Such innuendo in the case of Tamil Nadu can only harden popular sentiments even more, and force the hands of the DMK, too, in an election year. Recently, in Karnakata, where assembly polls are due in a few months, Shah made a loaded statement, referring to neighbouring Kerala (a possible reference to 'Islamic terrorist contacts'). 1998-2022 Diligent Media Corporation Limited, All Rights Reserved. We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve user experience. According to the sources, when Prabhakarans bodyguards, numbering around 30, exhausted their ammunition, the LTTE chief was captured by the Sri Lankan special forces, and the organisations political head Balasingham Nadesan and the chief of the Tigers peace secretariat Seevaratnam Pulidevan surrendered.He (Prabhakaran) was captured alive after the Tigers ran out of ammo and then shot just like everybody else. These two bodies were personally identified by the present member, I think, of the cabinet Karuna Amman, who was the LTTE military wing leader at the time before he joined the government. In news just in, an eye witness states that Tourist Leader Rolypoly Prebiocarrom was teleported up to the Starship Enterprise a few minute ago! Is it 'nationalisation'? ': On May Day, workers rally for betterlabor conditions, Karnataka polls: BJP releases manifesto,promises UCC, freegas cylinders, milk packet, SC says it can dissolve marriage on grounds of 'irretrievable breakdown', The Morning Standard | Dinamani | Kannada Prabha | Samakalika Malayalam | Cinema Express | Indulgexpress | Edex Live | Events Xpress, Contact Us | Getting back to my so called sainthood: Yes. The Sri Lankan authorities lost no time in pooh-poohing Nedumaran's claims that Prabharakan was alive. I believe the doctors point wasnt to credit the state with looking after Soosais family, VPs parents, etc, but to question the reason why the state should pick on just VPs son for execution when it did not do so with VPs parents, Soosais family, Wijeweeras family, and so forth. In the months before, the Sri Lankan army had launched an all-out offensive against the Tigers, slowly pushing them deeper inside strongholds in northern Sri Lanka. Dr. R. Narendran, who, though we do occasionally have different perceptions on specific issues also makes us believe he works towards eventual reconciliation. This will probably happen in the future and then we will all finally know what happened. In a shocking claim, former Congress leader Pazha Nedumaran today (February 13) said that V Prabhakaran, the chief of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), is very much alive. After all you reap what you sow. Other than that the Army had no information, never had any positions of Prabhakrans wife, daughter and the youngest son. Ajith C4 should put them to the test. :D. That would make sense if you were a retard, yes. The stitched border of the shawl is quite visible. This includes personalising content and advertising. However, over the past few years, all such rumours had died almost a natural death, especially inside Sri Lanka, where the moderate Tamil political leadership had enough to fight for and fight over -- both with the Sri Lankan State and among themselves, too. Why would the draft resolutions together with UN ? Idiot Island April 3rd 2009 AD (23.46am) The sad thing is Mahinda has not learnt from the mistakes made by his predecessors.He thinks a political solution is not necessary,the imbecile and sinhala chauvinist as aptly described as such by Lee kuan yew who noted all his previous utterings. This is independent of whatever decision the Sri Lankan government takes on prosecuting him for the brutal killing of then president Ranasinghe Premadasa and a host of others. "China is attempting to create animosity against India and that Bejing has taken control of Indian Ocean and urged Indian government to stop this," the Tamil nationalist leader said. Karnataka Opinion Poll 2023: 'Saffron' again this time in Karnataka! Idiot Island April 3rd 2009 AD (22.56am) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Sinhalese. The GoSLs serial killers need to be under constant pressure, causing them to commit unforced errors, which will enable justice to come in unconventional ways. He is absolutely right. Kris, Wijeyweera did not kill people, they cut off the heads and stuck them on fence poles of some innocent poor bread winners for going to work and the families of Forces. I am perturbed as to why some people are arguing over trivialities when there are larger issues at stake. Thats why I wonder how GOSL did not knowor just ignored when they were warned by International community.and now trying to deny and cover up when these information are leaking out. Sri Lanka Cant Deny: Colombo Telegraph Revelation Turns Sri Lankas War Crime In To A New Chapter, Exclusive Warning Disturbing Images: Issapriyas Naked Body With Tied And Untied Hands, Warning Disturbing Images: New Footage Of Alleged War Crimes, Disturbing Images Of war Crimes: Rape And Killings, Ministry of Defence propaganda film Lies Agreed Upon misses the point. After all, the said youngest child was born in 1997 when VP was 42years old. and udugampola is another murderer too you cant white wash him too. Even as Mugabe continues to hold on to the reigns of Zimbabwe, so will MR unless the unexpected elaborated elsewhere happens and/or is MR trying to emulate VP as naturally without any effort? Though I am bit saddened that he is no more but the fact is he never listened to anyone. So we have a boy eating in a bunker, and then dead. I love my As long as you guys are out thee. This concern applies to both sides of the new battle line. Thank the gods that SLs enemies are nothing but idiots. Though no one is sure about Prabhakaran's personal life, he got married to Madhi Vadhani on October 1, 1984 in Tirupporur near Chennai and has a daughter named Duwaraka -- two sons -- Charles Anthony and Balachandran. My regret is that VP was not alive when this fate happened to his family. Its just three pix, the third of which in many ways (colour, location, etc) doesnt belong with the other two. Colombo, May 20: A day after LTTE chief V Prabhakaran was declared dead, the bodies of the other family members, including his wife and daughter, were found on Wednesday. You make a good point with your listing of other, older atrocities. window.protag.display("protag-sidebar_2"); The MDMA, set up in 1998, did not or could not produce the death certificate of the two, as the Sri Lankan authorities were not known to have obliged. this link. and hundreds of raw timber coffins lined up in one mass grave ready to be covered is so distressing and disturbing that iI could not bear to watch the Video in full although it is only a 4 minute clip. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks. . However, the statement did not refer to New Delhi's position for the 'full implementation' of power devolution to the Tamils under the India-facilitated 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution, enacted as far back as 1987. But it could well be a theory. The Centre has to balance national and political imperatives of the ruling party -- where the track record of the past eight years does not really augur well. Till the time LTTE was powerful, they did not allow any forces inimical to India to find a toehold in the regions held by them in Sri Lanka, he said. Must be absolute 3 monkey..see nothing hear nothing or complete dump. No special treatment was given," the source said. Speaking to ET from her home at Poonthalathazham near Kollam, Janaki Amma bemoaned the death of Prabhakaran: "I am deeply distressed. Rohan25 , In this modern world , poverty is an industry and, N V , You went a step further NV ! IMAGE: Nalini Sriharan and V Sriharan alias Murugan, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination conspiracy case, after being released from prison, in Vellore, November 12, 2022. The irony was that the Forces provided security for the family of Wijeyweera living in luxury using blood money robbed from the public, after they were caught. We dont have any information on the other members. Given the fact that the families of other Tiger brass were not killed, but instead cared for, makes the theory of the Army killing VP jr less probable. From an Indian legal and judicial perspective, Prabhakaran is dead and gone. Interpretation? As may be recalled, almost since the end of the war in 2009, such rumours have been doing periodic rounds, especially in the case of Pottu Amman, Duwaraka and Prabhakaran's wife, Mathivathani, as the Sri Lankan authorities did not display their bodies (and obviously could not locate them either). ( H.F). Nedumaran should know. It is much easier and faster to put Macrae in the court. (i think this guy is mental, Now we are on Telegram too. Incidentally, Vaiko, leader of the MDMK, in a loaded statement, has sort of expressed disbelief at Nedumaran and Kasi Anandan's claims. Later, in the 'Vaiko case', pertaining to the pan-Tamil politician from Tamil Nadu, the court said that mere statements, even if in a public rally, in support of a 'banned organisation' by itself would not constitute an 'act of terror' under the law. Careers, Home | Nation | World | Cities | Business | Columns | Entertainment | Sport | Magazine | The Sunday Standard. In the temple town of Thanjavur on Monday, octogenarian pan-Tamil leader Pazha Nedumaran (now 89) and the equally or even more controversial Sri Lankan Tamil poet politician Kasi Anandan claimed that Prabhakaran was alive and well -- but did not disclose the source of their information, and naturally the whereabouts of one of the most wanted 'fugitives' in contemporary history, especially of Sri Lanka and India. Two wrongs dont make one right. For now, daily newspapers, both in Tamil and English, have played down the news conference, but the same cannot be said about the mushrooming YouTube channels, which are giving tough competition to television news channels. Tsk! Prabhakaran was the youngest of four children, born in . Though no one is sure about Prabhakaran's personal life, he got married to Madhivadhani on October 1, 1984 in Tirupporur near Chennai and has daughter named Duwaraka -- two sons -- Charles Anthony . The design on the shawl is also different from the adjacent clothing, although the colours closely match. Where Indian fishermen are attacked or Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the state-run camps are involved, he has either written to Jaishankar or provided additional funds for their upkeep. IMAGE: A photograph of the slain LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran released by the Sri Lankan army in May 2009. Sources said on May 17th dawn, the Tigers launched a daring sea-borne operation and even managed to breach an area covered by the Sri Lankan armys 53rd Division. Kill the messenger short and sweet ha!!!!! In doing so, their five-paragraph news release referred extensively to the Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean waters, going as far as to claim that Beijing dare not attempt any such thing when the LTTE was active. Commenting is automatically disabled after 5 days and approval may take up to 24 hours. When asked by reporters about the thousands of egg shells that were strewn around the Please Dont Fire We Are Only Innocent Eggs Zone, Atilla Da GoatPaksha said that those eggs were broken by the Liberal Tourists of Tranquil Elysium, to make omelettes for their Tourists. Will Channel 4 take up the MODs challenge? February 14, 2023 13:15 IST. 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The slain LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran's wife and daughter as well as his top commander Pottu Amman have died in the Sri Lankan conflict, the Tigers' international spokesman S Pathmanathan has told the rebel supremo's former ally Karuna Amman. 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This may be a shorter cut. Great win for RCB, 'Lucknow' batsmen were stopped for 108 runs. of GOSL war atrocities.more than what govt think they haveand GOSL was warned about having them. So beyond lies and personal attacks, you have no argument? If SF is put on the dock and asked to explain the white flag story he will spill the beans. The unmentioned intention of those in Tamil Nadu subscribing to such a view, at least up to one point, was to strip the title that the DMK had conferred on party supremo M Karunanidhi, without asking anyone, possibly including the latter. But the Govt. He said he would be happy if Prabhakaran was indeed alive, but was still unable to obtain confirmation from any of the Sri Lankan Tamil sources (who generally are alive to and aware of such information). Balachandran who was only 12 years old, was just a child. Please read our Comments Policy for further details. I ask the Indian government to do what needs to be done to stop this geopolitical situation, he said. Presidents Independence day speech say it all. Not being privy to the info on the pix, its all assumptions, all of them equally possible. Furthermore, propellant burns around the wound suggest he was shot at very close range. Velupillai Prabhakaran. Pazha Nedumaran is a writer, activist, editor-in-chief of the Tamil by-weekly Then Seidi, and a former member of the Congress party. window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] }; Speaking further Fonseka who led the Army to a decisive victory against the separatist LTTE, said the Army did not have clue about the presence or whereabouts of the rest of Prabhakarans family. By Pramod Madhav: Noted Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran on Monday claimed that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabakaran was alive and would appear in public soon. But I believe, this time, the lanken rulers will have no chance to survive in Geneva sessions. They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress.com or its staff, nor do they represent the views or opinions of The New Indian Express Group, or any entity of, or affiliated with, The New Indian Express Group. :D I have never made either of the claims, you attribute to me. Very soon Rajapakses will have to face Hague courts due to their own False Pride, cunning and cheating life styles and their own stupid blunders and decision making. The barbed wire surrounding the camp, and the unarmed Peacekeepers were there to protect the Tranquil Tourists from unscrupulous tour guides and inquisitive journalists, said the commandant. Shoba also known as Shobana Dharmaraja (commonly known as Isaipriya or Isaippiriya; 1982-2009) was a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and television broadcaster for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.She died in the final days of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009 with video evidence that she was captured by the Sri Lankan military before being raped, tortured and murdered. THANJAVUR: P Nedumaran, the President of the World Confederation of Tamils, on Monday claimed LTTE supremo V Prabhakaranis alive and well. Talking to mediapersons in Mullivaikkal Memorial in Thanjavur, Nedumaran said that the international situation and the powerful insurgency by Sinhalese people which vanquished the Rajapakshe regime in Sri Lanka have made this the right moment for Prabakaran to come out. In the months before, the Sri Lankan army had launched an all-out offensive against the Tigers, slowly pushing them deeper inside strongholds in northern Sri Lanka. What can he do if his father was a cold blooded killer. 5)Over 140,000 innocent tamil children, women, men, eldery people, wounded and sick were killed by govt soldiersat the last stages of war. Mango: Will Channel 4 take up the MODs challenge? If Americans want MR the unedcuated to rule the country why would not they draft the resolutions together with UN ? It is true that Balachandran is just another child out of many who got killed in cold blood but the fact is that Balachandran is the face of thousands of children killed by the army in the final stages. The Tigers themselves killed many of their own crippled veterans by the busload. It may require seeking assistance from Interpol, and also involve the technical re-opening of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, and more so, the investigations, formally or otherwise. I have looked at various designs of the Suridar/ Churidar/ shalwar Kameez on the google and saw designs where what is intended to mimic the shawl are sewed on to the upper garment. The LTTE merely conceded their Strong hold Killinochchi without a fight as done to the rest of the area secured by the Forces, although a propaganda war was carried out. Short of such an inquirypersonally, I dont believe there will actually be an international inquiry given the complicity of many powers just teasing the pieces of evidence without actually furnishing it to the GoSL, and keeping the issue alive internationally, is the right thing to do. Just be realistic. Follow us for updates, India's manufacturing PMI hits four-monthhigh in April, Tamil Nadu government withdraws contentious bill on flexible working hours. Published: 13th February 2023 12:26 PM| Relatively speaking the personal life of Adolf Hitler showed greater sense, honour and courage than VP in not fathering any children and in the conduct and manner of his exit from life. According to Nedumaran, the LTTE chief is living with his wife and daughter and will soon come out in public with a plan for a better life for Eelam Tamils. All the above international spy agencies have these info. Responding to a question, Nedumaran said he was in touch with the family members of Prabhakaran, who conveyed his well-being. Already, a section of social media is active in the reverse, with some finding fault with state BJP chief K Annamalai making two quick succession visits to Sri Lanka, in recent months, the second one in the company of his predecessor in office and incumbent Union minister of state for fisheries, L Murugan, a fellow Tamil. Velupillai Prabakaran was reportedly killed in 2009 in the war between Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE. He further stated that his Peacekeepers had proved to the whole of Planet Mirth that they were the only Peacekeepers who could make omelettes without breaking a single egg. So in reality the simplest possibility is that the boy was in LTTE hands, safe, fat and well fed, and that during his escape he was killed accidentally by one side or the other, or that he was shot by his bodyguards under VPs orders to avoid capture.VP himself boasted that his own bodyguards were under orders to kill him if he attempted to surrender. is to show us the video clips where the Tigers or Civilians CARRYING WHITE FLAGS who subsequently surrendered to govt. Following the comment of Sandiyan in another thread, I looked at the figure standing near the bunker in the second photograph carefully. Karnataka Election 2023: To whom will the Muslim voters vote in elections. The Karuna revolt against LTTE, Fonseka split with Rajapaksas, stumbling onto Matale mass graves, the sudden emergence of Bodu Bala Sena/anti-Halal protests, are all examples of black swans. More are likely within the next year or two. After the final battle which went on from 2009 May 17 night, 18 and 19th till about 10 o clock, we only recovered Prabakharans body together with about 400 other terrorist dead bodies, and his elder sons body, his elder son Charles Anthony. If you really want the witnesses to come forward two things have to happen. Federal minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, alias Karuna . A day after LTTE chief V Prabhakaran was declared dead, the bodies of the other family members, including his wife and daughter, were found on Wednesday. They said none of the bodies belonged to Prabhakarans wife or youngest son or daughter. That man is the LTTEs medical unit head Reagan.Reagan was nabbed during the Sri Lankan ground forces offensive in the first week of May. LAMENT FOR THE TWO BROTHERS SLAIN BY EACH OTHERS HAND (from The Seven Against Thebes). COLOMBO: Velupillai Prabhakaran, who led a ruthless movement for more than three decades, was a dogged fighter for a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka . If you have the capacity please also read the link in its details too. There are lot of black boxes lying all over which you or I or even GOSL dont know about. Informed sources say that an investigation will be held to ascertain whether the bread, chicken beef and candles had been brought into the island during the period of the If Youll Dont Shoot, We Wont Shoot Agreement.. All of it requires a more balanced approach to handling the fall-out, real, and imaginary, from the Thanjavur 'revelations'. Mango Soldiers.due to orders coming from Colombo. Hell, they could even have two sets of experts to decide on the facts. Gamini , What I said Wejeweeras family kids have not involved with any killing but prabakarans kids involved with killing, did I said Wejeweera has not involve with killing , get the facts correct, JVP are all bastereds and murderes there is nothing to hide. 'Eelam' in Tamil denotes the homeland of the Tamil people. You can find out more by clicking Velupillai Prabhakaran was 54 years old as of death. Three years after the war the Americans come out with a watered down resolution because there is mounting pressure on unfolding evidence by the Human Rights watch dogs. Major Himmler also said that United Bankers Secretary General, Mr. Banking Boom who visited the TWHC had praised him for his efficiency in running the holiday camp. What I asked was for an interpretation of what seems rather odd and not an expression of sarcasm or insult. Karnataka Opinion Poll 2023: BJP or Congress, who will form the government? Equally important, Indian agencies too may have to become more alert than already about the revival of the LTTE, given the nebulous political situation in Sri Lanka, including the Tamil North. Dev said It may be useful to pause and consider the fate of our own children should they pay the price of our wrong doing. If not he should volunteer, if he is courageous enough to present his material to a court of law. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As Sri Lanka rejoiced over the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, grief gripped the family of 77-year-old Janaki Amma, who says Prabhakaran is her first cousin. newindianexpress.com reserves the right to take any or all comments down at any time. Vedda, it's time you changed your tablets. It was a known fact that International community told President Rajapakse to allow LTTE fighters to surrender to GOSL troups, who bring a white flag with them while President assured them that he will do so. "The international (political) situation and with rise of Lankan people to topple Rajapakse regime has created the . Tamil Nationalist Movement leader Pazha Nedumaran shocked the world on Monday with the chief of LTTE Velupillai Prabhakaran still alive. It deals with the claimed faking of an iconic photograph taken in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa. Why are Hollywood writers threatening to strike? Consequence will be all forms of sanctions. The latter was already a fugitive, who had escaped Sri Lankan law for the killing of Tamil police officer Bastian Pillai, provided him food and shelter, and became his political guide, if not mentor. He had three younger of us named Balachandran Prabhakaran, Duwaraka Prabhakaran, and Charles Anthony Prabhakaran. A: You are asking speculative questions. Daily Mirror Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:43. The team said there were credible allegations both sides committed war crimes. IMAGE: Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who was slain by the Sri Lankan army in May 2009. Amid Justice Gangopadhyay row, recalling retd HC judge Karnan's battle wi Supreme Court rules it can directly grant divorce to couples under Articl What is May Day and why is it celebrated on May 1? VP must be one of most pitiful cowards ever to have existed in the world to have brought children into this world to be murdered by rivals who may have been in their early 20s. This is a Typical SL probe by SLA(Judge) when the same SLA is accused. Mr Sengutuan reckons the wife of Wijeweera the horrible is alive and well. 1998-2023 India Dot Com Private Limited. That shows how much the father loved his family. All of these should be examined in a strict temporal order. THANJAVUR: P Nedumaran, the President of the World Confederation of Tamils, on Monday claimed LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran is alive and well. This would raise more fundamental questions about the approach and attitude of the higher judiciary in matters of national security and pertaining to 'acts of terrorism', as intended by the Legislature and enforced by the Executive. He has left all issues pertaining to Sri Lanka proper to the Union government, which is mandated by the Constitution in matters of foreign relations. The wounds found on his body indicate he was shot at point blank range. Tamil nationalism, National Leader of Tamil Eelam, Military Tactics. According to Sri Lankas officials, he was killed as he tried to escape with a band of followers in an armour-plated van, with more rebel commanders accompanying them in a bus. It was based on Sri Lankan reports about a local court ordering closure in the murder of moderate Tamil leader Appapillai Amirthalingam, in which again the duo was among the accused. Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna, who was the Eastern commander of the LTTE before he fell out with Prabhakaran in 2004, and Daya Master, who surrendered to the Army recently, were taken by the government to Puthumatalan to identify the bullet-ridden body of Prabhakaran. Idiot Island April 3rd 2009 AD (20.40am) Then VP has been responsible for so many deaths of poor innocent village children and babies whose parents have never committed any murderous crimes. Last Updated: 13th February 2023 05:36 PM 3)Govt soldiers.. with the orders came from higher authorities.killed all of them. Though no one is sure about Prabhakaran`s personal life, he got married to Madhi Vadhani on October 1, 1984 in Tirupporur near Chennai and has a daughter named Duwaraka --two sons -- Charles Anthony and Balachandran. There are also seeming efforts by interested groups to package it all as an effort by the BJP to pressure the ruling party in the state and paint Chief Minister Stalin in all shades of grey, and if it stuck, then in black, too. Days after Prabhakarans death, a Sri Lankan military spokesman had said that the government had carried out DNA tests of the bodies of LTTE chief Prabhakaran and his son and the DNAs have matched. I'm not the Tamil I thought I was. DNA: How beneficial is the issue of UCC-NRC in the elections? |A+AA-. It may require seeking assistance from Interpol and also involve the .