Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
The BATTICALOA Court after its hearings on the recent shooting incident at SANDILIVELI, BATTICALOA where one civilian was killed after LTTE unleashed violence on Security Forces at SANDILIVELI roadblock has ruled that the Police shooting had been effected in self-defence under their “right to private defence.â€
ESCAPE and subsequent surrender of a so-called “Policeman†of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to the Omanthai Entry/Exit point, Tuesday (10) afternoon in fear of his own life speaks volumes about the ground realities, if not what actually goes on inside under LTTE dictatorial rule.
Some unidentified men, suspected to be from LTTE have shot one of the former Mayors for TRINCOMALEE while he was standing in front of his house in the general area of TRINCOMALEE Wednesday (18) night around 9.30 p.m. with a few of his neighbours.
A foreign team of veterinary surgeons led by Dr. Tania from Australia and Indonesia at the invitation of 11 Division Commander Major General D.V.S.Y Kulathunga recently conducted a two-day long Immunization/ sterilization Programme for dogs inside the Panagoda Army Cantonment after many dogs were found affected by different infections.
The final remainder of the first contingent of the Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) troops of 34 Officers and 344 Other Ranks who were deployed in Haiti on UN peace-keeping missions returned to the island this morning at 7.13 a.m. (17 May 2005) on successful completion of their assignment.
The public outrage over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been fast mounting up over the LTTE’s continuing practice of disruption of school sessions and deployment of uniform-clad school children in LTTE instigated protests and other violent acts, directed solely against Security Forces in the North and East of the country.
LTTE men, paying scant regard to the concerns of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) for expansion of civil safety on the narrow causeway between the Forward Defence Line (FDL) of the Security Forces and that of the LTTE on the A-9 Road at Omanthai Entry/Exit point, have threatened to open fire against troops if they were to carry out de-mining as requested by the ICRC.
LTTE men, regardless of provisions of the cease-fire (CFA) agreement on Sunday (8) abducted an undergraduate student of the UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA, NUGEGODA while he was in NALLUR KACHCHERI area, JAFFNA after he was bundled into a three-wheeler.
Unspeakable cruelty and suffering, torture, violent training, brutal harassment, restricted movement and forced detention meted out by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to their youth conscripts, teenagers and minors, have prompted hundreds of them to sever relations with LTTE during past three years and surrender to Security Forces for safety and protection.
Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) & Commander of the Navy, Lieutenant General Shantha Kottegoda, Commander of the Army and Air Vice Marshal Donald Perera, Commander of the Air Force on Wednesday (04) morning flew to Batticaloa with a view to assessing current security developments and speaking to a cross section of members of the armed forces, now serving in those areas.