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SLMM exposes Tiger record by Rohan Mathes The Tigers have recruited 1,424 children, out of which 45 have been abducted during the last 28-month truce period ending August 31. They have also abducted 359 adults during the same period, a spokesman of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said. The SLMM's latest statistics reveal that from February 2002 to end-August 2004, from the 1,760 complaints recorded from all districts in the North and East, 1,424 had been ruled as ceasefire violations, categorised as 'Child Recruitment', broadly within the "Measures to Restore Normalcy" group. Within the "Abduction" category for adults and children respectively, of 871 and 97 complaints recorded by the SLMM, 359 and 45 respectively, have been declared as CFA violations. There had been 10 cases of torture, 28 of intimidation, 33 of extortion, 16 forced recruitment of adults and 4 assassinations ruled as violations, by the LTTE. Within the "Offensive Military Operations" category, five cases of firing of weapons, three abductions of soldiers and cadres, eight instances of illegally carrying arms and a case of a military related abduction had been recorded. Furthermore, ten cases on the construction of new positions, eleven on the movement of military equipment and an instance where weapons had been deployed have also been ruled and recorded as ceasefire violations. There have been five complaints against the LTTE as to activities at checkpoints as opposed to one against the GOSL. 3 fishing restrictions by the GOSL is recorded. 10 instances where the LTTE has restricted the movement of the SLMM is on record. All these have been ruled as violations. Overall, from 4,903 total number of complaints against the LTTE and 961 against the government, 2,439 violations against the LTTE and 111 against the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) had gone on record, the SLMM said. Meanwhile, according to a statement of the Presidential Secretariat, there had been 146 killings since February 2002 to September 30, 2004. These killings attributed to the LTTE had occurred after the ratification of the MoU and CFA. The total number of atrocities reported were 1,746, which included 146 murders, 285 abductions, 190 robberies, 301 ransom demands, 161 harassments to parents of the abducted children, 164 violence against other political groups and 181 MoU violations. Under the present scenario, the Presidential Secretariat has pledged action according to the law of the land. |
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