Pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora ignorant of N-E ground situation
by Uditha Kumarasinghe
Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan said the
pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora which spread disinformation against Sri Lanka
have not properly realised the ground situation in the North and the
East. Some of the Tamil diaspora members had left the country 40 years
ago and most of their children have been born after they went to those
countries. These children don't know anything about the North and the
East. They are only getting wrong disinformation spread by the pro-LTTE
diaspora, the Deputy Minister told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
At the same time, the pro-LTTE diaspora wants to create some issues
for their survival. Since they are living in European countries, they
are scared that they would be sent back to Sri Lanka. Hence they are
carrying out false propaganda campaigns against the Sri Lankan
Government by levelling baseless allegations on human rights, he said.
"Nothing is happening in Sri Lanka as claimed by them. At present the
Government is doing a lot of development work with the help of the Army.
The Government has effectively utilised their manpower in the country's
development drive. A housing project has been launched in Mullaitivu
with the help of the Army. The Army is assisting people in the North and
the East in several ways. Nevertheless the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora is
attempting to create unnecessary problems there."
Muralitharan stressed the need of clarifying Sri Lanka's position
properly to the world through our ambassadors and diplomatic missions.
Those who spread wrong information against Sri Lanka should realise
that, when they go to London or any other foreign country, they should
preserve Sri Lanka's identity. They don't ask whether we are Sinhalese,
Tamils or Muslims. The Tamil diaspora is living all over Europe with a
Sri Lankan identity.
The Deputy Minister said that at present the situation is improving
and many members of the diaspora have changed their mindset. Only a
handful of people are attempting to create unnecessary problems there.
When the LTTE war active they had to pay money to the LTTE, else they
could not live in those countries, he said.
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