LTTE infiltrates in India, warns Intelligence

June 1, 2009 09:54 am

According to the latest Indian Intelligence reports, at least 400 LTTE militants have infiltrated Indiain the guise of refugees fleeing from Sri Lanka. All the refugees are being screened following the warning from the intelligence and suspicious people are transferred to high alert camps.

All the refugees are being screened following the warning from the intelligence and suspicious people are transferred to high alert camps. The rest are being sent to open camps, a home ministry source told.
It is worth mentioning here that Sri Lankan government claims most of the top leadership of militant group has been destroyed but the whereabouts of certain key LTTE leaders like Pottu Amman is still unknown.
Intelligence agencies have warned that lower level LTTE cadres may have percolated in the refugee camps. According to the sources, the LTTE militants have used sea route to come to India. Coastal states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala are already on high alert following the Sri Lankan military action against LTTE.

Source by: adaderana.lk

Special traffic plan for Victory Day event

Source by:Daily mirror.lk
The road between ceremic junction Collpity to Galle Face and Slave Island railway station to Galle Face will be closed today to wednesday from 7am to 1pm while train services between Maradana and Collpity will also be restricted as a security measure for the Victory Day celebrations.
Updated @ 01/06/2009 08:38 AM

Pottu Amman wasn't in our custody: He well and truly dead -Army Commander

(Lanka-e-News 31.May.2009 5.30PM) Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka yesterday dismissed the rumour that LTTE Intelligence Chief Pottu Amman and his Deputy Kapil Amman were in army custody and were being interrogated. General Fonseka told a English weekly “I am sorry that Prabhakaran, Pottu Amman and Kapil Amman were killed, because I wanted to capture them alive. We would have been able to unearth a lot more information if we had done that”. He said that it is difficult to kill one and capture the other in a fierce battle in the jungle. The main reason for confusion regarding the fate of Pottu Amman is that his body has still not been identified. According to reports from the battlefront, troops are still looking for his body. Hundreds of bodies of guerillas who were killed in the final battle were seen floating in the Nanthikadal lagoon. Some bodies sunk to the bottom of the sea and divers were sent to retrieve them. Efforts are still being made to identify these bodies but identification is difficult as the bodies are badly decomposed, he said.

Nevertheless, some of Pottu Amman’s bodyguards who surrendered to the Army confirm that he was shot dead in the last battle as a result of which they decided to surrender...

TNA should be banished from the parliament -Gota

(Lanka-e-News, 30.May.2009, 6.00PM) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse says that Tamil National Alliance (TNA) must be banished from the parliament. In an interview with a weekend newspaper, he said that everybody knew the TNA was elected to the parliament by LTTE’s rigging. He charged that the organization spoke against the constitution in the parliament as well as abroad. He emphasizes the TNA that spoke to divide the country must be expelled from the parliament at least at the next parliament. He said that the Tamils could come to politics through political parties like Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United National Party but not through the racist parties.

Amarasiri Dodangoda is no more

Former Minister and SLFP strongman from the South Amarasiri Dodangoda has passed away. He was receiving treatment at the general hospital by the time of his death.

Canada reacts agrily to Colombo embassy attack

The Canadian federal government has reacted angrily after hundreds of protesting Sri Lankans vandalized the Canadian High Commission in Colombo and has registered an official complaint with the government of Sri Lanka. accusing Ottawa of supporting Tamil Tiger rebels.

The demonstrators pelted the mission with stones, sprayed graffiti on the wall and painted over a security camera.

Officials denounced the "organized and targeted attack" as "reprehensible."

"Canada has expressed concern about the inadequate response by the Sri Lankan police to protect High Commission staff and the premises and has registered an official complaint with the government of Sri Lanka," The Star quoted a foreign affairs official as saying in Ottawa.

"Canada expects the Government of Sri Lanka to fully investigate the incident," she said in an email.

Army Commandos killed 11 LTTE cadres in Kanchikuddichchiaru jungle

(Lanka-e-News, May 27, 2009, 7.25 PM) Army troops now tracing the hideouts of LTTE cadres who have infiltrated into jungle areas in the East attacked and killed eleven Tigers hiding in Kanchikuddichchiaru jungle today (27) morning.

Subsequent to the attack by Army Commandos, the search and clear operations conducted in the area to recover eleven dead bodies of LTTE cadres, five T-56 weapons, twenty claymore mines weighing about 15 kg each, two hand grenades, three anti personnel mines and a stock of medical items.

Division in Human Rights summit on Sri Lanka

According to foreign media there was a division between Asian and Western members of the UN Human Rights Council as they failed to find a common voice on the situation in Sri Lanka before they were due to hold a special session on the issue today.

Switzerland, with the support of mainly Western states, has tabled a draft resolution calling on Colombo to “investigate all allegations” of human rights abuses during Asia's longest-running civil war between the Sri Lankan security forces and tiger terrorists.

However, another draft text tabled by countries including China, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka commends Sri Lanka’s actions in dealing with internally displaced people, and encouraged UN agencies to continue cooperating with the Sri Lankan government.

The special session was to commence at 6.30 p.m. (Sri Lankan time) yesterday. However, members were unable to find a consensus on the two texts. If a compromise is not found, Sri Lanka's draft resolution would be submitted for adoption by the Council since it was tabled before the Swiss version.
European and other western countries support the Swiss resolution while China, Russia, India, Japan India and countries that belong to Non-Aligned Movement support the resolution on behalf of Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:58 Source By: lankatruth.com

Ban tells CNN: Sri Lanka sites for the displaced 'appalling'

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling."

"I have traveled around the world and visited similar places, but this is by far the most appalling scenes I have seen," Ban told CNN. "I sympathize fully with all of the displaced persons."

Ban called for better humanitarian aid after interviewing some of the people regarding shortages of water and medicine.

Ban toured Manik Farm, a sprawling camp for internally displaced people in the country's north, days after Sri Lanka declared victory in a 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tigers rebels.

About 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country, according to humanitarian groups and U.N. figures. Some in the camp have experienced fierce fighting in recent months, saying they did not believe at points that they were going to survive.

"I have seen the complete devastation here, and there must have been in the crossfire many civilian casualties. There simply must have been," Ban told CNN's Sara Sidner.

The Sri Lankan government has said it doesn't believe many civilians were injured or killed in the fighting.

While the war's end elicited celebrations in some parts of the country, humanitarian groups and the United Nations worry over those uprooted by the fighting. Ban arrived in the South Asian island nation Friday, saying he came to offer help and partnership.

"I hope my visit today can help begin a process of national recovery, renewal and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans," Ban said in a written statement issued Friday. "That is why I am here."

Source by: Daily Mirror

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