SPUR Media Release - 27 July 2005 - Open Letter to the inderwriters of the "ceasefire Agreement" and "Funding Arrangement" with the LTTE in Sri Lanka

Open letter to the underwriters of the 'Ceasefire agreement' and ' Funding Arrangements’ with the LTTE in Sri Lanka

To : Dear Messrs Helgessan, Solheim, Akhashi , Huukland, President Chandrika Bandaranayake Kumaranatunga, Sarath Amunugama, Dilan Perera, Mahinda Aluthgamage, Ranil Wickramsinghe, G.L Peiris, Rajitha Senaratne, Jayantha Dhanapla and M.S Jayasinghe

You have been singing hosannas to each and every step taken to give recognition and succour to Tamil Tiger Terrorists and paving the way for Sri Lanka and her people the laughing stock of the world. It is a well-known fact that only we Sri Lankans have succumbed to the terrorists in this fashion. The people have been drugged by you to accept the virtues of bowing down to terrorist demands advocating that there is no way to fight back. In short, your prescription is a slow death to the Nation, which boasts of a written history of 2500 years. Ranil Wickramsinghe's demolition of the LRPP and the continuing brain washing by Chandrika and her partners have successfully brought the country to accept the LTTE’s killings and all violations of 'agreements' and basic human rights while bending over backwards to accommodate the demands of the terrorists.

This may be the most appropriate time to furnish you with the details of all Sri Lankans who have had to pay the supreme prize of being victimised by your undertaker job. You, your children and all your loved ones will have to bear the responsibility for the killing of Sri Lankans by the LTTE since the signing of the notorious CFA.

Would you like to spare a thought for following lives snuffed out recently by the LTTE? Victims also of Norway, Japan, Chandrika, Ranil and their henchmen since January 2005. Please see attached list.

When will you investigate the murders of the victims of your policy? When will you compensate their kith and kin? When will you look after their dependents? How many more lives do you want Sri Lankans to sacrifice at the altar of mammon before you get your dollars?

As underwriters the pay back time has come. Will you do your duty by the innocent victims to match your verbosity? Otherwise, the sins committed by you in misleading the nation and driving the innocent Sri Lankans to the sacrificial alter will haunt you and your loved ones as you have willingly and knowingly annihilated a NATION. You will never rest in peace.

Incident	Victim	At	Date
Tiger rebels torch refugee camp in north Sri Lanka		Kudatane, in the southern region of Jaffna	02/01/05
PACHAMUTTU abducted			22 December 2004
Kumarasamy Gokulan (aged 19) and Packiyarasa Dinesh (aged 18) abducted		Mayilambaveli, Batticaloa	04/01/2005
M KAYUHAN (14) abducted		ONNACHCHIMADAM	24 January 2005
fired shots at the home of a Tamil soldier,			26/02/2005,
Sixty children orphaned or affected by the tsunami had been recruited from transit camps to be used as combatants.			as at 31/01/2005
Shooting on the forward defense lines at Kilali by Wanni tiger organization which resulted in the death of a soldier of S.L.Army.	H. Upul Priyadarshana & a corporal injured	Kilali	24/02/2005
An LTTE pistol man shot and killed a displaced tsunami victim	D. SUBRAMANIYAM (44)	Batticaloa town	28/02/2005
LTTE admitted that they had abducted over 20 underage children to their organization in February.
armed LTTE cadres had assaulted a twenty –year old youth and taken him away by force into un-cleared areas.	PINATHURAI KRISHNAPILLAI (20)	Alankulama	27 February 2005
During the ceasefire period Wanni tiger organization has murdered seventy four members of rival Tamil organizations says US State Department.			04/03/2005
According to latest statistics from US State Department about 5000 children are being detained by Wanni tiger organization.			04/03/2005
LTTE cadres had abducted three Muslim youth,	Abdul Hameed Raheem (aged 24)	Kirimichchai, Vagarai, Batticaloa,	08/03/2005
Hacked with swords and beaten with iron rods and attempted to kill	Gopalapillai Mohan (aged 28) and Mohan Thulasi,	Thonikkal village, Public Well Road, Vavuniya	08/03/2005
detained and tortured to sign a letter of resignation from the post of Trustee of Era Patheeswarar Hindu Temple, which is a cash cow	Rajasingham Jayadevan, a British citizen	Killinochchi	27^th December 2004
The LTTE shot dead. The victim was a member of PLOTE movement	Alagaiyah Kirupairaja (aged 38)	Kallady, Batticaloa (opposite Batticaloa police station)	11/03/2005
LTTE had shot	S. Ravindran (aged 26)	Near Karuwakerni railway station	10/03/2005
The LTTE had kidnapped at gunpoint	Lingam master (aged 40)	Welkula Raod, Vavuniya	08/03/2005
LTTE grenade attack	SUBRAMANIUM PADIRADAN (43) THAMBIRAJA BALASUNDARAM (33), N. SIVARAJAH (45) and LAKSHMIKANTH BAHIDARAN (14),	BATTICALOA	11/03/2005
Former PLOTTE Member of Batticaloa killed by LTTE wanni pistol gang.	Velautham Ilankeswaran (27- Tamil), Alakaiah Kirubeswaran (37- Tamil)		Tuesday, 08 March 2005
A correpondent of a Tamil news paper was killed at Ara-yampati,	Sath-acharalingam Amaladas (Tamil)	Kat-tankudy of Baticaloa.	Monday, 07 March 2005
A former provincial correspondent of a Tamil newspaper and ex-member of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) and another six Tamil civilians.	Paraswaralingam Kamaladasan (26 - Tamil) -		Sunday, 06 March 2005
Massacre (6 civilians killed , (4) Wounded PLOTTE Cadre, Shot and wounded. A brother of Karuna loyalist,	Arachecal Selvarajah (25), Asoka Wijesooriya (48), Segu Lebbe Abdul Jabbar (42), Mohamadu Hanifa (32), Mohamudu Lebbe (33) and Asinam Lebbe (28). Tharushika Madushanthi (18 - Sinhala), Dilki Sandaruwani (3 - Sinhala) , Jesima & an infant ; Kandiah Kaneshalingam (28- Tamil Mylvaganam Pulenthiran (26- Tamil)	Wellikanda, Opposite Peoples bank; Batticaloa north of Batticaloa	Saturday, 05 March 2005
The LTTE had killed a Karuna loyalist	Manoj	Madurangala, Welikanda	16/03/2005
shot and killed.	Sugu Sellawanadan and Gunasekaran Subramanian	Sevanapitiya	14th March 2005
LTTE grenade and gunfire attack at	EPDP politician, RAVIMOHAN with a Police escort led by Sergeant PIYAL PERERA (No 22264) wounded	KUDIRIPPU	30/03/2005
LTTE gunmen boarded a bus and shot dead a civilian informant for the police and armed forces.	Edmund Pragash Rasan (28)	Kalmunai	Friday, 8 April 2005
Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be from LTTE have shot and killed Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) member.	JOHN SILVA AMARASINGHA (54)	AKKARAIPATTU	Tuesday, 5 April 2005
Vocational Training Director who worked for the Ministry under EPDP leader Douglas Devananda, was gunned down by suspected LTTE pistol gang members	Thiyagarajah Kailanadan (55)	Kathankudi in Batticaloa	Monday, 4 April 2005
EPDP cadre, of was shot dead with a 3.8 pistol by gunmen who arrived on a motorcycle	Kokiladasan Gowindan, (21)	Chenkaladi	Sunday, 3 April 2005
shot dead	Myilvaganum Jeyaganesh (23 – Tamil),	North Batticaloa	Wednesday, 16 March 2005
An instructor ayyached to the Batticaloa Teacher’s College was shot dead by LTTE	Christin Ganajodi Selvapillai (39 – Tamil)	Periyaurani, Batticaloa	Wednesday, 09 March 2005
killed	Krishnasothi Gnanasothi	Oorani in Batticaloa	Wednesday, 09 March 2005
abducted and killed	3 Muslim Civilians	Redeepokuna, Welikanda	Wednesday, 09 March 2005
Samurdhi worker was shot and killed	Seevarathinam Arulampalam (44)	Kalmunai	10th of April 2005,
A longstanding member of the EPDP and the Deputy Organiser of the Trincomalee District was shot and brutally killed by the LTTE.	Vijayadas Wijeyendran alias Kunchan (30)		April 12, 2005
The LTTE had kidnapped a youth	K.Ganesh (20)	In front of the Kumaran Video store in Trincomalee	8th of April 2005
The LTTE cadres, who came in a motor cycle shot down a youth,	Sivagnanam Selvam Kirupakaran (aged 28)	Kalladi, Uppodai	21/04/2005
Member of the Porative Pradeshiya Sabha from EPRLF shot dead by the pistol gang of the Wanni Tigers	Forty year old Murugesu Wardharaja, - killed	Paddy Marketing Board in Batticaloa.	28/04/05
There has been an exchange of fire between the police and the Wanni Tigers at in Batticaloa	PC Shelton Nawarathna (31) - killed	Chenkaladi	28/04/05
abduction of the Galkissa Terrorist Investigation Unit.	Police Inspector, T. Jayarathnam
The LTTE pistol gang reportedly gunned down an EPRLF member - the second such attack in the East within 24 hours.	41-year-old M. Vardarajah, a fish vendor,	Kallady in Batticaloa	28/04/05
Tamil militants have killed a policeman attached to the Counter Subversive	Policeman Shelton Navaratne	Chenkaladi	28/04/05
LTTE cadre opened fire at the chief trustee of Aanaipanthi Chinna Pillaiyaar Temple, Mr. Mathiyalahan	Two children Ravichandran Suhanyaand and Jeganathan Nidhiyanandana and a jail employee were reported injured. Mr. Mathiyalahan fatally wounded	Batticaloa town	27/04/05
The LTTE attacked a vehicle convoy carrying Minister Douglas Devananda's assistant A. Jeyaraj and several others.	injuring four policemen	Valachchenai in Batticaloa	12/05/05
56-year-old LTTE member who allegedly molested	a 13-year-old schoolgirl	Mannar	12/05/05
The blindfolded body with his hands tied together dead with a gunshot injury in his head was found. According to a poster placed near the corpse, the victim was killed for supporting an LTTE rival faction.	WIMALENDRAN MANOJ KUMAR (25)	VANDARAMOOLAI, BATTICALOA	13/05/05
suspected LTTE men exploded two hand grenades causing damages to two vehicles and a hotel.		TRINCOMALEE	19 May 2005
an unknown person, suspected to be from the LTTE, has lobbed another hand grenade into a culvert near the NEW CITY JEWELLERS		TRINCOMALEE Town	19 May 2005
An unidentified gunman, suspected to be from the LTTE, shot and killed one more Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) member and injured another		BATTICALOA	18 May 2005
LTTE has shot and killed	ISMAIL MOHOMED JEZEN (27)	VALAICHCHENAI	19 May 2005
LTTE assassinates Commanding Officer of the 1st Military Intelligence Corp of the Sri Lanka Army	Major Nizam Muthalif	Colombo	31/05/05
LTTE followers detonated a hand grenade at a vegetable stall run by a Sinhalese businessman, disrupting normalcy in the town.	Six civilians were injured in the explosion and later admitted to the Trincomalee Hospital.	Trincomalee	03/06/05
Sun TV office in Vavuniya came under a grenade attack of suspected that an LTTE cadre, Vavuniya Police Inspector Abeysinghe Bandara said the damage caused by Wednesday's attack was estimated to be around Rs. 1 million.		Vavuniya	03/06/2005

Date	Name of the victim(s) of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists	Incident	Place
23/07/2005	LAWRANCE HEWAGE DAYANANDA (52)	Killed	THAMBALAGAMUWA
21/07/05	RPC M.WEERASINGHE (37)	Killed	POTTUVIL
21/07/2005	Three STF personnel	Injured by Grenade attack	Akkaraipattu
16/07/2005	Grama Niladhari (Village State Official) of KALMUNAI MARIMUTTU PASKARAN (51)	Killed	KALMUNAI
16/07/2005	Army soldier of Sri Lanka Artillery Regiment, M.S.K. KANDEPOLA	Killed	Picket point at VANDARAMOOLAI along BATTICALOA
16/07/2005	ARUMAUGAM KUWENDRAN (28)	Killed	TRINCOMALEE
14/07/2005	MOHOMAD RIFAS (28) of AKKARAIPATTU, H. NASAR (30) of AKKARAIPATTU and KUJAN DIRAN (21) of KALAVANCHIKUDI	Killed	AKKARAIPATTU
14/07/2005	Nine civilians and a soldier of Tsunami relief centre	Bomb thrown causing injury	MUTTUR
14/07/2005	ANTHONI MUTHTHU AMARADASAN and WICKRAMA KALUTOTA HEWAGE JEEWAN THILANGA	Grenade attack	TRINCOMALEE
14/07/2005	SI, RANJITH LOKUHETTY (39)	Fire attack	THAMABALAGAMUWA
11/07/2005	Grama Seva Niladhari for Ollikulam Mohomadu Abubakar Tahar	Fire attack	Ollikulam, Kattankudy
13/07/2005	One Army officer and nine soldiers	Grenade and Fire attack	TRINCOMALEE
13/07/2005	Sangapillai Periyambaram (A.L.Student)	Killed	Thalavai in the Eravur police area
11/07/2005	Soldier	Wounded	TRINCOMALEE
12/07/2005	13 POLICEMEN	Grenade attack	UPPUVELI, TRINCOMALEE
12/07/2005	SANGARAPILLAI JERRYMBAN (19)	Killed	KALAVAI
06/07/2005	TWO of NIB: Police Constable B.G.KAPILASIRI and Sergeant M.O.L.RAFFAIDEEN	One killed and one seriously injured	KALMUNAI
04/07/2005	Two political rivals (EPRLF)	Killed	TRINCOMALEE
02/07/2005	Constable M.S. Roshan	Killed	Kalkudah
30/06/2005	Three army soldiers:Sergeant R. M. S. KULARATNE, Lance Corporal K. W. SAMAN KUMARA, Trooper CHAMINDA KUMARA	Killed	BATTICALOA
26/06/2005	13 Muslims	Abducted (later escaped)	KUDAPOKUNA
20/06/2005	Home Guard SAHAN NANDASIRI (24)	Killed	SERUWILA
10/06/2005	Corporal B.H.M. PREMATHILLEKE (37)	Serious injury	CHENKALADY
26/06/2005	T. MAHESWARAN alias RAJAN (31)	Serious injury	BATTICALOA