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Compared to the death toll, sometimes reaching as many as over one hundred a day, resulting from the unprecedented Savage and brutal carnival of violence and Counter-violence in South Sri Lanka, the number of deliberate politically motivated killings in the Tamil dominated North-East may be said to be low, but it nevertheless remains unacceptably high and unnecessary particularly since the cessation of 'offensive operations' by the IPKF. The IPKF has already pulled out of the eastern Amparai district and is expected to withdraw from Batticaloa shortly. The Continuing deaths, disappearances and kidnapping are the direct outcome of the continuing fratricidal armed conflicts between Tamil militant groups and their actions.
With the projected departure of the IPKF by the end of December, the prospects for the people of the North-East are ominously flashing dangerously red. If what happened in the Amparai district on 5 November when the LTTE mounted attacks on the camps of its rivals - EPRLF, TELO and ENDLF - and the number of people killed in that encounter is anything to go by, the bloodletting that most people are predicting is expected to take horrendous proportions. The contending groups are making feverish preparations for What appears to be a certain suicidal war. in the end one group or the other may emerge "victorious, but at what cost, for what purpose and for whose benefit? In this situation of impending tragedy, certain public statements recently made by important spokesmen for the LT TE and EPRLF give hope for some optimism.
Mr. Anton Balasingham, the accredited spokesman for the LTTE, has stated that the LTTE was prepared to participate in fresh provincial council elections after the present provincial administration was dissolved. He asserted that the Tigers were prepared to accept the result of free provincial elections and added, "If we are elected, we are prepared to embrace the Eelam People's Revolutionary Front (EPRLF). If we lose and they win, we are prepared to cooperate with them ... Create the provincial police force. We are prepared to enter the police system. Let other groups also come... The Tigers are now committed to peace and a political solution. That's why we are willing to walk down a street, as policemen, rubbing shoulders with our rivals.
The Chief Minister of the North-East Provincial Council, Mr. A. Varatharaja Perumal of the EPRLF is reported to have said that 'any differences between the LT TE and the EPRLF could be resolved through negotiation and dialogue. This is not a hero's cinema for others to see the blood of the Tamil people. The Tamil people have suffered enough. We need not fight among ourselves. If the LTTE agreed to come into the democratic process we are prepared for fresh elections. I am prepared to negotiate with the LT TE and if we have any differences we can settle them by dialogue'.
What these statements convey is that there is a convergence of views between these groups as to what should happen. If these gentlemen and their organisations are genuine in what they have stated publicly, they should take ConCrete steps to translate their words into actual deeds. As a first step, the EPRLF and its allies should
 

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forth with cease conscripting young Tamils into the socalled Tamil National Army. The very method of forcible recruitment to it is most reprehensible and the move has made them more unpopular than they ever were. Whatever the motivations may have been for the formation of the TNA, the fact is that, besides pushing additional sections of Tamil society into the process of further militarisation and acclimatisation to gun-culture, the LT TE considers it as a force that is being mobilised to fight it and therefore has reacted accordingly. If the EPRLF and its allies are serious about their protestations of peace in our time with the LTTE, then they must abandon this self-defeating counter-productive exercise and begin making serious efforts to establish contact with the LTTE leadership, if need be through intermediaries.
In simultaneous reciprocity, in the spirit of what Mr. Balasingham has publicly stated, the LT TE leadership ought to take concrete steps to offer real reassurance to other Tamil groups, particularly to the EPRLF and its allies, who genuinely fear that they will become targets for physical elimination once the IPKF leaves. The LTTE has repeatedly asserted that it has the support of the vast
majority of the Tamil people, and if this is the Case the LTTE leadership should have no difficulty in Openly recognising the right of other groups to exist, function and participate in political activities concerning the Tamil people. A categorical assurance on this question from the LTTE ought to remove any obstacles that may exist in the path of dialogue and negotiation among Tamil groups.
Whatever gains have been achieved so far by the Tamil people, they are the product of enormous sacrifices made by the entire community. They have been extracted from an unwilling and unyielding government in Colombo which was determined to suppress the struggle for the restoration of Tamil rights militarily. In the process of this struggle, several thousands have lost their lives. an estimated 25O,OOO Tamil left the land of their birth in search of refuge and security. The exodus is still continuing. The destruction and devastation in the Tamil areas are incalculable,
It should not be forgotten that neither the forces of the Sinhala chauvinist ideology have been irreversibly defeated nor have the institutions it created during the last four decades to maintain its domination been totally dismantled. An attempt to reassert its domination will certainly be made by seeking ways and means to deprive the Tamil people of the gains they have so far made. And the Sure way of doing this is the age-old method that every Cunning ruler or government has employed - divide and rule. The Colombo government in its present predicament may pose as a friend of one group chosen for the time being and even supply arms and provide safe Sanctuaries to mount attacks upon its rivals. But once the rivals are eliminated, it will lose no time in seeking to destroy its chosen group. The lesson from what happened to Rohana Wijeweera and the rest of the JVP leadership this month even as President Premadasa was preaching his much publicised philosophy of 'consultation, compromise and Consensus should not be lost on the leaderships of Tamil groupS.

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by Chithra
15.11.89 - Many top leaders of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVPPeoples Liberation Front) including its founder-leader Rohana Wijeweera and General Secretary Upatissa Gamanayake have been killed by the security forces. What has astonished many are the bizarre official accounts of the circumstances in which they were reported to have been killed. Bluntly the JVP leaders had been captured alive, shot dead and their bodies cremated immediately thereafter by the security forces “under conditions of maximum security'.
The 47 year-old Rohana Wijeweera and other leaders of the JVP went underground following the proscription of the party in the wake of the July 1983 anti-Tamil pogrom. Even though the ban on the JVP was lifted one-and-a-half years ago, the JVP leaders continued to remain underground having commenced a violent anti-government campaign.
According to reliable sources, the breakthrough for the security forces came with the arrest some days ago of a politburo member of the JVP, D.M. Ananda, who had succumbed to the “treatment' given to him and led the security forces to the hideouts of many of the JVP leaders. On 12 November, he led them to a bungalow on a tea estate in the Ulapone area in the central hill district of Gampola. At the bungalow, the security forces found the elusive Wijeweera, his wife and five children.
According to JVP sources, the informant D.M. Ananda was shot dead by security forces personnel soon after Wijeweera was captured.
At a press conference given on 13 November in Colombo, the State Minister for Defence, Ranjan Wijeratne, read out a letter from the Commander of Army, General Hamilton Wanasinghe, which stated that Wijeweera was taken to Colombo where he had broken down and wept during interrogation and made a long statement. The JVP leader also had volunteered to make a public appeal to the nation's youth which was videotaped by the army. He also had voluntarily offered to lead a combined police and army team to the JVP's headquarters in a suburb of Colombo. When Wijeweera and the team of security officers reached the JVP headquarters, the JVP leader apparently asked H.B. Herath, another deputy leader of the organisation to hand over all the documents and other articles the security officers asked for. After handing over some documents and while pretending to search for more, Herath had presumably pulled out a gun and fired at Wijeweera. The secur
Rohar Leade
ity personnel ha and opened fire firing, Mr. Wije received injurie cumbed. Acting ulations, the O necessary to cre conditions of m Army Comman Ranjan Wijera men that Mrs. W children were ir There is wide the veracity of the circumsta death. JVP sou
el W3S SU3 security forces information the a Statement and 'appeal to the yo by him.
JVP Genera Gamanayake ar of the JVP we central Kandy ber, within 12 er's arrest and e that Gamanaya traced on the given by Wijew case of Wijewe his comrades w summarily exec the information wanted and th mated. The gov Gamanayake a shot dead on the as they tried to custody has be disbelief.
The JVP ha violent anti-go during the las strange mixture toric and Sinha the JVP's cam included the thr Peace Keeping F Indo-Sri Lanka 1987, the aboli Council system meet Tamil de resignation of t government, an paramilitary se characterised t Some opposition "Indian imperial separatist terro description it a militant groups used by the JVP been politically tions not only d party politicians personnel, but a longing to oth which disagreed
 

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a Wijeweera & Top JVP !rs Killed After Capture
d"reacted immediately . In the course of this weera and Mr. Herath s to which they sucunder emergency regfficers took all steps mate the bodies under aximum security', the der’s letter stated.
atne also told the pressWijeweera and her five "protective custody'.
spread scepticism as to the official account of nces of Wijeweera's ces claim that its leadily executed after the had obtained all the y wanted in the form of having videotaped an uth to give up violence'
l Secretary Upatissa hd six other top leaders e apprehended in the district on 13 Novemhours of the JVP leadxecution. It is believed ke and the others were
basis of information eera himself. As in the era, Gamanayake and ere taken to Colombo, uted after obtaining all h the security forces men their bodies creernment's version that nd his colleagues were night of 13 November escape from military 2n received with total
s been engaged in a overnment campaign t two years. With a of strong marxist rhea nationalistic slogans, paign demands have owing out of the Indian Force, abrogation of the Agreement of July tion of the Provincial introduced mainly to mands for autonomy, he President and the d the disbandment of urity forces. The JVP he government and parties as tools of ism' backed by "Tamil rist fifth column', a ssigned to the Tamil 3. The main weapon in this campaign has
motivated assassinairected against ruling s and security service also against those beer opposition parties with the JVP. Many
leading and not so leading members of the SLMP, SLFP, CP, LSSP, NSSP, and former members of the JVP fell victims of these assassinations, among whom the most notable was Vijaya Kumaranatunga, the charismatic leader of the SLMP. It also targetted certain longstanding human rights organisations characterising them as 'anti-national'.
By the use of sheer force and threats of death, the JVP was able to paralyse vast sectors of industrial, transport, commercial, banking and administrative activities not excluding hospital services. Any one who disobeyed JVP dictates was dealt with summarily by its armed wing, the DJV. Hundreds of lowly placed state employees like Grama Sevakas and Sub-post masters and as many as 220 transport workers paid the price with their lives. The island's hospitals remained closed for over two weeks when the JVP ordered medical staff including doctors out of the hospitals and dozens of patients died during this period for lack of medical attention. The universities in the south of the island have remained shut for the last two years and two ViceChancellors have been murdered.
Equally violent and brutal was the response from the government and the security forces. Thousands of youth, on the mere suspicion of having JVP sympathies, were detained and subjected to the worst forms of torture. In apparent retaliation to JVP's actions, scores of suspected 'subversives' were killed as a matter of routine every day. Death squads associated with government party politicians and the security forces accounted for a considerable number of these killings. Even civil rights lawyers who took up cases on behalf of those alleged to be connected with the JVP were killed.
In spite of the extravagent countermeasures adopted by the government, the JVP'S campaign of assassinations, enforced strikes and economic sabotage was becoming more and more difficult for the government to subdue.
But in August this year the JVP made what has now proved to be its ultimate blunder. Driven by adventurism or afflicted by a supreme faith of its own invincibility or both, the JVP ordered the members of the security forces to throw away their uniforms and desert their posts as from the 18th of that month. The sanction for not obeying the JVP dictat was declared to be that all members of the families of security service would face death. Hitherto, the armed and police forces were engaged in a half-hearted and reluctant fight against an antigovernment campaign and in the process were losing men. But now the JVP

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Tigers attack rival ca
Chris Nuttall in Colombo
The opening shot of what is expected to be a new war in Sri Lanka's north and east were fired yesterday, as the Tamil Tiger separatist guerrillas attacked camps of the nascent Tamil National Army (TNA).
At least 74 people were reported killed in clashes in the eastern district of Amparai between the rival militant groups. The Sri Lankan army was sent
in to end more than 12 hours of
fighting.
Soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force were completely withdrawn from Amparai on October 24. The Tigers had been fighting the Indian army for nearly two years and were expected to turn on groups which had collaborated with India during its occupation.
The Tigers' attack on two camps of the TNA, near the coastal town of Akkaraipattu, was the worst incident of violence since a ceasefire came into operation between the Indian army and the militants more than six weeks agO. Continued From Page 3 had thrown down the gauntlet and the security forces were forced to pick it up to defend themselves as an institution apart from the government or its interests. No longer was it a case of only protecting the President, his cabinet and his government.
Even as President Premadasa was appealing to the JVP leaders to come forward for negotiations, the security forces launched an unrestrained private war against the JVP — a war to protect themselves and their family members. For every member of the family of a soldier or policeman killed by the JVP, 14 JVPers and their families would be killed, a poster put up everywhere by the security forces promised. And the promise was kept with a vengeance. Bullet riddled and burning bodies of suspected 'subversives' and their family members lying on roadsides and bodies floating in rivers became a familiar sight every day. Since August, it is estimated that the security forces and the JVP have
caused the death of as many as seven
thousand persons and the daily body count was rising sharply at the time JVP leaders were captured and ex
ecuted.
With most of the top leaders of the
JVP having been massacred, there is no doubt that the security forces have gained the upper hand. Although it is reported that, in the way they have been operating during the last three months, the security forces have been acting almost independently of Presidential control or approval, the decapitation of the JVP leadership may eventually lead to a consolidation of Premadasa in his hitherto shaky presidential seat.
The TNA compris groups who feel th Tigers. It has for thousands of youths armed and trained v
The morale of th cruits has always reports said more tha dered to the Tigers, fight.
More than 50 Tl reported killed when attacked and 12 ot Tiger ambushes. Th to have captured ar tion, while losing ha own men. They use an attack by land ployed mortars anc grenades in the assa
Five Muslims we munal violence whi the attacks and a reported to have be and dragged alor hanged.
DEAD B BLOCKT
The bodies of 11 you by suspected vigilant traffic in central Sri I in the latest wave of claimed at least 29 hours, military sourc said.
They said the boc across a main road ni west of Kandy in province.
'Vehicles could no minutes, delaying s office workers, a Ka by telephone. The removed by the polic
Two other bodies Kandy area. One bor blood reading. "This for giving informatic
Military sources sa ple's Liberation front area. They said 15 one of them a univer among 40 youths d around Kandy on M
An earlier gover said 16 people were hour period, includi tiaman and three Ratnapura, 80km east of Colombo. blamed on the front
The statement sa killed in the south recovered weapon police uniforms.

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es Indian-backed reatened by the ibly conscripted , who have been ith India’s help.
ese unwilling reeen suspect and
in 100 had surrenmostly without a
A soldiers were their camps were ners died in two Tigers were said ms and ammunif a dozen of their l boats to launch and sea and emrocket-propelled ults. e killed in comch erupted after Tamil boy was 2n tied to a Jeep g before being
The Tigers may have made a military error in attacking their enemies at this time. Amparai was the first district to be vacated by the Indian army under the September agreement with Sri Lanka to recall Indian troops completely by the end of the year.
But the prospect of the Tigers liquidating India's allies among the Tamil militant groups in the north and east could lead to India slowing its withdrawal.
Indeed, a complete pullout from the north and east by the end of the year seems logistically impossible. More than 35,000 troops are still in the country and the withdrawal rate has been 5,000 a month.
As they launched their eastern attack yesterday, the Tigers accused India of despatching 2,000 fresh troops into the northern Jaffna peninsula. The Tigers added that continued forced conscription of youths for the TNA had compelled them to reconsider their decision to observe the ceasefire declared on September 20.
(Courtesy, The Guardian, 6.11.89)
ODIES RAFFIC
ng men shot dead e groups blocked anka on Monday killings that have lives in past 24 *es and residents
dies were spread ne km (six miles) the central hill
t move for a few choolchildren and indy resident said podies were later
e.
were found in the ea note written in is a punishment n to the police.' id the Leftist Peowas active in the Buddhist monks, sity student, were tained by troops onday.
nment statement
killed in the 24ng a civilian miliof his family in 50 Miles) southThe attack was
d two rebels were y troops who also , grenades and
In the north-central town of Anuradhapura, a soldier arrested for allegedly collaborating with the rebels was shot dead trying to escape, the statement said.
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A STA
Although the inclusion of LTTE top ranker Sathasivam Krishnakumar, alias "Kittu', in the third round of talks with the Colombo government last month fuelled speculation that a broad framework of agreement between the two sides would be made public, nothing of the sort happened.
The week-long deliberations over, the LTTE delegates went their own separate ways. Kittu, to London to be fitted with an artificial limb. Dr Anton Balasingham and wife Adele, to London as well, Lawrence Thilagar to
France and Yogi back to base in the
Mullaitivu jungles.
The Tigers were non-committal on , their discussions with the Colombo government, except for the position they took vis a vis participation in the Peace Committee agreed under a second Indo-Lanka agreement signed on September 18th. To the Tigers the presence of a Tamil National army in the region was a serious impediment, to returning the region to peace and normalcy. It not only precluded the Tigers from involving themselves in any peace negotiations, but also from committing them to a definite timeframe to enter mainstream politics.
The Eelavar Democratic Front (EDF, the former EROS) opting out of the Peace Committee, for the same reason has only widened the rift between the Tamil groups. Although today, the Chief Minister of the EPRLF controlled North-East Provincial Council, Varatharajah Perumal has categorically denied to the Sri Lankan authorities the presence of any para-military force in the region, not so far back as October fourth he told pressmen in Colombo "call it what you will, we will have a 30,000 strong force to meet any threat when the Indian forces leave the island's north and east'.
Chief Minister Perumal's warning
was no idle threat for no sooner had the Indian troops vacated eastern Amparai on October 24th, the "northeast militia” as self-designated “Brigadier Khalid' of the Amparai command describes it, took over. And soon enough ran into problems, not only with the Sri Lankan government and other Tamil groups, but with other minority groups in the multi-ethnic district as well.
Reports of Sinhala villagers being ordered out of the district by the armed militia has gained wide publicity in the local media and called for the dispelling of the fears and anxieties of all communities through a legitimate law and order machinery.
Speaking from his newly opened
by Rita Seba
"headquarters' Khalid, who strength of hi ber you don't question”, didn did not comp Force personn Lanka and tra to fill the sec. Indian soldier east. The no separate outfit sophisticated move into an region. Since wished away b incumbent on India and Sri overseeing IP that the secul IPKF leaves is forces designal ments. CVF s region of fourt nel although t seven thousan ployed along police, to maint
north-east, the
as a para-milita involving bes terrorism train The original the CVF interf army but when by the police h was abandoned State Minist Wijeratne has that CVF dep measure until a can take over. then be absorb or they could ol Meanwhile a drawal gathers figures put the maining in th thousand, ther the December move out every met.
There are o logistics but th that India will n until she is sur its allies are et situation.
India quite periodic annou have been no September twe ceasefire, disco continuing int tween the Ta] claimed civilian soldiers notwith
A curious, but

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tian from Colombo
in Kalmunai Brigadier efused to divulge the forces saying “rememask a Brigadier that t deny that his brigade ise Citizens Volunteer el (CVF), armed by Sri ined by Indian soldiers rity vacuum when the leave the north and th-east militia was a altogether armed with weaponry and ready to y trouble spot in the its presence cannot be y denying it exists, it is both the governments, Lanka, who are jointly &F withdrawal to see ity vacuum when the filled by the legitimate ed by the two governrength today is in the o five thousand personhe targetted number is d. Expected to be dewith the Sri Lankan ain law and order in the y were however trained ary force, their training sides policing, antiing.
intention was to have ce with the Sri Lankan objections were raised igh command, the idea
er for Defence, Ranjan repeatedly pointed out oyment is an interim provincial police force CVF personnel would ed into the police force pt for the army. Ls Indian troop withmomentum and official number of troops recountry at thirtysix e are doubts whether thirtyfirst deadline to Indian soldier will be
f course problems of are is a general belief ot move out completely that the EPRLF and
uipped to handle the
happily keeps making ncements that there najor violations of the ntieth declared IPKF unting of course the 2rnecine warfare bemil groups, that has lives, those of Indian standing.
not unexpected phe
nomenon, is that India has not abandoned its options where the LTTE is concerned. Under-cover negotiations have been continuing in spite of the armed confrontation between Indian forces and the Tigers. What Indian officials are quick to point out is that it is Indian interests that come first, and in that scenario nothing must be ruled out.
The Tigers too have always maintained that their doors to India remain open and they would like to have Delhi recognise their place in the north-east region. Having discussions with the Colombo government and talking peace has not meant that the Tigers have called a halt to military activity.
In their camps and hideouts the Tigers continue with training their cadres and as Kittu said in an informal discussion in Colombo last month the young men are being trained in advanced technology as well.
From manufacturing improvised mines and grenades they have now graduated, he says, to the manufacture of more powerful mines. 'Johnny mines' named after their comrade Johnny, an emissary flown into Vavuniya by the IPKF last year to meet
with LTTE leader Prabhakaran and
later killed by them. And 'Arul grenades' named after one of their men - killed last year, by Indian forces. They are rifle grenades that can be fired from a distance of three hundred yards. "How else do you think we could have taken on the fourth largest army in the world' asks Kittu.
In the changing scenario of the north-east, nobody can predict the next act in the bloody drama, but given the bitter rivalry between the EPRLF and the LTTE, the fear is that an all out war between the two groups is not unlikely once the Indians leave.
And as an Indian army top brass put it, if the Sri Lankan government cheats on its committment to the North-East Provincial Council there is the real possibility of the EPRLF declaring UDI. Not even being left with some of the military hardware by the departing Indian soldiers can secure it for them unless they have the support of India.
On the other hand what is the Tiger strategy? They have not announced that they are dropping the demand for Eelam. LTTE theoretician Dr. Anton Balasingham made it known during the third round of talks, that if the North-East Council is dissolved and fresh elections are held and they take control, they will treat the North-East Provincial Council merely as an admi

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nistrative structure and then ask the people what they want.
Supporters of the EPRLF in the
south point to EPRLF's commitment to the unitary concept of the constitution where the Tigers choosing to remain silent on the Eelam demand have made the south wary of their real intentions.
The north-east conflict cannot be seen only from the perspective of the Tamil question. It has to be seen in the wider context of the country embroiled in violence and the demand by opposition political parties for the restructuring of the political system.
The All-Party conference from which
INDIA FORMING ARMY OF CRONIES Says LTTE
The LTTE has accused the Indian government of organising 'an army of cronies' with the help of some Tamil militant groups, and called for the surrender of "recalcitrant organisations' "if they are only concerned about their safety.
The following are extracts from a press release issued by the LTTE on 2 November:
“Under the pretext of defending the Tamil and Muslim people the Indian government is organising an army of cronies. A senior member of RAW, named Chandran is frequenting Trincomalee and supervising the military training.
The young boys and girls kidnapped by EPRLF, ENDLF, TELO, and PLOTE are being forcefully trained by the Indian army. An army of 12,000 strong is being created to serve the interests of Indian government.
The Tamil people will not be protected by these undesirable elements, instead they will use the arms to kill our innocent people, kidnap our young girls to be raped by Indian soldiers and to carry out armed robberies.
In the past, under the pretext of armed struggle these groups threw our young boys and girls to the Indian army. Today for their own selfpreservation they are kidnapping and forcefully training the youngsters. When parents enquire about their missing children they get badly beaten up.
When the Indian forces withdrew from Amparai these undesirable ellements set up camps where IPKF were before. Camps have been set up at the following places:
Tirukovil & Karaitheevu (3rd colony) - TELO Konavil — ENDLF Akkaraipattu (Wellington Cinema), Karaitheevu, Sammanthurai and Thambiluvil (Mehala Cinema) - EPRLF
much was hoped, has
the main opposition dom Party and the opting out of any furth
A number of mea President Premadasa International Commi Cross into the island, a youth commission causes of youth unre language commission language policy and hi ment of a Land Task F to respond to south somehow managed fo to halt the general d country.
Akkaraipattu (San EROS
These recalcitrant ( creating a force to di people and their in claim to be democrat ing organisations. Rat the lives of our young we look forward to ou these undesirable ga tions. If they lack the our people at the ballc are only concerned a they can surrender to guarantee their safet recruits have already us and we have ensur
If these Indian qu force to serve their o and that of Indian g they themselves will that force.
r 'TAMI NATIONAL i DOES NOT
The Chief Minister of Provincial Council, Perumal denied the Tamil National Arm army in the North an Addressing a press Colombo hotel on 4 Chief Minister said th of armed Tamils in t Citizens' Volunteer F 4,000 members.
The CVF is the Force which comes u government, he said, membership of the increased to 7,000 wit the government.
When it was poin tures of the Tamil published, Perumal s case of mistaken ic those pictured would guards of Provincial ( or members of the C Mr. Perumal also LTTE was preparing

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alleged that the for war. LTTE is
His land policy has been motivated by his concern that the existing land reform legislation implemented during the SLFP regime of 1972 has led to an unequitable distribution of land and unproductive land being available to the landless poor. Another concern of the government, is the tendency of rural youth to move away from agricultural pursuits and seek urban employment.
Will these moves help solve the country's deepening crisis, with inflation expected to rise sharply with the removal of subsidies on consumer goods, an assurance given to the World Bank, and political unrest showing no signs of being resolved?
kidnapping people in Jaffna and demanding ransom.
He said that he had asked his members not to take any action against the LTTE in order to enable the Tigers to enter the democratic process. But he warned that if the LTTE violated or disturbed the peace or launched any attack on the CVF, then the Provincial Council would have to get involved in destroying the LTTE.
The Chief Minister however added that he is ready to have a dialogue with the LTTE and that if they agreed to come to the democratic process, he is willing to have fresh elections. “We want the LTTE to realise the struggle of the Tamil people and come and join the democratic process', he said.
"I am prepared to negotiate with the LTTE and if we have differences we can settle them by dialogue' he said.
Appealing to the Tigers to lay down arms, the Chief Minister said that any differences between the LTTE and the EPRLF or the Provincial Council could be resolved through negotiation and dialogue.
This is not a hero's cinema for others to see the blood of the people. The Tamil people have suffered enough. We need not fight amongst ourselves', Perumal said.
He also revealed that India had agreed in principle to provide 5,000 automatic weapons on a loan to the Provincial Council. He said that this followed his request to the Sri Lanka government which in turn requested
India.
The Chief Minister added that at the meeting of the security co-ordinating group last Friday, a number of major problems concerning the area had been solved. He said that he had proposed to the government that in the future, recruitments of personnel for the armed forces should be done on an ethnic balance. He said that presently there are 65,000 in the regular and volunteer forces in the country but there are only about one per cent Tamil people included.
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approved 21,500 Tamil speaking persons will be recruited to the armed forces within the next three years, he said. He said that he had proposed that 50 per cent of this number be recruited within the first year and the other 50 per cent in the next two years.
SLFP, LSSP & CP PULL OUT OF APC
The main opposition parties, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party have pulled out of the All Party Conference.
On 28 September, the SLFP Executive Committee adopted a resolution : that the party should withdraw from the APC and together with other opposition parties launch a concerted agitational campaign against the govfernment to bring to an end the current 'trend of killings and violence and also
bring down the cost of living'.
The main demand of the opposition parties has been the abolition of the Executive Presidency and the formation of a provisional government which would hold fresh elections.
The resolution was proposed by Professor Vishva Warnapala and seconded by Mahinda Wijesekera, MP. Addressing the meeting, the SLFP leader Mrs. S. Bandaranaike said that the
APC had now lost all direction and .
nothing worthwhile was emerging out of it'. Even while the APC was continuing, hundreds of killings were taking place and at the same time prices of essential goods were skyrocketing bringing untold suffering and misery on an already beleaguered people. The UNP government had totally failed to restore law and order and several SLFPers also had been killed under the guise of crushing subversion, she added.
Prof. Warnapala said that a crisis situation had emerged in the sphere of higher education in the country as a result of the continued closure of the universities. To prevent further youth unrest and frustration, and also to overcome an imminent dearth of intellectuals, the government should initiate immediate steps to re-open the universities.
IPΚΡ ΤΟ MOVE OUT OF BATTICALOA
The Indian Peace Keeping Force which completed its 'deinduction of troops from the Amparai district in the east on October 24 will next withdraw from the Batticaloa district, according to the Indian High Commission in Colombo.
Although relevant "readjustments and preparations' were underway for the IPKF withdrawal from Batticaloa, no time frame had been set, according to Mr. M.P. Singh, the First Secretary of the Indian High Commission.
The Security comprising the fence Ranjan W ter of N-E Varatharaja Pe ers of the IPKF who met on 1 N post- withdra arrangements trict.
When the II Amparai distric two thousand Lankan police f of the law and However, it w, large number comprising 1 Citizens’ Volunt positions in An attempt to fill t the IPKF pullo
ELEOTIO ΟP PEA IPKP
- B "We cannot d. ans around. Af Indian-sponsore are disbanded, and then talk o dited spokesma. stated in Colom SUNDAY TIMES Reiterating th the IPKF must tical settlement A. Balasingham was prepared council election: solution of the Council, he sa elected last Nov poll backed by t The Tigers w accept the resu elections. "If we prepared to em ple’s Revolution (EPRLF). If we are prepared to He added, “Creat force. We are p police system. I
i come. . . The Ti.
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Co-ordination Group "rising cost of commodity items affect
State Minister for DeWijeratne, Chief MinisProvincial Council rumaland Senior Officand Sri Lankan Army ovember discussed the wal law and order or the Batticaloa dis
'KF pulled out of the t, it was expected that personnel of the Sri orce would take charge order situation there. as noted that quite a of armed Tamil youth he North-Eastern
eer Force had taken up
parai in an apparent he vacuum created by ut.
ONS & TALKS \CE AFTER
LEAVES
alasingham
scuss peace with Inditer they go and after od paramilitary units we must hold elections f peace', LTTE's accren Anton Balasingham bo as reported in THE s (29.10.89).
e LTTE's demand that leave before any policould be achieved, Mr. stated that the LTTE to contest provincial s, Calling for the disNorth-East Provincial id “the EPRLF was ember in a fraudulent he Indians'.
'ere also prepared to lts of free provinciad
are elected, we are Drace the Eelam Peoary Liberation Front lose and they win, we cooperate with them'. e the provincial police
repared to enter the
set other groups also gers are now commita political solution. are willing to walk s policemen, rubbing ur rivals”.
S DEMAND AGE RISE
de unions affiliated to Jnion Council have in
to President R. Preward 12 demands for view of the steeply
ing living standards of the masses
including wage earners.
Among the demands is a salary increase by 50 per cent subject to a minimum of Rs.2,500 per month.
The other demands are:
Reduce prices of medicine and other essential consumer goods and to impose a price-control on them.
k Payment of Rs. 5/- for each point of increase in cost of living index to all wage earners.
Payment of monthly wage to estate-workers.
k Abolition of recovery of Income Tax from the earning of private sector employees.
Yk Abolition of increased percentage of Widow and Orphans Fund from Public Sector employees without additional benefits to them.
Reinstatement of 1980 July strikers without conditions and remove punishments imposed on those already reinstated.
* Appointments and promotions effected without political influence.
Make all temporary and contract employees, permanent.
* Remove repressive regulations which hinder the free functioning of Trade Unions.
A Remove the State of Emergency, suppression and terror and ensure democracy, and
Stop privatisation of government departments and other undertakings.
The Affiliated trade union organisations are:
Ceylon Federation of Trade Unions, Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya, Ceylon Federation of Labour, United Federation of Labour, Sri Lanka Mahajana Trade Union Federation Public Service Trade Union Federation, Government Surveyors Association, Central Council of Ceylon Trade Unions, Samastha Lanka Rajaye Lipikaru Sangamaya, Government United, Federation of Labour, Sri Lanka Mahajana Government Trade Union Federation, Government Workers' Trade Union Federation, Democratic Workers' Congress, Sri Lanka Independent Trade Union Federation, National Union of Workers, Government Dental Surgeon’s Association, Local Government Clerical Union, Ceylon Plantation Workers Union,
United Corporation Mercantile Union,
Desha Vimukthi Kamkaru Samithi Sammelanaya, Ceylon Trade Union Federation, Central Bank Employees’ Union, Lanka General Service Union, Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Service Union, Local Government Clerical Service Union, Insurance Workers Union, Ceylon Teachers' Union, Ceylon Railway Guards' Union and, Joint Front of the Water Supply & Drainage Board Trade Unions.

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Rajini Thiranagama
As reported in our last issue, Dr. Rajini Thiranagama, head of the Anatomy Department of the University of Jaffna was gunned down by a lone unidentified gunman' on 21 September in Jaffna. Reproduced on this page is a statement made by the University Teachers for Human Rights.
The UTHR(J) are organising a Rajini Commemoration event On 21 November to mark the 60th day of her death. The event is to take the form of the publication of a Commemoration Volume, a public meeting preceded by a peace march,
COMMEMORATING R
Seminar and we have invited dele Sri Lanka and fro this event. In the tion, the UTHR known that in the are strong feelin politics of all sid very young pers But there is fe feelings openly. observing the oct Would enable the A particular rea, appropriate for ceasefire is bein are going on an about. A surge ( outside can influ also create spac people's organis tical alternatives. "Rajini's killers at this stage we di it. What is certai official and unof Sinationas a poli side, particularly forces do not w tionally as being acts. This gives Visits and close in human rights org valuable compler, groups, as well solidarity'.
A Time Of Cha and Re-evalu
On 21st September 1989, Dr Rajini Thiranagama, a live wire and leading member of the UTHR(Jaffna) was murdered while returning home, a few yards from the Faculty of Medicine where she worked. One may ask, in a community benumbed by hundreds of senseless killings and driven to protective indifference, what is the significance of this particular murder? To be sure, as many speakers have pointed out at commemoration meetings, the killing was a dastardy act against a lone, helpless and unarmed woman, and a mother of two little girls. Its phenomenal significance lay in what the killers were trying to destroy. This representad a whole spectrum of values which Rajini upheld both in practice and precept and deemed both by her and fellow members of the UTHR as being necessary for the life and freedom of the community. Her field of activities included, telling the truth about the unpleasant side and hypocrisy of this suicidally-bent community, the practice of academic freedom, telling students that some of their views were simplistic and narrow, and practical involvement in the concerns of women who had suffered.
The killing v what one migh ciplined milita! anger. It was c meticulously pl of minimum di: the killing just examinations looked into. Th the second day killer had waite spot that she w rushing home her little ones. time, after Raj his bicycle an bullets into he his escape.
Fascist
Even Rajini' from the societ attributes of f: the antithesis o the verything F throughout her assassin's shots, few medical stu ary people, the themselves insi difficult to find
 

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AJINI
rkshops. The UTHR(U) gates from other parts of m abroad to participate in etter calling for participaJ) states, "it is widely community at large there gs against violence and as that continues to trap Ons into carrying arms. ar of expressing such This led to the idea of asion in the manner that public to participate . . . son for this time being ‘uch occasion is that a observed, negotiations d peace is being talked f public expresion from ance the process. It may e for the emergence of ations and healthier poli
remain unidentified and o not want to ask who did is that all forces, both icial, have used aSSaS'ical tool. On the positive in Tamil areas, all the ish to be seen internaresponsible for inhuman
us hope that frequent onitoring by international anisations will provide a ment to the work of local
as an expression of
llenge ation
was very different from t expect from an undisry force in a state of oldly premeditated and anned. Even the detail sruption, by scheduling after the last viva voce in anatomy had been e murder took place on r of the ceasefire. The ed at a relatively lonely ould have to pass while from work to care for He had even found the ini had fallen, to park d pump a few more
r head, before making
Regimentation
s death brought out y around many of the scist regimentation - f a freedom struggle - ajini had stood against career. On hearing the with the exception of a dents and some ordinrest ran away or shut le their homes. It was a vehicle to transport
her to hospital. Those who volunteered to look after her children or visited them the night following the killing were neither neighbours nor colleagues. There was fear of association. Many close to the family admitted fear of attending the funeral and the meetings which followed. Far from showing a sense of solidarity and outrage, the local medical profession and her faculty coleagues were divided and confused as to how to respond to this killing. No doubt everyone knew that it was wrong and totally unjustified, not least the killers. The latter chose silence and anonymity. Rajini's friends and admirers were many who had enjoyed her personal care and had benefited from the many risks she had personally undertaken. Her enemies were those who were against what she stood for, but would not say it openly, lest they expose before the people their emptiness, real motivations and intentions. Yet initially at least, the dominant reaction to her killing, as for other killings, was not anger but a mixture of sadness and fear. This was the society, pliable and spiritless, that her killers were trying to build; and herein lies the chief significance of the event.
The future of Education
The UTHR(Jaffna) in its reports over the last year, concentrated on exposing the devaluation of human norms by all armed groups, relying only on the strength following from integrity. It also attempted to foster, from within the community, discussion of the social dimensions of its drift towards a fascist order. This was thought of as a necessary self-purifying process. Rajini was amongst those most conscious of the truism that we cannot condemn the society as aliens outside it, but that we must examine ourselves as part of the problems and our conduct and attitudes as contributory to the growth of evils. Thus in many senses the men who held the guns were some of the most tragic victims of this society. Rajini's anger was never unmixed with compassion.
It was this realisation that impelled Rajini and several others to strengthen their efforts attackling problems within the university as members of staff unions, as student counsellors and as members of Senate and Faculty Boards. Nearly all those who felt a need for reform, from professors to assistant lecturers, became members. of the UTHR, student counsellors, of whom Rajini was one, had one of their busiest times dealing with problems faced by students in the way of arrest and security, together with specific problems of new entrants. Amongst the most important issues within the university was the exercise of adminstrative power in a system where the hierarchical differences had been strengthened while channels of accountability had fallen into disuse.

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An important event in the university during this period was the setting up of the co-ordinating Committee of staff, students, executives and employees unions, with the Vice Chancellor as chairman. It has stood up to several tests in dealing with crises involving the university.
Many saw this urge for reform as crucial for the raising of educational standards, as well as for the elimination of violence in the society in general.
irreplaceable setback A crucial element in the maintenance of educational standards is the return of those who go abroad for doctoral training. After the July 1983 riots it almost came to be taken for granted that such persons would not return. Administrators thought they would be lucky if only the bond obligations, which included travel and salary
advances, could be collected. Mean
while the exodus of trained persons continued. Rajini's example is a case in point. In this country which has five medical colleges there were four trained Anatomists (three now) to run a proper Anatomy course. Each medicall college requires a number of Anatomists, Anatomy being the key preclinical subject. Rajini ran the department single-handed, making many sacrifices to uphold standards. If not for Rajini's ability as an administrator in representing the problems of an assistant lecturer whose research program suffered because of war difficulties, the university would have lost an Anatomist who is now under training in Britain. The training of doctors in Jaffna has now suffered an irreplaceable qualitative setback.
In spite of the disincentives, a number of trained academics returned in recent times. They did not come for the salaries or for the research facilities. They came because they felt an obligation to answer the challenge, and because they felt that the community had a need of people who would take a principled stand on issues. They did not think themselves extraordinary, but wished to be ordinary working people and a sobering presence. This is attested to by the fact that all four persons, including Rajini, who returned from Britain with doctoral degrees from early 1987, have been committed and active members of the UTHR. Thus the educational advancement of the Tamils is linked to the society demonstrating that it values and has room for commitment of this kind.
In Rajini's own case, she had with three other academics co-authored The Broken Palmyrah" in early 1988, which attempted to examine impartially the Tamil predicament. It spoke frankly about the actions of state powers and militant groups, and their ideologies. Rajini was conscious of the
risk and had refer death a number ( letters in her poss written by her, test friends and those o pressure on her to while she was there research stint. But, on 3rd September.
uppermost on her m tomy viva voce exa 2nd MBBS and the of Poorani Illam, a v tion centre she had l killers were cynical her to complete her
A letter addresse cellor soon after he land, and read out commemoration me ber, says much abo informed the Vice research successes a "There is no life for people. So here lar commitment and il killers find most Tamil society they h that is spiritless, ur ery man fears hisne is moreover a cultura intellectual desert.
The pri
In every crisis, the initial shock, the well-springs from flows. From grindin that there was no op move to protest, to e. to perserve the int work and memory g Students, staff and public joined forces t Where men faltered stepped in. The in possible as fear wan about putting up c over Jaffna. Three v memoration meeting versity of Jaffna (2n College (4th Octo Girls College (6th ( was very encouragi feeling and help fort members and seni morning of 2nd ( Chancellor and the the largest demons' tory of the universit. time the demonstr general opinion was lucky to have two pants. The eventua thousands. All this t backdrop of terror unknown.
It is one thing to and quite another to ly. If a university forget that it is m degree-awarding in dies. A university people are trained f ership as citizens of

'd to her possible times. Personal ssion and letters fy to a number of influence putting emain in Britain for a three month Rajini came back wo commitments ind were the Anaminations for the eething problems omen's rehabilitaelped to start. Her nough to wait for examinations.
to the Vice Chanreturn from Engby him at the first eting on 2nd Octout Rajini. In it she Chancellor of her nd went on to say, me apart from my h'. It is this kind of ntegrity that the unwelcome. The ave in mind is one caring, where evighbour and which al, educational and
otest
however numbing re are mysterious
which strength g fear and feeling tion but flight, the xpress disgust and jegrity of Rajini's ained momentum.
members of the o give it strength. , women and girls mpossible became ed. Students went lefiant posters all well attended comgs were held - Unid October), Jaffna ber), Chundikuli October). The last ng in view of the hcoming from staff or girls. On the Dctober, the Vice
Dean of Arts led tration in the hisy. Up to almost the ation set off, the s that it would be hundred particial figure ran into ook place against a
and fear of the
discover strength deploy it effective
and its members much more than a stitution, it surely
is a place where or positions of leadthe modern world.
-- - - - - - - a یعنی عہجختہ بندی
15 NOVEMBER 1989
Not only does a university implant in persons a respect and assertion of human rights, but it is also part of a process that helps the community to enjoy human rights such as obtaining control over their environment. Nothing is assured. Whether the university or the UTHR will stay alive are matters that cannot be determined by our resources alone. We are unsure of our next step. It is a reality that in a society where only mad men and gun men are deemed fit to take risks, the students who came forward to give the lead in protest activity are exposed and live in fear. We need all the help and understanding that we can get . . .
An appeal
A large number of persons living both in the South of the country and abroad, have over the years shown a sincere concern for the Tamil problem. But it is not widely recogmisd that it has moved far from the simple ethnic problem that it was seen to be in 1983. It is now one where for the short term at least, the internal dimensions have by far overshadowed the external. We appeal to all, particularly the Tamils abroad, to be sensitive to this new reality that faces us, and not to jeopardise those tendencies that work for greater accountability from within. What faces us now is a battle for basic humanity and civilised values. Its outcome Will decide whether Rajini and many
others died in vain.
(statement by the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), mid-October, 1989)
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SEVEN DAYS INJ,
By Professor N. Shanmugaratna (Agricultural University of Norw.
spent seven intense days in Jaffna from 23 to 30 June 1989. Before that, my last visit was in April 1982. In the intervening seven years the North and East of Sri Lanka have gone through a brutal civil war and an almost permanent state of internecine armed conflicts between rival Tamil militant groups. I went to Jaffna almost two years after the "Peace Accord' and the arrival of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force (IPKF). The visit was mainly for professional reasons. I was there on behalf of a European humanitarian aid agency to evaluate a rehabilitation programme supported by it in the North and East. The target groups of this programme consisted of the poorer victims of the civil war. I visited twelve villages in the North from Kayts to Kilinochchi and met with more than 600 villagers, of whom about 7 per cent were women. My professional work took me to a stratum of Tamil society that has been most severely hit by the war before and after the Accord, and to families that cannot afford the money to send their children out of the country as students or "political refugees'. These are the sons and daughters of the Tamil homeland for whom peace, freedom and dignity are a life and death question. In my seven days of perambulations across and outside the Jaffna peninsula I did not witness any bomb blast, ambush or massacre, but I saw and heard the agonies of the daily, the hourly struggles of ordinary households to survive. This subversion of household economies is a relatively unknown, undocumented aspect of the violation of human rights in the current situation. In a place where this has been going on for years, it is not dramatic any more and does not make sensational headlines. It is "normal' life. I also met with some old friends and young activists and analysts who enlightened me on various aspects of the present situation. . . .
The Golden Rule
My uncle and aunt received me with mixed feelings of joy and concern about my security. A few minutes after I had got into my sarong and sat down in the living room, my uncle - a retired public servant – told me, you must be careful here. I don't know what kind of programme you have but you must avoid politics. This is not the place for a man of your temperament. You see, you must not get into polemics with anyone, those days are over'.
The jungle telecommunication system is quite eficient in Jaffna. Within half an hour of my arrival a friend came to see me. With his usual lively grin he said, 'Welcome to Jaffna, but
remember the open your mou to brush yourt the agony of Ja humour that i Lankans.
I spent the d relatives, lister ings of griefanc Sinhala army to the back o post-Accord mi them feel that has been repla more ferocious aged woman to IPKF would sa army and from boys. We don't days, but our a doubled. Now w from the fourtl world and our O are killing Tami
U.S. . . .
Had discussion farmers and Neervely-Kopa were entirely
dred, the othe them were recip a soft loan sche self-employme
humanitarian C
earlier. Why so meetings, I w was answered days men are dangers. The Il are hunting for to be a real Tig you support th Tiger, that is especially are
worse thing i. TELO and EN boys for milita taking away o' can young men Most of the tir The result is n their usual role hold's livelihoo over their role happening in a
OverwC
But there is a li overworked wo sequences of th due to the mi economic and household. One aspects of Tami all these hards discrimination
labour market. males and fema

TAMIL TIMES 11
y) golden rule here: you h for two things only, eth and to eat’. This is
fina wrapped in a pithy ; characteristic of all
y visiting friends and ing to their outpouranger. The days of the ad receded somewhat people's minds. The litarisation has made one occupation army 'ed by another, and a one at that. A middled me, "We thought the re us from the Sinhala our own trigger-happy see the Sinhalese these gonies have more than e have to be protected largest army in the wn boys - all of whom ls. There is no hope for
s with three groups of rural workers in the ly area. Two groups women, about a hunr was mixed. Most of )ients ofor aspirants for me for agriculture and nt supported by the rganisation referred to many women at these ondered. The question by one of them: "These exposed to so many PKF and its local allies Tigers. You don't have er, if they suspect that em or are related to a enough. Young boys not safe. And now, a happening. EPRLF, DLF are conscripting ry training. They are ur boys by force. How come out without fear? he they are in hiding. en are unable to play in earning the housel. So, we have taken too. This is what is the villages'.
rked Women
mit to what the already men can do. The coninsecurity of the men itary situation is the ocial insecurity of the of the most shocking society in the midst of hips is the continuing gainst women in the he wage-gap between esis incredible: where
as a man would earn Rs60 per day, a woman would earn only Rs25. The wage difference is maintained even when women are hired for the so-called hard tasks which are traditionally assigned to men. An adult woman and a child of 14 years are paid the same wage. . . .
Had an interesting discussion with a woman involved in a development programme. According to her, alcoholism, illicit liquor-making and prostitution were growing in Jaffna. she talked about the implications of the breakdown of civil society and militarisation for the women workers in the peninsula. Basic labour regulations are not observed, and there is no authority to enforce them. This is one reason why women's wages are so low. shopowners in Jaffna town have brought girls from the Eastern Province and employ them at Rs200-300 per month. This, she observed, cannot be stopped as the labour department is not functioning and there is no alternative authority, nor is it possible to wage trade union struggles.
She also commented on the problems of widows and rape victims. There are thousand of widows and hundreds of rape victims. The latter's situation is made more complex by the attitudes of 'our own people towards these unfortunate women. We must find ways of helping them to return to normal life without moving them out of the community. They have no reason to feel guilty of a crime committed on them by someone else. Our people should be educated to understand this and their responsibility in returning these women to normal life'. Some very poor young widows have been driven to prostitution just to survive. . . .
Manipay is an area of heavy military presence. The stories people told me were very similar to those I had heard from the farmers I met yesterday — shortages of inputs and price hikes, crop damage by IPKF, etc. One old woman, about 70 years of age, stood up with rage in her eyes and said, "Our men are either dead or in hiding. Our boys have to go underground to avoid conscription, our young girls have to be kept indoors to protect them from sexual assault. We, the mothers and grandmothers, run the farms and the households most of the time'. . . .
Blessed Are The Barren
I reached Pandateruppu with a hurt and disturbed mind. But as I listened now to a group of about fifteen women who talked about their daily struggles and traumas, I felt that what happened to me was nothing. Humiliation gave way to humility.
Pandateruppus's problems were basically the same as those of the other

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villages, but these women were even more outspoken about the political situation. Two of them were particularly articulate and their language flowed like poetry. I am just not capable of capturing the poetry of their free-flowing Tamil and putting it into English. One of them, a mother of a teenage boy, expressed her anguish in a language almost biblical. "Blessed are those who are barren', she said, "for to have a son is to lose him. It was a joy to see my child grow up. Now, that joy has turned to grief. I ask God why he gave me this son. I would have been a happier woman today, if I did not have a child at all'. . . .
For the first time in my field visits I also heard some very frank opinions about Tamil expatriates. A tenant farmer and part-time agricultural labourer said, "We and our boys have suffered untold hardships for years, and we continue to suffer. Those Tamils who had the means to escape, to run away to Europe, may be waiting to come back to rule us when the war is over. They are the worst kind of Tamils. We cannot allow them to enjoy the fruits of our sweat and blood'. . . .
We had been advised to leave Kilinochchi early as the situation was rather tense. On our way back, somewhere near Mirusuvil, we saw a group of colourful Kavadi dancers dancing to a Sinhala baila tune played on the traditional Tamil instruments, the nahaswaram and thavil. They were dancing their way to a local temple. One thing that had struck me was the heightened religiousness of the people. Wherever I went, I saw many people praying at temples. On the way back, at a big Vishnu temple near Jaffna, I saw a woman crying and singing a song for god Krishna. She might well have been praying for her teenage son to be saved from conscription. In a land without freedom religion is indeed the 'sigh of the oppressed, the heart of a heartless world'. When one cannot open one's mouth in public to speak one's mind, speaking to god is the safest outlet. God, at least, is not known to be an informant But, ironic as it may seem, the Indian soldier and the ordinary Tamil worship the same gods in Jaffna; and in all probability both of them are praying for the same thingpersonal safety! I saw it at the Nallur temple.
Taste of Peacekeeping
On the road from Madduvii to Chunnakam I witnessed a horrible scene at Eevinai. I saw an Indian soldier hitting a farmer on the head with his rifle butt just ten metres away from our car. As I turned away from that gory sight, I saw on the other side of the road, four jawans dragging two youths into a
truck at gunpoint. taste of the "peace-ke IPKF. I was, of cours before I saw these IPKF was not profes to keep the peace. I the fourth largest a with peace-keeping
mind And, we are
days of Dharmasoka
It was a day full of pc with friends at the
told about the arres undergraduates by
male and female stu university have been tured by the IPKF a of the accounts of to curdling. One brave duced a two-volume
human rights violati and Tamil militant
the LTTE which has ple on charges of colla Indian army and the cil. The volumes be title The Broken Palir as alluded to before endurance of the Ja title captures the st the deprivations a morale of the Jaffna have we ended up aft of struggle?', asked get any impression liberation, are there have moved forward? we are more unfree started. The way our the IPKF was a show tion. They had virtu the militants who we of their energies in fi and, in the process innocent people. Pec that the 'boys' were politically too adol them to the promised a fundmental sens struggle has yet to b
s SO Without
If casteism and thes today's Jaffna are a liberation struggle any impact on the s reactionary values ( ty. As we discussed caste questions, I r thing I had heard f before I got into meeting at Pandate militants) talk of lib They vow to fight to the Tamil soil. The what is this soil people?'
"We must redisco before we can go ful man with glistening casualty of this stru liberation is the mo of liberty itself.

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lat was a slight
A student from the plantation area
ping style' of the up country made an acute observation
, convinced even scenes that the ionally equipped dia did not build my in the world n the region in Lot living in the or Elara.
itical discussions niversity. I was , and torture of he IPKF. Many ents from Jaffna arrested and tord its allies. Some rture were blood group has prolocumentation of ons by the IPKF groups, including shot several peoboration with the Provincial Counar the pregnant yrah. Palmyrah, , symbolises the ffna people. The cial dislocations, nd the broken society. 'Where er so many years a friend. 'Do you of any kind of any signs that we In many respects than before we people welcomed 7 of their desperaally lost hope in re spending more ghting each other killing a lot of ple had a feeling too divided and scent to deliver land of Eelam. In e our liberation
egun.
'eople? tatus of women in ny indicators, the has made hardly cial structure and f the Tamil societhe women's and membered someom a woman just he car after the ruppu. "They (the ration of our land. the last to defend y are heroic, but without us, the
ver our humanity her', said a young eyes. "The biggest gle in the name of it cherished value
about Jaffna society. As individuals, the people are highly literate and admirably persevering, but as a community, they are not progressive; on the contrary, they are conservative, reactionary.
I met a small group of teachers and students who were interested in discussing the role of social movements in the struggle for restoration of civil society. An interesting point was raised and discussed at some length. What represented the state in the Tamil areas? In the last two years the Sri Lankan state has not been visible. Its military apparatus has been withdrawn and the IPKF has filled that role. Its bureaucracy has become dysfunctional without any alternative structures. To the ordinary people state means authority, and they equate authority with the IPKF and the various Tamil militant groups. If the IPKF left, the Sri Lankan army would be back, and with that the Sri Lankan state back too. For those concerned with restoration of civil society, the struggle is against militarisation in general.
Jaffna and the rest of the Tamil homeland is in the agonising grip of a new subculture of machine-guns and bombs, which knows only one way to deal with dissent. LTTE set the style of militarism, groups like EPRLF are trying to imitate that style in their own ways. It is a never ending cycle of the brutalisation of our society, as some of our intellectuals have called it'. The more militarily strong a group, the more anti-intellectual it is, the more it spurns serious political discussion and debate. Revolution is not a dinner party, but if the gun, and not politics, is in command, it is strange to call it a liberation struggle. The passionate words of that young man are so significant. Yes, we must rediscover our humanity before we go further. There is nothing called Tamil soil (it is as empty as the talk of a Tamil blood). There is only the oppressed Tamil nation. AK47s are not enough to free them. It was a very useful, though in many ways an unfinished, discourse.
Opportunist Behaviour
Attended a discussion at the Tamil Refugee Rehabilitation Organisation (TRRO) in the morning. The discussion centred on the loss of human lives, mostly able-bodied males, and the destruction of means of production. So far, 4,000 widows, whose husbands were killed by the Sri Lankan and Indian armies and Tamil militant groups, have appealed to TRRO for relief from within Jaffna alone. The actual number of widows in the peninsula is certainly more than that, and when
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into account, the figure may exceed 30,000. An important question was raised: Are we going to restore the old social structure in the name of rehabilitation or are we going to create new structures? This is, indeed, a part of the whole question of what the liberation of the Tamil people means.
Later in the day, I spent a lot of time reflecting on many things and writing notes. I recollected something said by a man the previous day about the social psychology of people living under conditions of growing brutalisation. It all began with his comment about the community's responses to the murder of Government Agent Punchalingam. He was a popular civil servant. It was also widely known that he had developed a good working relationship with the LTTE. When the news of his death came out, the first reaction of many people was that the EPRLF must have been behind it. People were angered about the murder of 'a golden person like the GA'. But when the LTTE claimed responsibility for the killing, the same people who had called Punchalingam "a golden person' changed their tune, and now they started wondering, "Perhaps he did something wrong. It was not actually the murder of 'a golden person' they had been condemning in the first place, but the murder had provided an excuse for condemning a particular group. This "opportunist' behaviour of the people, according to the man I talked to, reflected the psychology of survival under conditions of militarisation.
Those people who changed their minds did so partly due to fear of and partly due to their “faith' in the LTTE. When I asked him to explain faith, he said that most people in the North felt that the LTTE was the most reliable of all groups as a protector under conditions of armed hostilities. Of course, this dependency has a complex history. But at the level of a local community, it is a question of survival by an unarmed people in the midst of continuing militarism. It is the military capacity and heroism of the guerrillas against what the people perceive as the enemy, as the alien, that are critical in this context, not the politics of any group', he said.
8 Diploma Disease
When I come home from the field, it is like coming into another sector of the Jaffna society. Politics is, of course, a topic in every home in Jaffna. But its terrain and nuances change as you cross class and caste lines. Jaffna is basically a petty-bourgeois society, or one may say that it has a broad "middle class' consisting of several social layers and status groups. A preoccupation of this middling world is the social mobility of the children via education. Parents and children are engaged in unending talks about grades at 'O'
leveland 'A' le that is deeply disease”. Priva industry in th war. The wal posters adver ble for places gineering facu able limits. C students takes between famil dren to enter ties. Petty jeal part and parc youth cannot ing or medical with most of t out to send hil days, most par children abroa that is a way to a movement Or by the army.
Jaffna has i survival seems bination of two able approache individualist. O local level ones spirit and grea On the other, i society, perhap, bourgeois char, wonders if A interested, rat vidual was first the community have gathered ple’s bid for sul Walio.
Met a mothe nephew was ta the EPRLF. Sh “my son”. Her s was not living caretaker of he
"He is a stuc school. On the man temple’s just after dinne and dragged hi know where th know it is EPRI my son out, I a them pleading the only boy w very rude to u would not be re hotel (where t many times and show me my sc you making su the children of to train him a people. Moreov these days'. mothers like m fellows. They sł lined up on a bi But no mother because they a and clean-shave twelve days sin he is very timi

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el. It is a social stratum flicted by the 'diploma tutories are a thriving midst of the inhuman
of Jaffna are full of ing them. The scramn the medical and enies exceeds all imaginmpetition among the he form of competition s who want their chilhe more coveted faculusies and rivalries are l of life. And when a ake it to the engineerfaculty, as is the case em, the parents go all or her abroad. These nts want to send their
in any case, because save them from joining getting shot or arrested
s paradoxes. Jaffna's to depend on a comapparently irreconcils - communalist and n the one hand, at the ees a lot of community , self-organising skills. t is a highly atomised because of its pettyacter. One sometimes Adam Smith's selfional, egotistic indi, born in Jaffna. Both spirit and atomisation momentum in the peorvival during the civil
r whose 19-year-old ken away by force by e referred to the boy as ster, the boy’s mother, , so she is now the r sister's family. ent at the Anaicoddai day of Nainativu Amar festival (15 June), , five or six boys came n into a vehicle. I don't by are keeping him. I F. As they were taking d his sisters went after with them not to take had. The boys were and told us that he eased. I went to Asoka 2 EPRLF office is) so asked them to at least 1. They said, 'why are a fuss? We are also others. We are going a fighter. We need r, there is no school here were 200-300 pleading with the EP wed us some children zony Some way away. uld recognise her son had very short hair faces. It is more than we saw our boy last. and scared of guns.
You know, when they took him he was praying them not to take him because he is so scared of all these things. His sisters cried and begged them not to take their brother, but they showed their guns and shouted "Shut up. We will shoot you women'. His father was a toddy tapper, now he is a sick person.
Obsession With POWer
There was a time when the EPRLF had a base among the people. After the annihilation of many of its cadres by LTTE, the EPRLF leaders retreated to India. They returned after the Accord, but they have not been able to develop a solid mass base in the North. Instead, they became dependent on the IPKF, and alienated themselves from the people whom they are supposed to be governing through the Provincial Council. The Provincial Council has no teeth. The EPRLF and its allies have chosen to operate almost exclusively via the Indian government and behind the IPKF, which was by now fighting a war with the LTTE. Their obsession with power and the impending final battle with the LTTE have made them insensitive to the sufferings of the people and pushed them into total militarism and subservience to the Indian state. Today, they are more alienated from the people than ever. Their militarism has further undermined their already questionable legitimacy as people's representatives. Many of those who shared criticisms of the IPKF-EPRLF-ENDLF-TELO alliance were equally critical of the LTTE, but in the prevailing atmosphere, anyone who opposes the EPRLF is branded by them as pro-LTTE. g
Of the major militant organisations EROS has the least militarist posture in the North, although many people I met suspected that it was responsible for the death of Mr Kandasamy, a famous campaigner for Tamil rights and founder of the Tamil Information Centre in London (who had returned from there in 1987 to help the peace process back home through economic development), Saturday Review, and TRRO. There is a general impression that EROS cadres are more friendly with the people and are willing to listen to them.
Somewhat jokingly, one person remarked that EROS seemed to be having a lot of development plans, but he wondered how they were going to implement them without power. It appears that EROS has adopted a middle, non-militarist course between India and the LTTE, while condemning IPKF's atrocities.
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LTTE KEEPS OUT OF PEACE C
A.C.S. Hameed, Chairman of the North-East Peace Committee and Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology had consultations with the LTTE delegation led by Anton Balasingham. The other members of the delegation were Krishnakumar Kittu, Yogaratnam Yogi and Lawrence Thilagar, a Government communique stated.
It added, in welcoming the delegation, the Minister said that the decision of the LTTE to enter the democratic process is an encouragement to all those who cherish democratic ideals and values.
Mr. Balasingham emphasised that the LTTE is firmly committed to peace and that any conflict should be resolved by peaceful dialogue. They have been able to have successful peace talks with the Sri Lanka Government. Consequent to this, they have declared a cessation of hostilities and also made a firm commitment to enter the politicall main stream through the electoral process.
While welcoming the genuine efforts that are being made by the Government of Sri Lanka to restore peace and normalcy in the North and the East, Mr. Balasingham said that they are deeply concerned about the formation of the so-called Tamil National Army. The people of the North and the East are against the formation of this illegal
TULF ON THE MURDER OF TS LEADERS
TULF leaders, A. Amirthalingam and V. Yogeswaran were assassinated in Coombo on 13 July, and M. Sivasithamparam was seriously injured. The following is the text of a statement issued by the TULF through its branch in London:
On the fateful 13th day of July 1989 the voice of the Tamil Eelam nation was silenced by an assassin's bullets. The three members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam met Mr. Amirthalingam and his colleagues Mr. Yogeswaran and Mr. Sivasithamparam ostensibly to talk peace and bring about unity among the Tamil groups. They shot and killed Mr. Amirthalingam and Mr. Yogeswaran and injured Mr. Sivasithamparam.
On Thursday the 13th July 1989 Aloysius, Visu and Sivakumar all members of the LTTE met Messrs. Amirthalingam, Sivasithamparam and Yogeswaran at their residence in Colombo. The appointment had been arranged by Mr. Yogeswaran. In February 1989 the LTTE had invited the TULF leaders to their camp, when Mr. Yogeswaran visited them. During this visit to Pandikulam camp they received him well and gained his confi
army.
Mr.Balasingh has decided no Peace Committ the formation o
However, he will continue th Government of every contributi made for the re normalcy.
Mr Hameed sa important const the future of th and East.
Their particip create the necess al and civilian a
Mr. Hameed f future of the N dependent on t withdrawal of t together of all th the creation of among all ethnic LTTE to particip mittee meetings tives, which are the future of the
Mr.Balasingha convey the reque the Central Com Mr. Hameed will of consultations v bers of the Peace
dence. Following very close to Mr. Aloysius had vis in his apartmen from the time LT talks with the ment. On that spoke to Mr. Y telephone, he re. the security ch Claiming "Tamil plained that his down if such seal
Around 7 p.m. Sivakumar arriv the Tamil lead beckoned the sec three visitors in check. While S downstairs, Aloy Mr. Yogeswaran ter a while me Amirthalingam param to come LTTE represent were served by M the leaders were LTTE men. Duri inquired from t had not come Amirthalingam the recent illnes the fact that Mr India, they coul Furthermore it v

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MMTTEE'
m said that the LTTE to participate in the 2 meetings because of the illegal army.
said, that the LTTE ir direct talks with the Sri Lanka, and make n to the efforts being toration of peace and
id that the LTTE is an tuent in determining people of the North
tion at all levels will ary climate for politictivity. rther said that the orth and the East is ree factors, viz, the e IPKF, the coming e militant groups and petter understanding groups. He urged the ate in the Peace Comto realise these objecof vital importance to country.
lm said that he would st of the Minister to mittee of the LTTE. continue the process with the other memCommittee.
this Aloysius became Yogeswaran. In fact ited Mr. Yogeswaran t on many occasions TE commenced peace Sri Lankan Governday when Aloysius ogeswaran over the |uested him to waive eck by the guards. brotherhood', he exssociates will feel let ches were made.
Aloysius, Visu and 2d at the residence of rs. Mr. Yogeswaran urity staff to send the without the security |vakumar remained ius and Visu followed o his apartment. Af sages were sent to nd Mr. Sivasithampstairs to meet the tives. Refreshments 's. Yogeswaran while In discussion with the g the discussion Visu 2 leaders why they Pandikulam. Mr. plained that due to of Mr. Yogeswaran Sampanthan was in not make the visit. s pointed out that it
would have been unwise to visit their camp as it would have exposed the hideout of the LTTE.
Mr. Amirthalingam then asked Visu about the progress of the talks the LTTE was having with the Sri Lankan government. Visu said that they vere deluding the Sri Lankan government. Then Visu vished to know vhether the TULF leaders would come to their lodge in Colombo for the next round of talks. Mr. Amirthalingam said that the venue was not satisfactory. Mr. Sivasithamparam proposed a private house in Colombo. Visu agreed to the suggestion on condition that the house be available for inspection prior to the meeting.
In the meantime one of the security officers downstairs became suspicious of Sivakumar because of his nervous behaviour, searched him and found ammunition and a grenade on his person. This security officer promptly alerted his fellow officers and rushed upstairs.
In the apartment, the discussion proceeded cordially and in good humour. Visu, vho vas next to Mr. Amirthalingam, stood up to place an empty tumbler on the table in front of him. While doing so he turned towards Mr. Amirthalingam and remarked , 'You may think that we are monsters, but we fear that you are the real monsters'. This provoked laughter among the leaders. At this juncture Visu drew a pistol and shot Mr. Amirthalingam in the head and chest. Next Mr. Yogeswaran who stood up was shot several times by Aloysius and Visu. By this time the security officer who had reached the balcony heard the shots, opened fire through the glass window at the assassins and wounded them. The wounded gunmen aimed their guns at Mr. Sivasithamparam but only succeeded in injuring him. As they ran down the stairs on either side of the house shooting at the guards, Visu attempted to throw agrenade but the security men shot and killed both of them. Sivakumar who was in the hallway was shot at, and later succumbed to the wounds.
The police later raided a house at Narahenpita, a suburb of Colombo and found arms, ammunition, cyanide capsules and detailed maps of the residence of the TULF leaders and a letter addressed to Aloysius by Mr. YogesWaal.
The Statement added: 1. Visu alias Aravindaram vas the area commander of the LTTE of Vadamarachchi in 1987. He also took part in the handing over of a captured IPKF soldier in June 1988.
2. Aloysius was the LTTE area commander for Vavuniya and participated in an early round of talks between the LTTE and the government.
3. Sivakumar was a member of LTTE.

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WEALTHY TAMILS ABDUCTED FOR RANSOM
At least twenty wealthy residents of Kalawanchikudy and Palagamam in Batticaloa have been abducted by members of a Tamil militant group in recent weeks and ransoms amounting to millions of rupees were being demanded for their release.
Among those kidnapped were businessmen, jewellers and landed proprietors. Ransom demands ranging from Rs. 5 million to Rs. 10 million had
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release.
The former Mayor of Batticaloa, M.
to the Banking anc
' Rs.652,000,000; (n)
nistrative sector: R
Ambalawanar who was forcibly taken away from his Batticaloa residence over a month ago had still not been released by his abductors. A ransom of Rs. 5 million had been demanded for his 'safe release'. He is suspected to have been abducted by a Tamil group and his whereabouts were still not known. Some of those kidnapped do
staggering ransom demands.
A member of Parliament in the
region confirming the continuing spate
of abductions of wealthy residents for
ransom said that this dangerous trend
was showing signs of spreading to other areas in the district.
The relatives of some of those kidnapped had not informed the Police or the IPKF through fear of reprisals. It is alleged that parents whose children were employed overseas had also been "ordered' by Tamil groups to pay every month a sum of money stipulated by the militants. The number taken away for ransom could be much more as in most cases there is reluctance to complain to the Police or IPKF.
Complaints made to the Police and Indian Army have been investigated but it has not been possible so far to trace those who have been kidnapped.
Even in the northern Jaffna Peninsula, during the last two months there have been many businessmen who have been kidnapped followed by ransom demands running into millions of rupees for their release.
The Tamil groups comprising the Tamil National Council, EPRLF, TELO and ENDLF, have denied any responsibility for this spate of kidnap
pings.
RS.9 BILLION DAMAGE BY VOLENCE
Sri Lanka has suffered losses up to an estimated Rs.9000 million because of the recent violence, President R. Premadasa announced at a meeting held on 3 November in the southern town of Matara.
The President gave the following breakdown of the losses: (a) Damage
caused to private bu (b) Losses suffered
Ceylon Tran Rs.280,000,000; (c) the Railways: Rs Damage caused to cles: Rs...100,000, caused to gover Rs.960,000,000; (f)
Rural Banks: Rs.20 age to te le c o Rs.200,000,000; (h tricity installations: Damage to Rs.400,000,000; (j) I
cultural sector: R. been made from each of them for their
Rs.200,000,000; (1) I
Damage to the
ing sector: Rs.75,00
Losses in the
Rs.500,000,000; (p) in the public and Rs.2474,000,000; caused to goods
Rs.6477,000,000. not have the means to meet such
MINIS BODYGUA MURDER
Four bodyguards of
who have been rer
tion with the allege supporter have mad the Attorney-Gener, judicial to military (
Three UNP sup the one who was kill come recently fro with a letter from a ment from the North
Having met the M on their way back abducted by the guards. One of thes was later found d injuries near St Jos ombo.
Investigations led of the bodyguards driver by the For application for bail Magistrate on th Attorney-General.
LAWYERA AND K
Attorney-at-Law M Karalliyadde who Teldeniya Courts v been abducted by fied gunmen on the from his house at body has been foun bridge, away from h ing day (27th) m three other bodies
SOS.
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ies: Rs.16,000,000; y the state owned port Board: Damage caused to 242,000,000; (d) government vehi00; (e) Damage ment buildings: Losses suffered by 000,000; (g) Damm m u nic a t i on s: Damage to elecRs.256,000,000; (i) ea industry: amage to the agri3.250,000,000; (k) ndustrial sector: amage to the min),000; (m) Damage insurance sector: Losses to the admi3.1600,000,000; (o) service sector: Production losses private sectors: ind (q) Damages and services:
TER'S ARDS ON CHARGE
a senior minister nanded in connecd killing of a UNP e an application to al for transfer from :ustody. porters, including ed are said to have m Anuradhapura member of parliaCentral Province.
inister, they were when they were Minister's bodye UNP supporters ead with gunshot eph’s College, Col
to the remanding and the Minister's t Magistrate. An was refused by the e advice of the
BDUCTED ILLED
r. Sanath Bandara was practising at as alleged to have gang of unidentinight of October 26 Karalliyadde. His E near the Oruthota is house the followIrning, along with of unidentified per
awyer Karalliyadawyers who looked
after the interests of the school boy who died of police shooting at Teldeniya Maha Vidyalaya premises some time back. His clerk and another
lawyer's clerk who were witnesses in
the Teldeniya MV. police shooting case too were found killed a few weeks ago.
It is believed that these murders were carried out by members of the security forces.
400 SUSPECTS REFUSE TO ATTEND COURTS
Four hundred prisoners charged with involvement in subversive activity have refused to appear in court as they fear for their lives, following the killing in hospital of the first accused in the Harsha Abeywardene murder case recently.
A letter signed by over 400 suspected subversives has been forwarded by the Prison authorities to the High Court, where they are being tried.
High Court Judges have sought the assistance of the Attorney-General in the legal problems arising from the refusal of the accused to appear in court.
A recent amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure allows a High Court trial to continue in the absence of the accused if the Court feels satisfied with the reasons given (Article 8 in 21 of 88).
Legal sources point out that practical problems have arisen from the prisoners' refusal to appear in Court.
They say that the Prison authorities have the alternatives of letting the Court try the accused in absentia or taking the prisoners to Court by force, even at some risk.
The Court (trial-at-bar) hearing the Parliament bomb case on 30 October directed the Magazine Prison authorities to produce the accused before Court on the next trial day.
The Prison authorities, accordingly, will have to bring the accused by force to Court, even if this means risking the lives of prisoners and guards alike, another source added.
The same amendment also requires that a trial by the High Court at bar be heard from day to day, unless exceptional circumstances so warrant to ensure the expeditious disposal of these cases.
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NEWS ROUND-UP
O THE THREE ACCUSED In the Air Lanka bomb attack case, S.A. Gunasingham, S. Kulasabanathan and B Balachandran were freed by the High Court in Colombo or October 12 when the Attorney General announced that he did not wish to proceed with the case. The Attorney General's difficulty in proceeding with the case arose following a previous ruling by the Court upholding the defence objection that the 'confessional statements obtained by the police from the defendants and sought to be admitted by the prosecution under the Prevention of Terrorism Act were not voluntarily made that they had been obtained by undue influence and torture. O MRS. MONHARWATSON, mother of two children, and who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for her involvement in the Maradana bomb blast in which 38 persons were killed and 113 wounded in November 1987 was freed on 27 October. She was freed after spending two years in prison following an appeal by the LTTE. Several LTTE members from Jaffna were in Colombo to receive Manohari on her release.
O SEVERAL COMPLAINTS have been made to the authorities that police and army officers have committed rape against women in the south under the pretext of investigating 'subversive activities'. In this connection five police officers and four junior army officers are facing rape charges. O SOMASUNDARAM Senathirajah, also known as Mawai Senathirajah, has been nominated by the Tamil United Liberation Front as its Member of Parliament in place of Appappillai Amirthalingam who was assassinated on July 13 this year. Mr. Senathirajah took his oaths before the Speaker on October 18.
O FORMER HINDU AFFAIRS Minister and ex-MP for Batticaloa, Mr. C. Rajadurai is to be appointed as High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Malaysia. Other new appointments in the diplomatic arena are: Central Province Governor E.L.B. Hurulle is to be appointed as High Commissioner in Australia, the present Defence Secretary General Seypala Attygalle as High Commissioner in the UK and M. Gautamadasa of the Foreign Ministry as Ambassador to China.
O OVER TWENTY DEAD BODIES of young persons were found on 26 October outside three state-owned buildings, a Co-operative shop, rural bank and post office, which had been set on fire and destroyed previously allegedly by 'subversives'at Walpita in Divulapitiya. It is believed that these killings were carried out by the security forces in retaliation.
O A MASKED MAN pretending to be a member of the JVP who entered a house in the Sapugaskanda area raped the housewife and then walked out with her jewellery. The man's face was covered with a piece of cloth and he had told the woman that several members of the “movement' had come to the area that day and were calling at every house. Then the man had brandished a knife and raped the woman whose husband was not at home at the time of the incident.
O OVER 2000 PEOPLE staged a demonstration on 30 October opposite the IPKF camp on the Vavuniya-Mannar road and submitted a memorandum on the alleged kidnapping of two persons belonging to the Tamil militant group. TELO, by the Sri Lankan army in Vavuniya. The demonstration was organised by the Tamil National Council and a hartal called by the TNC brought Vavuniya to a standstill. Following the kidnapping of the two TELO men, 18 Sri Lankan police personnel, including two National Intelligence Bureau officers, were abducted allegedly by TELO, but following the intervention by the IPKF, the Sri Lankan police personnel were released.

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O THE MALDIVIAN authorities have inquired from the government of Sri Lanka whether 68 convicted mercenaries from Sri Lanka who participated in a failed coup attempt in November last year and sentenced to various lengths of imprisonment, including life, could be sent back to Sri Lanka to serve their sentences. When asked by newsmen, Foreign Minister Ranjan Wijeratne is reported to have said, "They left illegally, and attempted a coup
What do we do with them if they are returned? As far as we are concerned, they can be dumped in the sea'. According to legal circles, Sri Lanka will have to take back her nationals as Article 14(1) of the Constitution says that every citizen is entitled to the freedom to return to Sri Lanka. But even if they are accepted by Sri Lanka, there is no provision under which they can be required to serve their sentences in a Sri Lanka jail as a sentence passed for a criminal act in another country has no validity in Sri Lanka.
OTWO POLICE CONSTABLES of Wadduwa police station were taken into custody on 29 October in connection with an alleged plot to kill the Officer-in-Charge of the police station, Inspector Samith Edirisinghe. On this day a Sub-Inspector and five constables attached to the same police station were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in the attack on the Field Force Head Quarters in Colombo. A police sergeant in charge of the anti-subversive unit at Tangalle in the south and a Sub-Inspector attached to the Depot Police, Narahenpita are also in detention for their involvement in this attack and alleged connections with the JVP. Security sources claimed that seven suspected 'subversives' were shot dead by soldiers who raided their hideout at Kamburupitya. O A PERSONIDENTIFIED as Martin who was a supporter of the Communist Party was dragged out of his house and shot dead by an unknown gang on 30 October at Malimbada in Akuressa. Sub-post offices at Pallegama in Deniyaya and Godagama in Matara were looted and set on fire. At Batetta, a person identified as S.H. Dharmadasa was shot dead. Two armed youths stole a land-rover belonging to the Ministry of Rehabilitation valued at Rs.1,200,000 when it was proceeding to Jaffna from Colombo. The Ellagolla sub-post office, Grama Sevaka Office at Katupilagama and the Village Council office at Paglovita were set on fire in separate incidents. A youth identified as N.C. Nanasiri taken into custody for his alleged links with the JVP was allegedly clubbed to death by another suspect in the detention camp in Middeniya.
O AT LEAST 25 PERSONS including many women were killed in a rampage by security forces in Galnewa on 31 October following a landmine explosion in which the Officer-in-Charge of the Galnewa police station, Inspector Ratnapriya, and three other police officers were killed. A gang of 'subversives' armed with automatic weapons entered the house of Nandasena, a soldier on leave, and shot him dead in Badulla. At Thelijawila in the south five burnt bodies were seen by people.
O TROOPS RAIDED a buddhist temple in the central province on 30 November and shot dead three persons alleged to be JVPers including a Buddhist Monk. The security forces claimed that the slain Monk, Pasgodaya Saranankara was an area leader and the coordinator of the JVP. An army deserter was also killed in the raid on the Pattigolle temple in the Kandy district.
O ALLEGED "SUBVERSIVES’ attacked a Sri Lankan army post at Agbopura in the Trincomalee district on 1 November and killed three soldiers of the Gajaba Regiment and wounded three others before fleeing with several automatic rifles and many rounds of ammunition. In Kamburupitiya a "Roller' belonging to the Highways department was set on fire. In Colombo, security forces found an unidentified body at Vandervert Place. The buildings housing the Agrarian Services Centre and the Coconut Development Board at Madahapola were set on fire. Four tea factories were set on fire in Badulla.
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O AROUND FIFTY BODIES of young persons riddled with bullets were found on 1 and 2 November in the Laggala police area as violence swept the Matale district. Nineteen bodies were found at Handungamuwa, Maraka and another location in the same area on 1 November. Most of the victims were identified as from the local area. On 2 November thirty-one bodies were found in the same area. The bodies were later loaded into trucks and taken away by the police.
O THE INSPECTOR General of Police has appointed a special CID team to investigate allegations of a plot to kill ten leading members of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party (SLMP) including its leader, Mrs, Chandrika Wijekumaranatunga. A seven member team headed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police including two Inspectors has been assigned to investigate the alleged plot. The names of the investigators have not been divulged. It may be noted that Mrs. Chandrika Kumaranatunga is continuing to stay in the UK where she and her two children took refuge for security reasons following the assassination of her husband, Vijaya Kumaranatunga.
O INFLATION RATE in Sri Lanka rose by 13.3 per cent in the 12 month period ending October. The Colombo Cost of Living Index in October rose to 861.3 points in October from the September figure of 851.5 points. Prices of essential commodities have been sharply rising in recent weeks with wheat and sugar prices going up rapidly. Because of a shortage of foreign exchange in hard currency, Sri Lanka has been borrowing on the commercial market. Official sources confirmed that the inflation rate was around 17 to 18 per cent although the cost of living index was pegged at 13.3 per cent.
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OTHE SRI LANKAN government was supplying the LTTE with sophisticated weapons and ammunition and there was irrefutable evidence to prove this, the Chief Minister of the - North-East Provincial Council, Mr. A. Varatharaja Perumal, claimed at a press conference held in Colombo on 4 November. The arms presently used by the LTTE were of Chinese and Israeli manufacture similar to those used by the Sri Lankan army, he added.
O TWO SRI LANKAN soldiers were reported missing in Vavuniya since 3 November. The soldiers who were returning after having been on leave were believed to have been abducted by members of a Tamil militant group.
O FOUR PERSONS were abducted by an unidentified armed gang at Unuwathurabubula in the Maha Oya area on 27 October. A newspaper office in Jaffna was attacked with bombs; although there were no casualties the buiding was damaged. An armed gang robbed Rs.99,000 from an oil mill owned by a senior army officer at Waskaduwa in the Kalutara district. Three civilians, two of them identified as D.R. Wickremasooriya and M. Fernando, were shot dead in the Walsmulla area by an unidentified gang. O A TOP LEADER of the LTTE, Sathasivam Krishnakumar popularly known as "Kittu' left for the United Kingdom on 29 October to seek medical treatment. About two years ago he lost a leg in a mysterious bomb attack in Jaffna where he was area Commander of the LTTE. Prior to leaving for London, Kittu had discussions with President Premadasa as a member of the LTTE delegation.
O A POLICE CONSTABLE, U.B. Wanninayake and six members of his family were hacked and shot dead at Galigamuwa on 4 November by suspected 'subversives. In a separate incident on the same day, three 'subversives' were killed, two captured and several weapons recovered by the security forces in the Alawwa jungles in Nitambuwa.
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in USA A large crowd, estimated at 1000, attended the Bharatha Natya Arangetram of Mirnalini Mohanraj, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Navaratnasingam Mohanraj recently. It was the first such event in Hartford County in Connecticut, USA.
Padmini Ramachandran awarded the diploma of the Padmini institute of Fine Arts. Mirnalini is a student of that Institute and of Mrs. Hema Rajagopalan of Chicago.
The chief guest was the Honorable Nancy Johnson, Senior member of the Connecticut delegation to the U.S. Congress. Mirnalini, who was accompanied by a live orchestra of artistes, gave a memorable performance.
She is the grand daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.V.E. Navaratnasingam and Mr. and Mrs. S. Anthonypillai.
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and outside the government, and the PKF-EPRLF-ENDOLF-TELO. Militarist and authoritarian, these alignments are destroying civil society in the name of various brands of patriotism.
I was back on the same SLAF plane that had brought me to Jaffna. And, as the plane rose into the air, I could not help getting sentimental. But such sentimentalism is a luxury when people down there are struggling for survival, and where so many brave men and women have decided to stay on and fight to the last. For me, it was a week of learning about a part of my society I was - to be honest - afraid to visit for seven years. As I looked down through the window, "the golden rule' of Jaffna came to mind- and I marvelled how people could still communicate, still keep their humanity, still struggle, even when the 'golden rule operated like an iron law. I was humbled.
(Certain sections of Prof. Shanmugaratnam's comprehensive account have been regrettably omitted for reasons of space)
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The Bharatanatya Arangetram of Sudharshini, Niroshini and Anushini, daughters of Rev. Dr. Wesley and Mrs Shyamala Ariarajah will be held at the Logan Hall, institute of Education, 20 Bedford way, London WC1H OAL on Saturday 6 January 1990 at 6.45pm. Since Rev. & Mrs Ariarajah do not know the address of many friends, they request friends and well-wishers to ring Mrs V.L. Singham in London on 01-672 97.17 (after office hours) for personal invitation.
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