Tamil Tigers and Sinhala Tigers, Reborn

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Tamil Tigers And Sinhala Tigers, Reborn

by Tisaranee Gunasekara Gobi was actively involved in reviving the LTTE through regrouping LTTE cadres andrecruiting unemployed local youth with the intention of using them for acts of terrorism. .The detention.of Mr. Ruki ernando and ather !raveen..were in connection with theaforesaid investigation into attempts to revive the LTTE."#ri Lanka$s official statement to the %&'R() March *+, *+- , (olombo, #ri Lanka Guardian/ The first arrests came in 0anuary *++1.2thers followed, in succeeding wavelets. 3ltogether twenty five #inhala men were arrested bythe T45 )Terrorism 4nvestigation %nit/ and detained under the !T3.

The government called them 6#inhala Tigers$.

The accusations levelled at them sounded dastardly in the e7treme to most ordinary #inhalaears. The state said they belonged to an organisation called the 68iplavakari 8imukthi!eramuna$ )Revolutionary Liberation ront/, a #inhala counterpart of the LTTE. They hadconfessed to everything, from obtaining arms9training from the LTTE to planning terroristattacks in the #outh. 0ournalists were shown video clips of these confessions. 4n one, a detainee
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said, :3bout two years ago 4 went to the LTTE9held area for arms training" .

The military spokesman proclaimed that :;kg of e7plosives hidden by the suspects were foundafter the arrests" .

The T45 had a truly horrific tale to tell the courts, the first detainees were produced before(olombo Magistrate.

#inhala Tigers :had received -.- million rupees from the LTTE to carry out a massive violencelike bomb blasts in the country"

Their plans included :attacks on


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*++D, the 3G informed the court that no charges will be filed against ten of the detainees. Thecourt ordered their immediate release and gave the 3G a month to indict the rest.

The month passedB no charges were filed. 4n March, the #upreme (ourt gave the 3G anothermonth, either to charge or to release the detainees .

Eventually not a single 6#inhala Tiger$ was charged in a court of law of even a minormisdemeanour let alone the heinous crimes they were periodically accused of by the state.#o the e7plosive tale of #inhala Tigers turned out to be not even a damp s uib.

The state$s failure to charge a single detainee proved beyond any doubt that the authorities liedto the country and to the courts. The entire tale was a fabrication from beginning to end,concocted by the state. The confessions were made under duress, including torture.

Cy later *++;, the Ra=apaksa tendency to use the war to impose economic hardships onordinary Lankans, while en=oying the good life at national e7pense, was becoming clear. The

trade union movement was beginning to e7press dissatisfaction about this obvious hypocrisy.

The regime needed to nip any possible #outhern dissent in the bud. The 6#inhala Tiger$fabrication was used to target the Railway workers union and to frighten the other unions.That tale of #inhala Tigers is particularly germane today, with the regime officially informingthe %&'R( that the Tiger is reborn.

Ruki ernando, ather !raveen and the Ra=apaksa9need for #ilence

The very first 6#inhala Tigers$ were activists handling the Railway union$s paper, 63kuna$.

That was no coincidence.

4mpunity needs silence. That is why the Ra=apaksas are viscerally opposed to a right toinformation act, why they are cowingFco9opting the national media and blocking dissentingwebsites.

That was why Ruki ernando and ather !raveen were arrested.

The police spokesman accused Mr. ernando and r. !raveen of 6#elling information abroad$ .

3ccording to Mr. ernando, :4 was repeatedly asked who in Geneva, who outside #ri Lankawas 4 sharing information with. 4t seemed very clear that they took great care for other nationsnot to hear any alternative information or perspective from within #ri Lanka."

The 3mnesty 4nternational says that :#ri Lankan intelligence forces may have created a specialunit to monitor those suspected of conveying information to the %&" .

The Ra=apaksas cannot strengthen familial rule without killing dissent. They need to use


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targeted repression against a range of dissenters, from Tamil mothers looking for theirdisappeared children to #inhala villagers protesting against environmental damages caused byfactories belonging to Ra=apaksa9acolytes. Clocking flows of information is necessary to createan enabling environment for these acts of repression.

4f media outlets did not tell the truth, the regime$s lies about ?eliweriya would have goneunchallenged.

This week, the !resident repeated his charge that 6saboteurs$ are trying to :create problems inthe country by closing down factories and inciting school children" and that this :cannot beallowed under any circumstances" . The accidental death of Corella 24( is being used tosuppress the truth about the 'anwella9protest and the 5hammika !erera9owned9factory whichcaused it. E7poses and criticisms must end, for these half truthsFlies to take wing.

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