Attempt to influence UNHRC delegates :
Expatriate LTTE cadres hell bent on revenge
by P. Krishnaswamy
Many expatriate LTTE cadres, including an NGO activist are in Geneva
canvassing support for the US-backed resolution on Sri Lanka and are
holding meetings and hosting lavish parties in an effort to influence
delegates at the UNHRC sessions, Deputy Minister of Child Development
and Women’s Affairs M.L.A.M. Hisbullah told the Sunday Observer.
They are the least worried in the welfare of their people back home
and are hell bent on taking revenge because their leader and patron
Velupillai Prabhakaran was eliminated, the Deputy Minister said.
Hisbullah, a member of the Sri Lankan delegation to Geneva last week
said that he had met some expatriate LTTE cadres and tried to convince
them about the major development work that has been undertaken in the
North and the East and the peaceful communal harmony and brotherhood
that has been restored after LTTE terrorism was eradicated three years
ago. Nevertheless these LTTE cadres are hell bent on destabilising the
democratically elected Government as an act of vengeance for eliminating
the LTTE, he said. They continue to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora
and their sympathisers have millions of dollars at their disposal, he
said.
Most of them are now members of NGOs that propagate separatism, he
said.
He apprised them that over 11,000 LTTE cadres held previously in
detention camps have been released and reintegrated into their
community.
He told them that displaced Tamil families had returned to their
traditional professions in their own villages and major development
work, including the provision of infrastructure, employment
opportunities and enhanced educational facilities, have been provided.
The fact that the Attorney General would submit a report relating to the
charges in the LLRC Report against persons, the Army has set up a Court
Martial, the Navy has begun holding inquiries and investigations, the
possible aspects of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution that can be
implemented and the time that is needed were also explained to them,
Hisbullah said. However, they appear to be guided by arrogance and
believe that fund-raising is far easier for them that promising the
utopian Eelam, Hisbullah said.
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