Eastern Tigers want to Surrender

THE LTTE groups which are known to have infiltrated the Eastern Province have sought the help of National Integration Minister Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan to arrange for them to surrender to the military.

After the EP was liberated, these small groups were holed up in the jungle and continued to attack villages such as Moneragala and Ampara and are said to have killed a number of civilians.

Minister Muralitharan who before his defection from the LTTE led its fighting cadres as eastern commander told Daily Mirror yesterday that the leaders of these groups had contacted him and asked for his support to surrender to government forces.

“All the leaders except one known as Ram contacted me during the last couple of days. I took up the matter with the defence authorities. We are ready to grant them amnesty if they surrender right now,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Muralitharan who said there were only about 60 LTTE cadres hiding in the East, pointed out that LTTE’s international relations head Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP had promised to rescue LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran during the final stages of the battle , but  KP was not able to keep his promise.

“KP did it deliberately. He wanted Prabhakaran to die on the battle field so that KP can be the next leader. The financial division of the organization is controlled by KP,” the Minister said.

He said there was an international campaign launched by KP to solicit more money from the Tamil Diaspora.

“I request the Tamil Diaspora not to donate anything for the LTTE. The organization is no more now.  Its armed struggle was crushed. Tamil people should now organize themselves politically,” he said. (Courtesy: Daily Mirror)