In Sri Lanka, ...... if you need VIP medical treatments or joy-helicopter rides, you need to be a "Terrorist", otherwise, not .............

Heart treatments for the heartless LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist, Valayudan Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master.

VIP treatment by the Government of Sri Lanka to the terrorist leader who was / is / will be distributing lies worldwide to damage the good name of the Government of Sri Lanka and who planned the deaths of thousands of defence personnel and unarmed civilians.

Tiger Media Chief, Daya Master arrives at Apollo Hospital Colombo on Wednesday (12), accompanied by his wife. The LTTE Spokesman travelled to Colombo under tight security provided by the Sri Lanka Army. Pic by Ishara S Kodikara) (Details in Nation)

LTTE’s media coordinator Daya Master who suffered a severe heart attack on Wednesday evening was rushed to Colombo early Thursday morning. The LTTE had contacted the government through the SLMM and permission for the passage of Daya Master to Colombo came from the President’s Office. The vehicle carrying Daya Master, his wife and son had arrived at the Omanthai entry/exit checkpoint at 6.30 pm on Wednesday. When the vehicle was checked only the driver was in possession of a national identity card. The vehicle neither had a revenue license nor an insurance policy. The vehicle was bearing number HK 6922 a Mitsubishi Montero registered under the name of Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Ananda Sarathkumara Ratnayake of 154 Palugasdamana, Polonnaruwa. The entourage was led by an army jeep followed by his Montero Jeep, an Amy Jeep, and the SLMM vehicle. Daya Master arrived at the Apollo Hospital at 1.30 am on Thursday under tight security (Details in Nation).

Minutes after President Mahinda Rajapaksa agreed on humanitarian grounds to allow LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorist's spokesman, Valayudan Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master, to come to Colombo for urgent medical treatment, the LTTE, showing their ‘gratitude, killed a soldier, another guardian of the nation, and planted two claymore mines to assassinate Government spokesman and senior minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

 LTTE killed 12 soldiers and captured one soldier on 14 July 2006, showing their ‘gratitude" to VIP medical treatments given to Daya Master by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Chronology of LTTE Tamil Tiger Atrocities since June 2005

  Chronology of Suicide Bomb Attacks by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka

  Major General Parami Kulatunga assassinated by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists LTTE_Atrocities_20060626_Parami_Kulatunga.htm

Read full details on Suicide Bomb Attack on Lt General Sarath Fonseka - 25 April 2006.

President’s humanity and Prabhakaran’s brutality

What the government of Sri Lanka has done is to help a leading terrorist Valayudan Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master, continue with his terrorist crimes. If those who are responsible for the Daya Master episode are not exposed, the government of Sri Lanka should take responsibility for all future crimes committed by the LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists.

NMAT at Apollo: Arrest Daya Master An NMAT protestor appears to be delivering a strong message to a riot police officer by a simple look at yesterday’s agitation campaign opposite the Apollo hospital. The protestors were opposing the government decision to offer medical assistance to LTTE spokesman Daya Master and were also pushing for his arrest

President’s humanity and Prabhakaran’s brutality

What the government of Sri Lanka has done is to help a leading terrorist Valayudan Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master, continue with his terrorist crimes. If those who are responsible for the Daya Master episode are not exposed, the government of Sri Lanka should take responsibility for all future crimes committed by the LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists.

Daya Master should have been arrested and charged with organised crime, terrorism and terrorism conspiracy considering the lives of security personnel and innocents in threatened villages in the North and East.  

President’s humanity and Prabhakaran’s brutality - Minutes after President Mahinda Rajapaksa agreed on humanitarian grounds to allow LTTE spokesman Daya to come to Colombo for urgent medical treatment the LTTE killed a soldier, another guardian of the nation. President Rajapaksa, we are sure, made the decision on humanitarian grounds because to him everyone is a Sri Lankan. He even ordered the Forces to escort the LTTE spokesman safely to Colombo and even at this moment LTTE member Daya and his family are in Colombo under heavy protection and in safety. The very soldiers the LTTE kills by laying claymore mines, booby traps, sniper fire and suicide bombers are protecting them today. The President had shown to the world his commitment for peace though some sections tried to portray him as a warmonger during the election campaign. However, the LTTE started killing members of the Security Forces and innocent civilians no sooner Rajapaksa became President. The LTTE did not give him adequate time even to settle down. They showed to the world how brutal and cruel they were. All they wanted was to provoke Rajapaksa and create a bloodbath in the country. The country cannot forget how Prabhakaran sent a pregnant suicide cadre to kill Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka. General Fonseka is still recovering while many others were killed during the attack inside the Army Headquarters. Then Prabhakaran sent a suicide bomber to kill Lt. General Parami Kulatunge and his security men while he was on his way to work. The attack was planned for nearly seven months. The attack on Pearl Cruise II, which was carrying 700 unarmed members of the Security Forces, is another act of brutality by Prabhakaran though the valiant Security Forces averted it after a fierce sea battle. Then came the LTTE Sea Tiger attack in Kalpitiya and their plans for destruction and the brutal massacre of infants and innocent civilians in Kebithigollewa and their continued attempts to create fear in the minds of people. The country remembers well that this Daya, the LTTE spokesman who is under protection in the safety of the very people they plan to kill in the future denied all of them without any qualms. It is his job to say that they do not kill and we are sure he does not care either. It will also be difficult for the country to forget that the LTTE killed Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and how this very same Daya, denied that they killed Kadirgamar. Though some reports say that Daya is in Colombo for a heart ailment other reports say he was injured in an explosion. It is no secret that the LTTE plays with fire and with the lives of innocent people. We wouldn’t know if his leader Prabhakaran has got a heart or the LTTE cadres do. If they have hearts they wouldn’t act the way they have acted all these years. To many they are only killing machines. Therefore, it’s time for Vellupillai Prabhakaran and his killer squads to start thinking and to act and tell all peace loving Sri Lankans and the world that they would come for talks to find a peaceful solution and that they would stop killings and they would never instil fear in the minds of innocent children and the people of Sri Lanka and they would not harm innocent Tamils. As for Daya the LTTE spokesman once he returns to his master he must tell him: “Aiya, I have returned having been with people who have got hearts. So, hereafter, I cannot speak with a forked tongue so let us stop killing.”  

Appeasing the Terrorists to the Point of Self Immolation - SPUR, NSW deplores in no uncertain terms, the act to provide protection and facilities to key terrorist Daya Master to seek medical treatment in Colombo by the President of Sri Lanka. Rather than allowing contact with the President elected by the people of Sri Lanka , the proverbial cyanide pill should have been recommended to Daya Master, which he would normally force down on his child soldiers in similar circumstances.   This recent act of appeasement is most harmful due to the confusion it inflicts on the national psyche, and the additional mortgage impost on our own sovereignty. At each of these stages the grovelling process, the patient becomes weaker and weaker. Sri Lanka ’s leaders have bent backwards to appease the terrorists, in the past years. This particular act of compassion takes the cake, at a time when innocent sons and daughters of Lanka are being brutalised at every turn, by the LTTE terrorists themselves. In return for this act of compassion the terrorists rewarded Sri Lanka with the killing two valiant soldiers, and also planted Claymore bombs for the Government Spokesman and Senior Minister Keheliye Rambukwelle. Considering the illustrious sovereign history of Lanka, the periods leaders remain in power is relatively short. At each stage of these appeasement stages, as a nation, we add one more grievous injury the nation’s wounds, and the fatal bleeding resumes. What we see today is the enemy’s strategy of psychological warfare, willingly adopted by a government for its own self-immolation. The Tamil Tiger terrorists are well known not only to our nation, but the world over as the most brutal. Daya Master is one of the key persons operating this brutal piece of machinery, killing and maiming innocents at every turn.   The confusion caused by our nation’s camaraderie with the terrorist partner, has now gathered momentum. To some, the enemy need to be an equal warrior before being put down. First, give the terrorists equal status to a government elected democratically, and in turn, receive only abuse and no negotiations, send them round the world at the level of diplomats, allow the sacrifice of the freedom of the resident Tamils, Muslims in the North and the East, allow the Sinhalese to be systematically and ethnically cleansed, give helicopter joyrides, allow two airfields, allow weapons and airplanes to be imported, allow wireless and TV transmissions, allow the collection of taxes, outsource the running of government machinery in the North and the East to the terrorists, allow the decimation of our nations intelligence and defence personnel. The list is almost endless.  The worst had been the management incompetence at the highest level to lose military weapons, by the debacles of Mullativu, Kilinochchi and Elephant Pass. Since the ceasefire agreement, our sovereign nation has been getting ready to surgically cut its own self up. If the earlier conflict years killed and maimed the dedicated sons of the nation, the ceasefire agreement will ensure the confusion of the national psyche, and the doom of the nation itself. We strongly appeal to the Nation’s leaders to cut down the rhetoric and the show, and to get down to business of safeguarding the very existence of the Nation.

Government Escorts Terrorists Daya Master to Colombo 

Sociey for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR Inc) strongly condemns the action taken by the Government to get Daya Master the LTTE terrorist and the criminal who planned the deaths of thousands of defense personnel and unarmed innocent civilians, to Colombo for urgent medical treatment. The fact that Daya Master had to seek medical treatment in Colombo show that the LTTE terrorists too want to live long as possible and they do not want to face an untimely death like their claymore mine and suicide bomb victims. Will he yet realizes the value of a human life in his death bed? Would the government provide similar transport facilities to an ordinary Tamil/ Sinhalese or a Muslim civilian suffering from similar heart condition, currently living in N & E on humanitarian grounds? Our own service personnel who fight for the territorial integrity of the country do not get this VIP treatment. Then, why  special treatment for Daya Master who is a known criminal and a terrorist?

It was few years ago that former President Chandrika acted in the same manner to send Anton Balasingham to Norway for urgent medical treatment when India bluntly refused to accept him for treatment. He now gives orders from UK along with Prabhakaran to massacre innocent civilians in Sri Lanka. Daya Master once recovered will act the same way. SPUR  requests the Government who have let down the law abiding citizens of Sri Lanka through this act of folly to keep Daya Master under arrest after the medical treatment and insist the LTTE to release following , if they need Daya Master back; (1) All  security personnel including the Police Officer under their illegal custody; (2) All members of PLOTE and EPDP under their illegal custody; and (3) 1,358  innocent Tamil children recruited as child soldiers. If the Government, the Norwegians and the do gooders in the NGO front cannot get the LTTE to realize the value of human lives, the Sri Lankans have only to blame themselves by being suckers to LTTE terrorism over and over.  The Government should take the full responsibility of any future killings of innocent civilians in the North and East masterminded by Daya master in the event of his recovery and goes back to Wanni to continue with their killing machine.

Rambukwella escapes - Government spokesman and senior minister Keheliya Rambukwella claimed last night the police had discovered two claymore mines set 100 metres from his residence in Kandy apparently to attack him. Mr. Rambukwella told State TV ITN in its midnight bulletin he was grateful to the police for saving him from the attack.  Minister Rambukwella said he was to go to Kandy but had to put it off due to an important engagement in Colombo. However, he said that his security unit which was inspecting the surroundings of his Kandy residence had detected the two claymore mines and called in the bomb disposal squad.

Daya Master at Apollo - LTTE spokesman Valayudan Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master, underwent an angiogram at the Apollo Hospital in Colombo yesterday and his condition is reported to be stable. Daya Master is under treatment for acute coronary syndrome - a heart related ailment. Hospital officials said Daya Master did not undergo any operation yesterday but instead underwent a coronary angiogram. Daya Master’s family is at the hospital amidst tight security. Picture shows Daya Master being wheeled into the hospital.

Daya Master ill: safe passage requested - President gives in to Tiger plea - LTTE on Wednesday appealed to the government for a security escort for their Killinochchi spokesman Daya Master, struck by a severe cardiac arrest, from the Wanni to a Colombo hospital. As the request was being made however, reports indicated that the LTTE was continuing its killing spree in the North and the East gunning down a number of security forces and police personnel. Defence spokesman and Plan Implementation Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said President Mahinda Rajapakse acceded to the request purely on ‘humanitarian grounds’ as Daya Master required immediate surgery. "It is a manifestation of President’s commitment to peace and his genuine desire to resolve the two-decade old conflict." he explained. Daya Master will be accompanied by family members and they had already left Omanthai by road for Colombo, the Minister said. The request was made through the SLMM and the government has made all the security arrangements necessary for his transport to a private hospital in Colombo 

Having a heart for the heartless - LTTE spokesman Daya Master was rushed to Colombo on Wednesday, for treatment following a severe cardiac arrest, with the help of the security forces. The government was right in having positively responded to a request from the LTTE to escort him and facilitate his hospitalisation. In a civilised society, the sick must be looked after, irrespective of who or what they are. While seeking the government help to remove its spokesman, the LTTE, true to form, carried on its killing spree. Two policemen were killed in a mine blast in Jaffna. How can the LTTE, which is not at least capable of looking after a senior cadre with a heart condition claim to run a de facto separate state? In a terrain devoid of basic healthcare facilities, what will be the situation of the ordinary civilians if war breaks out? The LTTE is said to be ruthless but we consider it more shameless than anything else. Otherwise, how could it ask for an escort within weeks of the assassination of Lt. Gen. Parami Kulatunga in Colombo and within months of the brutal killing of SSP Charles Wijewardena in Jaffna, let alone other assassinations like that of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and the attempt on the Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s life. What the Sri Lankan governments have been doing is in stark contrast to the way the so-called five star democracies are dealing with their terrorists. When the US invaded Iraq, it unleashed hell on that country; even the chemicals used for water purification were banned and as a result thousands of children have died of dysentery and allied infections. Would Washington have ever allowed an Al Queada leader to be escorted by the US troops for treatment in Iraq or Afghanistan? Would Britain have escorted a terrorist involved in 7/7 attacks to a London hospital for treatment? We pose these questions to those who pontificate to this country on human rights. India, too, expresses humanitarian concerns whenever clashes erupt here. But how did it treat its terrorist, Veerappan, who was partially blind and seriously ill at the time he was finally trapped? He was done to a cruel death. Given his condition, any decent person would have expected India to rush him to hospital. India, it should be recalled, refused Anton Balasingham passage in 2002, despite his plea that he was seriously ill, as the LTTE had killed former Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi. Here, the LTTE has killed an incumbent President (Ranasinghe Premadasa) and almost succeeded in assassinating another President (Chandrika Kumaratunga). But, Sri Lanka helps the LTTE leaders receive treatment in Colombo, which they have bombed many times. Apart from escorts, we have had a Defence Secretary—Austin Fernando is his name—visiting a senior LTTE combatant in a Colombo hospital with a basket of apples! The survival of the LTTE has been possible due to the humaneness of the much maligned state. It is dependent on the very state it is hell bent on destroying. While living off the food and medical supplies the state sends to the areas under its control, the LTTE has to concentrate only on procuring arms, abducting children, extorting money from the war affected, manufacturing bombs and assassinations. The outfit won’t have a cat in hell’s chance without supplies from the state. Terrorism thrives, as we have pointed out in these columns, in a democracy. It fizzles out when it meets its match in an equally ruthless political regime. The well established Italian Mafia ceased to exist under Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship. That’s why sympathizers of terror groups become ardent champions of democracy to prevent states from resorting to ruthless counter terror. Let it be immediately added that we don’t advocate either sanctions or counter terror, lest our comments should be misconstrued. James P. Grant, the visionary Executive Director of UNICEF, who declared war on ‘global silent emergency’ (read deaths of millions of children from preventable diseases) considered Sri Lanka’s conflict a ‘civilised one’ in that the state feeds the LTTE and wounded LTTE cadres receive treatment in state-run hospitals. The Tigers have been biting the hand that feeds them. Being humane and democratic is not without problems. But a civilised society has no alternative. The government has come under heavy fire from some quarters for its magnanimous gesture. While the consternation of anti terror activists could be understood, it should be realised that a democratically elected government of a legitimate state cannot act like a terrorist outfit and deny medical or surgical care to the sick. Even if Prabhakaran were to ask for medical assistance, we believe, he should be brought for treatment. Perhaps, Angoda or Mulleriyawa will be the best place for him .

LTTE killer squad is on the look out for members of other Tamil groups - Tigers continue with their rampage of killing members and supporters of the rival Tamil groups. Almost daily the separatists’ rebel outfit sends out their killer squad to look out for the other Tamil groups’ members to shoot and kill them. This sickening event of killing without remorse and impunity continue unabatedly. On Tuesday and Wednesday, unidentified Tiger killers killed two leading members of People Liberation Organization (PLOTE) in Jaffna as well as in Vavuniya. The LTTE has so far killed over 200 leading members of PLOTE since 1987. On Tuesday, Tiger guerrillas abducted and killed a leading anti-Tiger activist and a PLOTE Leader in the town of Vavuniya, thus stepping up a killing spree against alternative Tamil voices. Vavuniya leader of PLOTE, Ratnam Sriskandarajah better known as ‘Bavan’ was found dead in Chettikulam, 15 Km from Vavuniya. He was abducted on Tuesday night by the LTTE operatives, according to Vavuniya Police. His lifeless body riddled with bullet wounds was found on 13th morning. Bavan’s death came hours after LTTE pistol men shot dead Jaffna PLOTE leader Sebastian Iruthayarajan on Tuesday evening. Head of Jaffna district PLOTE group, Sebastian Iruthayarajan (alias Bolder Rajan), 43, was shot dead along Martin Street, Jaffna by unknown LTTE gunmen on Wednesday afternoon. Iruthayarajan was shot and killed while he was riding a bicycle towards the Girls' Convent located in Martin Street to pickup his children. Iruthayarajan is a father of nine children. He was a senior member of PLOTE for several years. Iruthayarajan was also an elected member of the last Jaffna Municipal Council.

Government wrong in helping terrorists: JHU * Condemns granting of medical facilities to Daya Master - The Jathika Hela Urumaya in a press statement yesterday condemned the granting of facilities to Daya Master of the LTTE to obtain medical attention in Colombo. The statement says that it is a fact that Sinhala Buddhists are well known for showing ‘Maitriya’ to even their enemies, but some government media spokesmen are trying to portray this act also as a noble act. It is a fact that leaders of Sri Lanka as well as foreign heads in order to win the Tigers do humanitarian acts of this nature at any cost, the statement said. It further said, “What the government has done is to help terrorist Daya Master continue with his terrorist crimes. If those who are responsible for the Daya Master episode are not exposed the government should take responsibility for all future crimes committed by the Tigers. “Further more the LTTE has made clear their solution to the problem. The new theoretician V. Rudrakumaran has said that they will not accept anything less than a six-year interim administration and a referendum to separate at the end of the period. “We like to remind all those who charged the JHU of war mongering while speaking about a unitary state, that the Tigers have rejected the Oslo agreement and thereby on their own argument become terrorists. Terrorism cannot be tamed as shown in the recent Indian bomb blasts. Hence India and Sri Lanka should pay attention on defeating terrorism. The nature of the state structure of Sri Lanka should be determined by democratic leaders and people and not by terrorists” the statement said.