STF detains three suspects with refuse tea

TNA rejects army report

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has rejected the report by the army court of inquiry, the first part of which was presented to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday. TNA MP Suresh Premachandran said that it is a ?joke? for the army court to conclude that army had not killed a single civilian during the war. He says the government must accept the truth, investigate the allegations and publicly accept its mistakes for there to be real reconciliation. The army said that evidence before

11 Apr, 2013

TULF calls for Indian model

The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) led by V. Anandasangaree has called for a political solution in Sri Lanka based on an Indian model. In a memorandum submitted to a visiting Indian parliamentary delegation, Anandasangaree says India must also give an assurance to the government that it will never permit the division of the country. ?I strongly urged the Indian delegation to impress on the Sri Lankan Government to accept the advice of the Indian Government, to find a solution based on the

11 Apr, 2013

Website claims Soosai committed suicide

An Indian website has claimed that LTTE Sea Tiger leader Soosai had?committed?suicide during the final stages of the war. The website, Athirvu, says Soosai?swallowed a?cyanide capsule and also shot himself using his personal weapon near the beach between Mullivaikal and Nandikadal on May 17, 2009. He had?committed?suicide after ?it?became?clear that senior LTTE leaders could not escape from the area as they were surrounded by the security forces. The website also claimed that some 2000 civilians

12 Apr, 2013