorists'. The "Northern Terrorists' anyway are no longer confined to the north - or east. Some of them have found safe living in the south as well. The AK-47 has now found a new brother in the South - the T-56
The classic right-left divide in Sri Lankan politics is gradually getting effaced. Both nightists and leftists are together falling like nine pins under the assassins' bullets - united in deathl Even the centre is unable to hold.
The liberals are under threat. Academics are leaving, both Sinhala and Tamil. Universities are closed. The Sinhala people who went along with their governments in trying to restrict higher education to the Tamils are now paying their price. There is hardly any room for the intelligensia anymore - either in the north or south. Those who remain must either le low or serve some master. Every politician has to become a manipulator, or else end up as a lame duck, like the once powerful Finance Minister Ronnie De Mel.
The security forces themselves are not wholly secure. Desertions have become common and infiltrations a way of life. Looking at the lower ranks one cannot know whether he is soldier, sailor or subversive. Minister of National Security Lalith Athulathmudali is himself suffering from a feeling of insecurity. Everyone is killing everyone else, and no one is wiser at the end as to who is killing, whom? Thousands of people must surely be knowing who the killers are, but no one dares to give information. What does one make of a police who could be excused for failing to act when the identity of a killer is unknown,
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SRI LANKA – THE
Since July last year, the Peoples Liberation Front (JVP) has unleashed a campaign of terror and violence. It is directed against anyone who supports the devolution of powers through Provincial Councils as envisaged in the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. The JVP has characterised even the limited devolution of powers envisaged as tantamouning to division of the country. The victims have included members of the ruling United National Party, security forces, government officials, and even members of the opposition parties, mainly of the United Socialist Alliance which support the establishment of Provincial Councils and the Indo-Sri Lanka accord.
Every succeeding month has witnessed an ever escalating scenario of violence. Although not exaustive, the following represent incidents of violence which occurred in the month of June 1988:
JUNE 1
* In Nuwara Eliya, nine people were injured in a bomb explosion in a government office building. * At least eight government offices in Matara and two in Matale were set on fire. * At Ratmalana, a person was killed when a bomb he was carrying exploded. He was on his way to attack a candidate contesting the PC elections. * Police shot dead a person at Wanawasala in Hunupitiya who was carrying a T-56 rifle. * Police Constable Rajakaruna was abducted and stabbed to death at Wandur
amba, some 13 miles off G * A lorry and a bus belong Transport Board were set o langoda. * The Assistant Governmer at Akmeemana was set on * Bombs thrown at the Provincial Council candidae pitya. * A train was derailed as th blown up at Pothupittiya i * At Kalutara, unidentifi passengers and the driver ( ing to the state Transport B vehicle on fire. * At Mirigama, the guar Colombo bound train was the Colombo bound train w Kurana in Negombo. * An attempt to attack a thwarted by the police at * A grenade was thrown USA Provincial Council c Bulathsinhala area, but in * At Pattipola, 15 railwa burnt, while on the Ala track sleepers were laid a train services. * A railway signal room was set on fire while a Narammala was damaged * An attempt made to setfi Magistrate's Court was fo * In several areas of Colo: urbs, a virtual curfew w shops and business estal shut following threats by * At Anguruwatte, the l ment Cpuncil office was s * A school was partly burn on fire at Nagollagama. * A Colombo bound train Kurana in Negombo.

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it shrug their shoulders and do nothing because they KNOW e identity of the killer? There was a time, in the case of democratic societies' one Joke of Public Accountability. The man at the top is always xcountable to his people. But no one bothers about it any more, ast of all the man at the top himself. As far as President yewardene is concenned, the level of turpitude into which Sri anka has descended during his eleven years of rule has othing to do with him! It was due either to the Northern sorrorists' or the Southern Terrorists'. But who is there to uestion him? The superpowers congratulate him on his accord ith the Indian establishment. The regional superpower is oring him up, because there is no other way of achieving her wn regional interests. The press, muzzled and threatened, has ecome a dulldog, no more a watch dog. The late Indian leader ajagopalachari used to say that as long as the people are umb, the rulers will be deaf. But where are the people? Their. ongues are tied, their hands are manacled, and their minds are ozen. They move around like zombies talk in whispers while he country goes to rack and ruin. is it that no one seems to care, r that no one dares fo care?
We invite our readers to peruse carefully the Sri Lankan ituation report, a diary of events in the preceding month of une. Ils the country once known as “Paradise lisle’steadily noving towards anarchy? What portents do they offer for the mediate future? The real issues are not provincial councils, utonomy and merger, ceasefires and accords. The ones that sally matter are much more magnant. There is a deeper uman malaise, a fotal collapse of Values,
The country, the rulers, the people are sitting on the top of a olcano. The erupting lava could envelope the whose country and could well make the preceding 11-year violence seem like choolgird picnics.
SOUTHERN SCENIE
JUNE 2
ing to the state
n fire at Amba- * An armed gang in a jeep raided the Yala Game Sanctuary and got away with 30 guns
it Agent's office and 280 cartridges, 3 wakie-talkies and
fire. VHF radio sets.
residence of a *-Ratnayake, a policeman, was killed at
te at Wellam- Matugama when an armed gang with assault rifles and grenades attacked a poll
track had been ing station. A police sergent was seriously
n Wadduwa. injured in the same area in an attack on
ld gang forced another polling station.
fff a bus belong- * Two police constables on duty were in
pard and set the jured when an armed gang made a bomb attack on the residence of H.L.Piyasena, the
is wagon of a Superintendent of Police, Nugegoda.
blown up, while as set on fire at
ransformer was Bulathsinhala. it the house of Indidate in the one was hurt.
sleepers were rwa-Ambepussa ross disrupting
at Polgahawela transformer at
e to the Wattala ed by police. bo and its sub3 observed and ishments were VP members. istrict Developt on fire. when it was set
as set on fire at
* An armed gang entered the residence of the Katudeniya Grama Sevaka and shot him dead when he and his family members were asleep. The Government Agent's office and a post office were set on fire in the same 888. * Police personnel on duty at a school at Doolewela in Mahawela were attacked and relieved of two 303 rifles, and two ballot boxes and bundles of polling cards were thrown into a government jeep and set on fire. * Grenades were thrown at a polling station at Hulangamuwa in Matale while in another incident in Nuwara Eliya four polling stations were subjected to gun. * The Gampola-Peradeniya road wa made impassable at Agunawela by felled trees. * Two armed men were shot dead by the army when they attempted to set fire to a private lorry in the Dambulla police area. * The Grama Sevaka of Katuliya was shot dead and at Wariyapola two state-run buses were set on fire. * Two jeeps belonging to the Mahaweli Development Authority were set on fire. * Two persons were shot dead at Akuressa.

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JUNE 3 * The driver and guard were injured when an armed gang fired shots at a train proceeding from Colombo to Ambepussa. The incident occurred at Palewala. * Armed men robbed valuable articles such as a photo copying machine and typewriters from the District Development Council office at Bibile and later set it on fire, and at Bentota three lorries and a petrol bowser were destroyed by fire. * At Amparai school children were teargassed while demonstrating. * Demonstrating students were tear-gassed at Uhana. * After forcing the passengers to get off, two state-run buses were set on fire at Wariyapola.
JUNE 4
* The Rural Development Society building was set ablaze at Siyambalaweuda. * Mahinda Vithanage, a postman on his delivery round was stabbed and relieved of polling cards. * Three methin Khaki uniforms armed with galakatas' (locally made shot guns) shot at K.P.Hemachandra and K.Jinasiri, two UNP supporters, at Maliduwa ina Matara. * Armed men set fire to the residence of A.J.Munasinghe, a United Socialist Front candidate, in the Matara town. * About ten armed men set fire to the Gihani Garments factory at Bibile in Moner
agala. * Armed men broke into Kundasale Farm School and got away with valuable equipment. * An armed gang of about 20 youths attacked the residence of Dayananda Kumarasiri, MP for Wellawaya, with shot guns and revolvers. The attackers retreated when sentries opened fire. * A live trap bomb planted in the corridor of a house at the Bekkegama housing scheme was defused by the police.
JUNE 5
A supporter of the United Socialist Alliance was killed at Matara. * A person attached to the technical branch of the Sri Lankan Army was arrested at Slave Island in Colombo by police when he was walking away with a T-56 automatic rifle belonging to another army officer.
The electrical transformer at Wetiya in Hambantota was set on fire and power supply to the area was affected. * The AGA's office at Dembarawewa in Tissamaharama was set on fire.
Three armed men had threatened the watcher at the residence of the Superintendent, State Plantation Corporation at Wallahanduwa and got away with three shot
guns.
* An armed gang had come to the house of Gramodaya Mandalaya Chairman, P.M.Punchirala and fired at the occupants.
JUNE 6 * S.Ratnasuriya, an army private shot himself with a T-56 automatic rifle while being on duty at the army camp at Sevanagala in Uda Wallawe. * Noel Amarasinghe, a remand prisoner at the Colombo Remand Centre was shot dead by another remand prisoner, Kotiyagoda Nihal. The victim and the attacker hạd belonged to rival political groups. * H.E.Gunawardene, a former SLFP man, now supporting an Independent group of candidates was killed. * A Provincial Council candidate belonging to the United Socialist Alliance was stabbed to death at Matara, while Mendis Wijesuriya, an independent candidate was shot dead at Hunugama. * At Anuradhapura and Amparai, hun
A victin of they nerchant of Ber ged from hills ho then burnt on A
dreds of students e government demons tear-gassed demons * The Rural Court ma was det on fire
JUNIE 7
* The Matara boun was fired at Polath and two passengers * At Homagama, pa get offa state-run bu * In Tangale, two pe an armed gang fired UNP candidate was * In Buttala, two r soldiers opened fire a fire to a lorry. * Army defused a b Matuwana Central S polling station for ta * Several schools in pura were closed du * Police recovered ty blow up two bridges area. * Police constable killed in the course District Development Ela. * At Wellawaya, po boycotting school. T students suffered in * Schools remained Gandara, Tallala an * At Akmeemana, D of the United Sociali when a bomb was fl remained opened in structions. Several open were similarly * Leaflets purported Deshapremi Janat miliatry arm of the J buted threatening de who kept their prem ing “Close shops, or f all over. In some pla bars forced open sho remain open. They cc of a Reuter Photogr pictures of the scent
JUNE 8
* Schools remained Veyangoda and Mora
 

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, B.R. Jayasekera, a gamuwa, was draguse, shot, tied and Mil 26, 1988.
ngaged in rowdy anti(rations, and the police rators at Uhana.
ouse in Uva Paranaga
di train from Colombo umodara in Welligama
received injuries. ssengers were forced to is which was set alight. brsons were killed when at a vehicle in which a
travelling. men were killed when t a gang attempting set
omb burried near the chool which was to be a morrow's election. Amparai and Anuradhe to violent scenes. to landmines meant to in the Kelaniya police
Meegahakottuwa was of an attack upon the Council Office at Hali
lice fired on students e Principal and some uries. closed at Mawarella, Il Nugawela. yawansa, a supporter it Alliance, was killed Lng at his shop which defiance of JVP's inhops which remained attacked.
to be issued by the La Viyaparaya, the P, were widely distrith to all shop keepers les open. Posters statce death' were pasted es, police using crowand ordered them to fiscated two cameras pher who was taking
losed at Gampaha,
wa.
*-Two jeeps belonging to the government were set ablaze at Kegalle. *-A bus carrying police personnel was attacked with petrol bombs at Dickwella. * Huge trees were felled and placed across roads in Welligama, Mirissa, Beliatte and Kamburugamuwa. * Due to threats, shops and business establishments in various parts of the southern province remained closed. * A UNP provincial council candidate, M.Nagaratne, was shot at in Bope, Galle. * At Welligama, a bomb placed in the lavatory of a super market exploded, but there were no casualties. * Two bombs were set off at Ratgama junction, although no one was hurt. * Two youths allegedly in possession of 16 cartrides were arrested by police at Matale. * The office of the District Development Council at Suriyagoda was set on fire. * Four persons were injured when bombs were lobbed into the Rajagiriya residence of Noel Amarasinghe, the suspect taken into custody in connection with an attempt on the life of the Peoples Bank Chairman. Noel Amarasinghe himself was gunned down with a smuggled revolver insider the remand prison on 6 June. * The UNP office at Warakapola was completely destroyed when it was set on fire. * At Bibile, an electricity transformer was destroyed by fire.
JUNE 9
* A.Mendis, Grana Sevaka, was shot dead at Middeniya. * A civilian was killed when a polling station at Malimboda in Matara was stormed by an armed gang. * Soldiers defused a landmine at Puwakanda on the Tangale-Beliatte road while another was defused at Werakatiya. * The residence of D.De Silva, Mayor of Galle, was fired at. * At Mattakuliya, a state-run bus was set on fire. * In Colombo, a bomb was thrown in front of the capital's main railway station. * A bomb was thrown from a passing car in the Maharagama town. * At Tissamahargama, a UNP provincial council candidate, Mr.Udapola was killed. * Two persons were burnt to death at Puttalam. * A government lorry with wheat flour was burnt at Peradeniya and a post office was set ablaze at Handurana. * Elections officials on a jungle trail carrying ballot boxes were ambushed by an armed gang. An air force helicopter had to be pressed into service to rescue the officials and retrieve the ballot boxes.
June 10
* Two persons out of a gang of 15 to 20 shot dead by police when the gang was attempting to set fire to the Bandarawela Magistrates Court building. * Police recovered and defused a landmine from a railway track at Horape in Ragama, and at Siyabalanduwa, a petrol bowser was set on fire. * Police tear-gassed demonstrating students at Veyangoda, Nitambuwa and Kirindiwella. * K.P. Upasena, a well known businessman was shot dead at Wellawaya * Provincial Council UNP candidate in the Matara district, Sumitra Weerasinghe was shot dead at his residence in Dickwella.
June 11
* The Columbo bound Yaldevi" train from Vavuniya was held up by an armed gang at Ganewatte and the passengers, mostly Tamils, were robbed of cash, jewellery and other valuables.

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* The office of the Mahaveli Development Board at Binkama was attacked by an armed gang which got away with twelve guns. Two security men were injured in the attack. * The JVP which previously threatened to kill the first five voters, carried out the threat by killing G. Munendra who was the first to cast his vote at Tissamaharama. * Another early voter G Manamendra was stabbed to death at Hambantota. * Police Constable on guard duty at Town Council offices was shot dead at Hali Ela.
June 12
* The electrical sub-station at Kandy was set on fire. * Offices of the Water Resources Board was burnt. * Four persons received gunshot injuries at Indimitiya in Kandana when gunmen fired at a reception given to the Ja-Ela UNP Provincial Council Member Felix Perera.
June 13
* UNP Provincial Council member D.T.G. Sirisena, aged 60, was shot dead while returning home from a meeting of the District Development Council. * An armed gang stormed into a house at Badulla where a wedding reception was taking place and forcibly relieved the guests of their jewellery and other valuables worth many thousands of rupees. * At Bibile, an armed gang broke into the fhouse of H.M. Gunasekera and got away with valuable property worth over Rs. 31,000. * Gunmen fired at a mobile police patrol on duty at Urubokka in Matara. * Three men alleged by police to be su bversives and identified as D.M. Karunatlaike, P. Rupasena, and P.G. Sunil, were shot dead in a gun battle with the police at Galahitiya near Kataragama. * D. Nonis Appuhamay, a supporter of the United Socialist Alliance was killed in his own home. * At Dickwella, two persons on a motor cycle were shot dead as they were returning after closing their shops. The victims, W. Weerasinghe and R. Susantha, were said to be relatives of the UNP Provincial Council candidate. * At Wattegama, police baton-charged a crowd of about 300 students of the Madhya Maha Vidyalaya as they demonstrated demanding the release of detained university students. * An unattended parcel found on the road at Hulangamuwa contained eight locally made bombs which were later defused by police.
June 14
* Students of four Central Senior schools in the Matara area boycotted classes for the second successive day forcing the closure of the schools.
June 15
* Four armed men held up at gunpoint staff of a rural agricultural bank at Welipanna in Kalutara and got away with over Rs. 56,000. * The Electricity Board and the Government Railway estimate their loss following the previous week of violence to be in the region of Rs. 100 million. * A customs officer, P.A. Dias, was attacked with a barber's razor.
June 16
* K.L.L.D. Perera, aged 28 was found dead with stab injuries in Embilipitiya.
* Attempt to set fire to Cabinet Minister Vinc Blomendhal Lane, Kotaher by passers-by. * Two policemen, Bannistu he, killed and two more s when a police patrol unit JVP men at Lunugamvehu tota. * A police sergeant who ref his gun was shot dead.
June 17
" J. Hathurusinghe, Culti the Department of Agrict dead at Malimboda in Ak * At Yatiyana in Hakim youths surrounded the hc constable, Gunaratne With him and later hacked him * UNP supporter, G.P. R. dead at Tissamaharama. * W.W.Wijedasa, falsely c. JVP member and who was from shop owners was drag home by JVP cadres ant Hunugama. * A gunman armed with a made shot gun) made a da shooting at and injuring a r a robbery charge before Em trates Court. * Armed youths broke in stole three shotguns and 15 some houses in Bulathsin * A person alleged to be a JVP was gunned down for the order given by the orga body was found on the Hall Road with a poster label traitor'.
June 18
150 students from abou Matara, Tangalle, Monera and Kandy districts have for indulging in 'agitation', Secretary to the Ministry o E.L. Wijemanne. * An airman, D.H. Bandh shot dead at Mamoya in * Among the four allegedly arrested at Ambalantota, o! as G. Jothiratne, a recent d Sri Lankan army. * A polititican was threate young men who remove Anuradhpura.
June 20
* Schoolboy N. Jayawarde four other students serious security personnel in a pas at student demonstrators Maha Vidyalaya in Dickw * Piyaratne Gamage, age defeated United Socialist A in the PC elections was home. Four others were al attack. * A teacher at Uggalboda was shot dead and school amounting to Rs, 69,000 v armed gang. * Assistant Registrar of C ty Jinasena Kumaragama year old son and five-year in a bomb attack on his * Father of suspected J killing supporters of Indowas in turn shot dead by u
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had shown considerable increase when compared with same period last month. 43 political murders and 23 other murders were committed.
* Grid sub-station at Ratmalana which
feeds about 100,000 consumers of electricity was put out of commission. * Police constable 11791 Wilbert was shot dead inside police quarters at Anuradhapura.
June 22
* Handgrenade thrown into house of UNP organiser B. Premasiri de Silva. * Students of Dharmapala Vidyalaya at Watiya set fire to government bus. * Two shot guns removed from watcher's premises in Kurunegala. * Three remand prisoners jump of a moving bus and make good their escape at Yativana. * Gang set fire to Rural Development Training Centre at Dickwella. * A.G.A's office burnt down at Akuressa.
June 23
* Pradeshiya Sabha Council building watcher stabbed and premises set on fire at
Bingirya. June 28
* Communist leader and politburo member L.W. Panditha stabbed to death in Colombo. Professor Ralph Buultjens abducted, warned and released in Colombo.
June 27
* Attempt made on life of Deputy Minister Gamini Athulkorale at Ratnapura. One alleged assailant shot dead and T56 assault rifle and ammunition recovered.
June 2
* Policeman killed at Hambantota. Four UNP members slain in Galle, Dondra and Dickwella.
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TO STAY?
Allegations of polls rigging are now becoming common, both in Sri Lanka and in India. The first time rigging was tried out in Sri Lanka was in 1981, and the victims, as in anything, were Tamils. Determined to wrest at least one seat at the Jaffna District Development Council elections, the UNP administration failed badly, but they did try hard, so hard that six whole ballot boxes were found missing. It was later reported that one box was discovered in the hotel room of a Cabinet
Colombo to supervise the polls.
Both at the recent Provincial Council elections in Sri Lanka as well as the Indian by-elections there have been several allegations by Opposition parties, and in one instance in India, a repoll has been ordered. An indignant Sri Lankan Commissioner of Elections Chandrananda de Silva said: “The use of force whether in an attempt to disrupt the poll or rig the poll should be equally condemned as two sides of the same coin ...'.
Those who try to disrupt the electoral process could be least be dealt with under the common law. But what does one do to those who subvert the process from within? Especially when they are
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themselves m process? Is rigg manipulative p Seven Opposit including the
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TITULLAF LEADERS IN COLOM
TULF leaders look mellowed, said Colombo journalist Mervyn de Silva in a despatch to the DECCAN HERALD, India, dated 28 June. Here are some excerpts from his article:-
Colombo, June 27 - Holed up in their modest third floor rooms in the Hotel Taprobane, a far cry from the State guest houses they had occupied for many years, the leaders of the Tamil United Liberation Front had just returned to the island after five years of self-imposed exile when I called on Mr.Amirthalingam, the TULF Secretary General and Sri Lanka's Opposition leader from 1977 to 1983. He and his fellow ex-MPs looked much mellowed but showed little trace of bitterness. On hindsight it is the Sri Lanka government, if not the entire political establishment and probably all intelligent Sinhalese, that had cause to reflect bitterly on the tragic error of Constitutional Amendment No.6.
After the bloody anti-Tamil riots of July 1983, a panic-stricken Government which only six months earlier had extended the life of Parliament by another six years through a most questionable referendum, rushed through Parliament an amendment compelling all MPs to take an oath renouncing separatism. Rather than take an oath disavowing the party's main aim, however rhetorical, TULF chose to honourably forfeit their 15 seats. By doing so, the TULF, which won every seat in the Northern Province and
many in the
vacuum in Tar once the TUL already frustra manifest ineffe parliamentaria
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ngam and the TULF out for them, and they r about it. It is a much an they bargained for. honourable one. "The ace. The pursuit of a n any longer cannot
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Finally, the Tigers' must be persuaded to enter the political process on
condition they are ready to co-operate in the implementation of the "peace accord', whatever reservations they may have. He said: “We of the TULF have many reservations too. Yet we are prepared to help implement the accord'. As for the Sri Lankan government's obligations, Mr. Amirthalingam specified two. "Guarantee a free and fair poll, and an announcement of the northand-east merger as soon as possible'.
NO COURTACTION AGAINST IPKF
- DIXIT
Since the IPKF is a foreign force operating in Sri Lanka under the terms of the Indo-Lanka accord the question of local citizens filing habeas corpus applications against Indian Army officers does not arise according to Indian High Commissioner, J.N. Dixit.
The Indian High Commissioner was replying to a question as to whether Brigadier Manjid Singh of the IPKF intends to seek legal immunity in a case filed against him by Parameswaran Sumathy in the Court of Appeal. In her habeas corpus application Mrs Sumathy of Cheddikulam states that her brother Parameswaran Kenga (22) was arrested by IPKF officers attached to the Vavuniya camp on April 5th.
She has cited Brigadier Manjid Singh and the Attorney General as respondents.
Brigadier Manjith Singh of the Vavuniya IPKF camp has been cited as a respondent in a Habeas Corpus Application field in the Court of Appeal registry challenging arrestofone Parameswaran Kenga (22). The application was filed by Attorney-at-Law Mr. A.Vinayagamoorthi on behalf of Kenga's daughter Sumathi, for her father to be produced before a Court of Law.
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Three thousand public servants sent to man polling stations in the Southern Province elections, marched through the streets of Matara in protest, the Island reported on the day before the elections. They were protesting the lack of food and water.
Matara, a town that symbolises Southernness in the public mind, also witnessed another extraordinary manifestation of revolt in unlikely quarters. A group of policemen surrounded the police inspector's car and hooted him, according to the same report. They too were protesting the lack of food and other essentials.
About 15,000 policemen had been despatched to the South for special duty, according to official announcements. A large contingent of troops had also been deployed. There were no reports of protests from service personnel.
Strangely, the idea that an army marches on its stomach was articulated in Europe, not in Sri Lanka. Any Sri Lankan knows the truth of this. And it applies to an army of public servants or of policemen just as well. Were the authorities so totally unaware?
According to some newspaper reports the task of keeping the troops (public servants and policemen) supplied had been decentralised among the grama sevakas of the Province. But, apparently, most of them had abandoned post in fear of the T-56.
- Lanka Guardian 15.6.88
TAMIL RESILIENCE
An important meeting was held last week at Vaddukoddai, the home town of the Secretary General of the TULF, Mr Amirthalingam.
Though this meeting was connected with the Church of South India, most of the speeches highlighted the present political and military actions of the North and East of Sri Lanka.
This was a function organised to receive three dignitaries who arrived from South India in Jaffna last week. The IPKF's actions, other activities and excesses were brought to focus by four speakers and some other participants.
An important question posed before the South Indian dignitaries was, "Is India for a political solution or a military solution to the Sri Lanka Tamils Problem?”
The Bishop for the church of South India Rev. Fr. Ambalavanar posed the question before the assembly.
"Our guest nation, India, since July 1983 told the Sri Lankan Government, there can never be a military solution to this problem.
The way lies clearly in a political solution. But within a mere eight weeks of their arrival in this country, they lost their patience and their
preaching and starte the meaning of this tion raised by Bish His second quest really interested in or have they any o Lastly he told t guests that the IPK know what they wel they were here
At their function Jaffna Rev. Fr. B. l and lucidly explainec lems since 1958.
At one point the Arc "The general Tamil I this. But I say that th militants. Foreign know what's going or abandoned people.'
A noteworthy spe Jaffna Municipal C C.V.K. Sivagnanam. "The Indian Govt. they not intervenec Vadamarachchi Ope the entire Jaffna pen been annihilated. I a accept it.
"I would rather say Operation Liberation the entirety of the Wa did not kill the entire area.
"So, it follows even i repetition of the Sı operation over the re la, these areas too wo totally destroyed nor population have bee Mr. Sivagnanam w "One character of t resilience. They ma but undaunted they for more.'
The Su
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"Politics in the Nor Provinces now resen than a gang war. Wl is about is space, pol is any more worrie tions like principles people.TheTigers n current battle with ly and politically, is of getting total col areas. EROS did the trying to slipstream and has so far sur fight another day accord, given the n tried to decimate th being virtually dec Its conflict with EP only the purpose; undisputed overlor EPRLF was the la

fighting. What is is the first ques
· Ambalavanar. in was; Is India ri Lanka's peace her interest? e South Indian soldiers did not : doing! And why
he Archbishop of eogupillai briefly the Tamils' prob
hbishop said that ublic will not say y are all with the ountries do not here. We are the
ech was by the ommissioner Mr
claims that had soon after the ration Liberation, Insula would have n not prepared to
", Vadamarachchi did not destroy damarachchi, and population of the
f there had been a i Lankan forces st of the peninsuuld not have been would the entire n killed.' 'ent on to remark he Tamil race is y suffer terribly; should come back
Letter from Jaffna, day Times, 26.6.88
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hern and Eastern bles nothing more at the whole thing tical space. No one about fancy noor the will of the ver were and their ndia, both militarior the sole purpose trol of the Tamil intelligent thing of behind the Tigers ived unscathed to Soon after the d by India. PLOT LTTE and ended nated themselves. LF and TELO had it wanted to be of Vavuniya. The to fall. After the
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Indians chased the Tigers from Batticaloa, they took over there, killing any and every Tiger cadre and supporter they could find. What the TULF is hoping for is that the activities of the IPKF will give them some space, too."
- Qadri Ismail, The Sunday Times, (Colonbo) 26.688
MORE USEFULALIVE THAN DEAD
"Even ten corpse-strewn months after the Indian Peace-Keeping Force cannonballed into the death traps laid by the Tigers in the north of Sri Lanka, the ruthless mastermind of Tamil militant resistance, Veluppillai Prabhakaran, remains an extremely elusive prey. Aparently. Top officers of the IPKF have sporadically shouted over the clatter of gunfire their determination to capture him dead or alive, and they have occasionally been on the verge of doing just that. But an untrumpeted factor has always jammed their gun: Parbhakaran is no cannon fodder; he is not expendable.
IPKF has twice come dangerously close to the lair of the Tiger chief and on both occasions the 34-year-old leader, on whom the immediate destiny of Sri Lankan Tamils depends, vanished like an accomplished escape artist into
thick forests, if not into thin air. The
first time he wriggled out of the IPKF dragnet was in October last year when the Indian forces surprised him at a well-fortified Tiger training camp at Navatkully in Jaffna. Later, in the last week of February, the IPKF received pin-pointed information about Prabhakaran's jungle hideout in the northeastern part of Mullaitivu district. Again he gave them the slip at the cost of the life of 12 of his guerrillas who gave covering fire as he retreated deep into the jungle . . .
The latest effort to corner Prabhakaran in his den in the forests of Alampil, south of Mullaitivu, began on May 23. But even two weeks later there was no sign of the Indian forces making any headway. And as usual there have been contradictions in reports about the operation. External affairs ministry officials insisted that it was a well-planned move on the basis of precise intelligence tip-off, while senior army officers said the operation was started after the soldiers stumbled upon some fortifications by LTTE. This speaks volumes about coordination in a supposedly important operation.
The fact is that Prabhakaran alive is more useful for the rulers in Delhi than Prabhakaran dead. Prabhakaran is the most effective bargaining chip that Delhi has in the intricate battle of wits with the Sri Lankan government. If he is done away with, the Indian forces may not have adequate reasons to prolong their stay on the island. And India certainly has stakes in keeping the forces there.'
- "The Week', June 19-25, 1988

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SITUATION REPORTN & E SRI LANKA
OEROS is continuing with its campaign of blocking roads in support of its demands for a ceasefire and talks between India and the LTTE. Roads were blocked at Wadamaradchi 16th June, Periyanilavanai near Kalmunai on 17th, Mutur 18th, Trincomalee 22nd, Eravur 23rd and Pothuvill 24th. OAll government offices, and commercial banks at Mannar closed from 15th June for 15 davson orders of LTTE. OOne IPKF soldier killed and another wounded at Murikandy on 16/6 as a result of a landmine blast. OTELO office at Vavuniya blasted on 17/6 by a rival Tamil group. OOn 18/6, at Vavuniya, there was a protest march by parents and spouses of nearly 200 detenus held without charge by the IPKF. Protest march was organised by Citizens' Committee Vavuniya and led by the President Dr.Pararajasingham and other officials. There were nearly 5000 persons including school children. At the first checkpoint the marchers were stopped by the IPKF and armed youths believed to be TELO and EPRLF cadres. Dr. P ararajasingham had been threatened by the same groups. He has since relinquished office and left Vavu
nya. OKathankudi 21.6.88 - Kalideen arrested and released earlier by IPKF in connection with the killing of Mr.A- hamed Lebbe ex Chairman T.C. and respected member of area was shot dead. IPKF at Kathankudi is attacked with grenades. IPKF counter attack and kill two militants and arrest about 20 others. Shops and other buildings damaged. OOn 21.6.88 about 25 members of Three Star' group cordon Iruthayapuram area in Batticaloa. Residents panic. Nesan of the LTTE trying to escape on bicycle was shot dead. OTwo youths Kandiah Nesan and Pathinathar Babu taken off passenger bus from Colombo to Jaffna and killed by a group which alleged that the victims were PLOTE members. ONagulan LTTE leader was killed in cordon and search operation. Hartal observed to commemorate him in his area - Chavakachcheri, Kodikamam and Palai on 23.6.88. OHartal in Atchuvely, Avarangal and Puttur on 23.6.88 to commemorate S.Rasavarajeeva LTTE leader of the area killed during first week of April. OOn 23.6.88 Arasan and Eeswaran of the LTTE were killed at Mamangam near Batticaloa by the EPRLF. OAt Trincomalee on 27th June, two P.C.s and three Sinhala civilians injured in grenade attack. In a second
grenade attack, one sub-inspector and
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O600 mothers petition to IP lodge colonist Manalaaru; to enter into tali OOn 25.6.88 dead by IPK escape. ORefugees fron Sri Lanka - 56 18th June, and 25th June. OTwo leading P.Kanapathipi Vadivel(60) k whereabouts st OA teenaged s Karaitivu ki allegedly by a OA Muslim Nazeer(26) of A bed to death by Three Stars' g ODrop-outs fro other than the Batticaloa Dis especially at C Pandiruppu an OEPRLF, TEL jointly opened near the IPKF
MADRAS: Siva Tamil militant d be among those series of bomb bl the eve of the Minister, Rajiv that he leads an MIL MAKKA PERAVAI consis group drop-outs, sure to training sives. Police wh believe that since to the island.
MADRAS: The
tion Organisation its former leader holding secret tal an Minister of Lalith Athulathn er in India Dr. G ment in Madras also asked by the
tive committee to tion's funds alleg him.
COLOMBO: LV bureau member
munist Party a Union leader was his house on Jur were not immedi
JAFFNA. The men who had be head and their he backs were found kms north of Jaff of the victims oro the killings we mediately.
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march and hand over KF. Demands - to disfrom Wellioya former order a cease fire and ks with LTTE. Vakisayah detenu shot F allegedly trying to
n Tamil Nadu arrived in 5 at Kankesanthurai on 508 at Talaimannar on
Camils of Akkaraipattu, llai (59) and Kariyan idnapped on 21.6.88, ill not known. tudent and a girl from dnapped and killed Tamil group.
youth, Mohamed Akkaraipattu was stabanother Muslim of the roup. m the various groups LTTE are roaming the trict robbing people, henkalady, Kalmunai, l Akkaraipattu. O, and PLOTE have an office at Tirukovil
Camp.
dasan, a Sri Lankan rop-out, is believed to responsible for the asts in Tamil Nadu, on visits by the Prime Gandhi. Police claim novement called THAIL PADUKKAIPPU iting of other militant and that he had expoand making of exploIo were on his trail then he had returned
Tamil Eelam Libera(TELO) has expelled in India, A. Selvam for ks with the Sri Lank
National Security, udali. TELO conven.S. Kanda in a statejays that Selvam was organisations's execu
return the organisaedly taken away by
W. Panditha, a Politof the Ceylon Comld a veteran Trade stabbed to death near e 26. The assailants ately identified.
odies of four young en shot through the nds tied behind their at Urumpirai, eight na town. The identity those responsible for re not known im
ving a complaint by a 3 K. Bhuvaneswari, ls of Aminjikaraihad 38,000 by promising
her daughter and grand-daughter passage and visa to West Germany, a partner of the travel firm Mrs Rajam Clement (36) was arrested by the City Crime branch police.
COLOMBO: Rumours that the Colombo water supply was being poisoned began spreading around mid-June, as government analysts began checking on some packets of a black powder found near the Ambatale water pump. The packets were marked POISON and were stated to have been accidentally dropped in the area by a passing vehicle, but the Police were taking no chances. Ambatale takes water from the Kelani river for distribution to a section of Colombo.
MADRAS: The Tamizhaga Munnetra Munnani, started by film star Sivaji Ganeshan organised a one-day fast in different parts of Tamil Nadu on June 15, protesting against the IPKF operations in North-East Sri Lanka and demanding immediate cease-fire.
LONDON: A Sri Lankan Sinhalese who has spent more than 17 months in the sanctuary of an English church, and claims he could face death if sent home, lost an appeal against deportation on June 17. The Court of Appeal refused to overturn a Home Office deportation order on Viraj Mendis who has been living in a church in the northern city of Manchester since December 1986.
. COLOMBO: A PLOTE member and a
driver were killed when their car was ambushed and fired upon by TELO men in a jungle in Vavuniya district, according to Sri Lankan security sources in Colombo. Three other PLOTE members were wounded in the incident. Earlier, the TELO office in Vavuniya town was bombed by unidentified man, the sources said. The bomb attack which partially destroyed the office building, was believed to be the work of a rival militant group. The ofice was setup after TELO members were granted amnesty following surrender of their weapons under the Indo-Sri Lanka accord.
COLOMBO: A Sinhalese schoolboy, N.Jayewardene, a student of Vijitha Maha Vidyalaya, Dickwella, in the Matara district was killed and three fellow students injured on June 20, when persons in uniform travelling in a State bus opened fire when students stoned the bus. It was not known whether the men in uniform were Air Force or army personnel.
COLOMBO: According to a Sri Lanka Defence Ministry report, a confirmed LTTE leader, Vijaya Raja was apprehended by the IPKF in Toppur in the Trincomalee district with a large amount of foreign currencies, including 19,000 francs, $925 and Rs. 33,150 collected as taxes.
COLOMBO: During an emergency de
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bate in Parliament, Dinesh Gunewardene of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) charged that there were reports that 700 IPKF personnel had returned to Trincomalee from where the IPKF withdrew an unspecified number of their men and military hardware as a first phase of their troop withdrawal from the island on June 7.
NEW DELHI: India is to set up 50 small scale industrial projects on turnkey basis valued at Rs. 6 crore in Sri Lanka. Agreement to this effect was by J.S. Juneja, Chairman, National Small Industries Corporation Limited, and Bandula S de Silva, Additional Secretary, Rural Industrial Development, Sri Lanka recently. The projects cover several major industrial groups like plastics, automobile components, rubber, castings etc.
MADRAS: AIADMK faction leader Janaki Ramachåndran left for the United States on June 30 for a medical check-up at Brooklyn Downstate Medical Centre, where she underwent a coronary by-pass surgery last year.
COLOMBO: A group of professionals have formed a National Amity Movement with the object of ending discrimination in society, promoting understanding and trust among the different
‘communities and protecting fundamental and civil rights. Dr Nath Amarakone, one of the pioneer members of the organisation and a former Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Construction, said they wanted to create a movement outside the government and that they as professionals were 'driven to it because 'what is going on around us is dividing the country into pockets' where the rule of the gun prevailed.
TELLIPALA: It is very likely that the Cancer Centre at Tellipalai Base hospital will commence functioning early next year, according to Superintendent of Health Services, Jaffna, M.Kanagasabai. He said parts for the proper operation of the machinery have to come all the way from Canada. Several voluntary organisations have offered to meet the expense.
POINT PEDRO: Mr J.F.Jeyarajah, a retired post master of Karaveddi has complained to the chief of the Nelliady IPKF that three men dressed in IPKF uniforms had entered his house and removed a cassette tape recorder radio and his wife's Thalikody valued at Rs. 30,000. Mr Jeyarajah had alleged that the men ordered him to switch off the lights, since the time was 9.30 p.m. and had asked him and his wife to stay out of the house. They had also threatened to kill them if they made any complaint.
COLOMBO: An official survey revealed that there had been 687,599 cases of malaria in the country during 1987, showing an increase by over 275,000 as compared with 1986. Direc
tor, Anti-Malaria Cam Samarasinghe said the be attributed to the situ terrorist violence whic anti-malaria operation
MANNAR: A Sri Lank arrested 11 persons o Mannar on 10th Jun
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The arrested men com Tamils, 4 Sri Lankan ' Sinhalese.
Confos, fr
Government order, wha impact of this order in t Lankan Tamils specially younger generation? N the Government of In helped more to alienate Tamils as this order, f. tional love, respect and India.
It is universally r education must be univ be made available to all it. This order has the denying eduational opp future for Sri Lankar offensive to the very fundamental right of e persons. It will not be o to cite Article 26 of un tion of Human Rights b that India is an arder Human Rights in the
ARTICLE
1. Everyone has the rig Education shall be free elementary and funda Elementary educations
TH BLUR BETV
The Tamil United I (TULF) has submitted to Indian Prime Minis drawing attention to ernment's continuing aided Sinhalese colo North and East. TULF list of Tamil areas w Sinhalese will be rese cial legislation and statutory bodies.
The memorandum ( of the Welioya Coloni Mullaitivu District Sinhalese were resett area - traditionally appears on Governm partment maps a (Tamil: sandy river) organisations say la Tamils were forcibly ) area by the Sri Lank Subsequent IPKF further depopulated villages.

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ign Dr Lionel ncrease could ion caused by hampered all
n navy patrol the coast of according to hand sources. ised 6 Indian amils and one
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; would be the he minds of Sri in those of the other act of ia could have he Sri Lankan »m their tradiadmiration for
cognised that 2rsal and must those who seek ffect of totally rtunities in the Tamils. It is concept of the ducation to all ut of place here versal declaraearing in mind it champion of world fora.
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ht to education. , at least in the mental stages. hall be compul
sory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Any person with a knowledge of educational problems will understand that it is not easy for a large number of students to switch over from one system of education to another and from one medium to another. The G.O. also frustrates and despairs those students who are hoping that they will continue their professional education after completing their XII standard. The Government order now leaves them with no choice, but to go scouting around the world to find out whether they will be accepted by any University or a professional college. This is one of the most cruel blows to the ambitions of the younger generation who had come to India with so much of hope, confidence and faith. Education is a continuum and does not terminate from academic year to academic year as the framers of G.O. 597 seem to think.
We therefore appeal not merely to the Government of India which seems to pay scant respect for the feelings of Sri Lankan Tamils in India but to all learned and responsible Indians to consider the impact of this Government order and bring to bear their influence on the Government of India to restore the freedom of pursuit of education in India to that "outcast' community, as it now seems, the Sri Lankan Tamils.
R.R.S.IVALNGAM
President Indo-Sri Lankans Associatio 132A, Vanniar Stfeet, Choolaimedu, Madras-600094 May 17, 1988
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People removed from settlements such as Kokkuthoduval and Karunalukerni, remain in makeshift refugee camps some three years later without prospects or adequate provisions.
Some 10,000 Tamils are said to have been dislocated by Lankan army or IPKF operations in Mullaitivu since 1984. Many recently removed were told not to return to their homes without IPKF permission.
Mullaitivu Citizens Committee believe the aim is to erect a Sinhalese barrier between the Northern and Eastern Provinces secretly undermining the provinsions of the July Peace Accord and have made direct representations to the Indian High Command questioning the IPKF's role in such a programme.
As a fresh wave of Tamil refugees fleeing from the IPKF fire-storm in Mullaitivu streamed into Vavuniya town at the end of June, in the eyes of local observers they seemed already destined to join the ranks of the longterm displaced.

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professionally Shantaraj (son of Dr.& Mrs T.D. Sivalingam, 29 years UK 78 Somervel Road, South Harrow, Middx, employed in - UK) and Mangaleswary (daughter of Mr.& anted shortly. Mrs P. Vetivetpillai, 17 Northdown Road,
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