LTTE WAS CRUSHED WITH 1000s OF CIVILIANS IN MAY..!!! BUT RACIST REGIME WANT TO DO WITCH-HUNT AMONG TAMIL IDPs IN DEATH CAMPS..!! LET TAMILS GO HOME.!!

Tigers have infiltrated Vavuniya IDP camp- Minister Samarasinghe

The government has reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated the ranks of the IDPs in Vavuniya and utmost care has to be taken in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said while speaking at a seminar in Colombo today

Speaking on the on the topic “Winning the War to Winning the Peace: Postwar Rebuilding of Society” at the seminar organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies Minister Samarasinghe said the government has screened and readied for release over 10,000 persons from welfare centres and relief villages who are elderly, are pregnant or lactating mothers or are children.

“We have reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated the ranks of the IDPs. Until the screening process is complete and these elements are identified and apprehended we have to take utmost care in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population. This is a chance we cannot afford to take. The decision was not taken lightly but rather by a careful balancing of the rights of the IDPs against those of the rest of the population, especially given the LTTE’s propensity to cause maximum carnage among the civilian population by launching terrorist acts.”

He also said that Sri Lanka needs to be on our guard against those, particularly Western, media outlets which, by disseminating disinformation spread by the LTTE network’s remnants and their proxies, constantly seek to besmirch the name of Sri Lanka.

He recalled that a few days ago a horrifying video of supposed executions of Tamil persons in January this year was played on a Western television channel’s news programme and the canard was immediately picked up by many news organs and given wide publicity.

He also claimed that the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, a proscribed LTTE “front” organization, continues to spew out the most “outrageous falsehoods” regarding the situation of the IDPs.

“These are attempts to generate ill-will against Sri Lanka and distance her from her many friends and we must be alert to such machinations. These efforts were at their height during the final phases of the conflict when pressure was brought to bear at several international forums. Sri Lanka faced those pressures and emerged victorious. To enable us to continue to hold our heads high on the international stage, our foreign policy must be geared towards portraying the truth about Sri Lanka overseas and must be aimed at constructively engaging and cooperating with our international friends and partners while at the same time preserving national sovereignty,” he said. (ER)

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I got some good proposal to eradicate underworld criminals in colombo. We can arrest few hundred thousands of sinhalese (who we believe suspects of criminal activities) in the south and keep them in prisons until we identify the criminals. This will be the same way that we treat the tamils in the north. I see how cruel the sinhalese are as they support the way govt. treat tamils in the IDP camps which is obviusly a prison!!!!

Posted By: Kamlesh

Dear minister, How long do you planed to keep them in the camps in the pretext of ltte infiltration atleast untill presidential election? What goes around comes around.God is watching.

Posted By: rifai-london

Was this a pre-condition for the civilians to surrender. In future no one would surrender to a call by the GOSL since the confidence is lost. Only one thug surrendered when the Police called and he too was asked to give a bribe to the Police. True, there are LTTE cadres amongst the IDPs but surely it shouldn't take such a long time to screen and release the rest. GOSL says there are 20,000 LTTE sympathisers then why are the balance 280,000 kept in an open air prison which is against our Constitution. This shows the inefficiency of the GOSL or these IDPs are kept either to show them and beg from other countries or for other political agendas of the Government.

Posted By: Sirisena

Dear Lanka Banda the majority of this country are Buddhists and we should be ashamed of how we treat our fellow bretheren.I saw the conditions the idps' are living in ,it is extremely pathetic especially in the 21st century

Posted By: P Seneviratne

Given that the LTTE is decimated root and branch, these alleged LTTE cadres cannot be anything more than spent twigs. But, peoples freedom is much too important and this cannot be an excuse to continue holding them.

Posted By: Shaik

Mr Minister don't try to draw another stratagem to justify the protracted delay in the restoration of IDP. The mill of God, Almighty, is slow but it's certainly disastrous for people who play with the lives of deeply suffering souls. Your very accusation will inevitably become a reality if this problem remains unchanged for an inordinate period of time.

Posted By: selvyn

A proposal for a rule to shoot kidnapped passenger planes to protect the population in the ground was denied in the German parliament on the grounds that the life of the population on the ground should not be put ahead of the passengers in the plane. The IDP shave the same rights as the population outside and its the law enforcers duty to get caught of the infiltrators. A collective punishment of the part of the population is not acceptable in a democratic country.

Posted By: sanchayan

Obviously, they came from Kilinochi and Mulaithivu. About disseminating disinformastion, look who is calling the pot 'black'!

Posted By: SOME

Poor people, they sacrificed and came away from LTTE held areas taking tremendous risk because of the govt pleading to enable the army to attack the LTTE and win the war. See what happens to them, nobody cares now, just making excuses

Posted By: ash

Selvyn the majority of the citizens are backing the GOVT to carefully settle the IDP's as the Majority do not want any repeat terrorism.

Posted By: Lanke Banda

Minister, you are talking rabbish. Your govt want to keep the people in IDP camps, so that you guys could go around with the begging bowl to make money. You guys have no shame at all.

Posted By: Kugan
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