Prabhakaran was tortured before being killed, says report
June 10th, 2009 Posted in UncategorizedNew Delhi: Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was tortured by the Sri Lankan military before being killed, a leading human rights body said in a report released on Wednesday.
The University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) quoted high-level military sources as saying that Prabhakaran was tortured in the presence of “a Tamil government politician and a general”.
The torture, it said, took place probably at the headquarters of the army’s 53 Division, which battled the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) before crushing it last month.
“Several army sources have said that Prabhakaran’s (younger) 12-year-old son Balachandran was killed after capture. Our (sources) said that he was killed in front of his father,” said UTHR, which has always been critical of excesses both by the military and the LTTE.
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“These sources added that this information is correct unless officers at the highest level are fibbing to one another.
“Our sources in addition to several others have said that all the LTTE persons remaining in the NFZ (No Fire Zone) were massacred,” it added in a 48-page report, an advance copy of which was made available to IANS.
Sri Lanka announced on May 18 that Prabhakaran, founder leader of the LTTE, was killed in a lonely coastal stretch in the northeastern district of Mullaitivu where the Tigers had massed their forces before going down.
His body was put on display, placed on a stretcher, the back of the head blown off.
Sri Lankan minister Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, a former confidant of Prabhakaran, had said that the LTTE chief was shot dead with 18 of his guards.
Prabhakaran’s death marked the end of the LTTE’s dragging conflict that claimed 90,000 lives since 1983.
UTHR said: “Information seeping into the public domain from within the army points to capture or surrender, but the official responses dismissing this are a rehash of stories that public no longer finds credible. It is left to an impartial enquiry to answer this and related questions.”
UTHR pointed out that the government was evasive about the fate of Prabhakaran’s wife Mathivathani.
It quotes a brigadier as saying: “We had to look for Prabhakaran’s body because the world was interested in seeing it. But the body of his wife is not of any importance to us.”
The UTHR report said: “That would be the fate of the unknown hundreds of civilians and militants killed in those last days (of fighting).”
According to the report, among the LTTE leaders who surrendered to the army included Baby Subramaniam, a member of the group since 1976 and one of Prabhakaran’s oldest associates.
Others reportedly now in government custody included former eastern province political leader Karikalan, former spokesman Yogaratnam Yogi, former head of the LTTE international secretariat Lawrence Thilakar, political advisor V. Balakumar, Jaffna leader Ilamparithi and Trincomalee political leader Elilan.
He is the true tamilian fought for Freedom.Peoples who were saying the crimes done by Indian Peace keeping was correct(absolute Shit,Murders,Raping our own sisters) as a tamilian we should oppose what ever LTTE done was correct (Including Everything)
Iam Proud to be tamilian ,but ASHAMED OF BEING AN INDIAN. Because we Killed our own Blood relatives.Keeping our Dirty Mouth Shut.
Rajepakse a True Hitler,Even Worserthan HIM.HE SHOULD BE BRUTALY MURDERED.
Fedel Castro,Nelson Mendala,Subash Chandra Bose,Ho-Chi-Min,Mao,Washington and many hundreds of rebels who fought for freedom and their rights were called as murderers. IF prabakaran won the war, just think my dear firends, He would been the P.M or president of Tamil Eelam. This is the fact.But he lost the war. We have to see the basic problems of that country.Lakhs of people were behind him.Even Lakhs of people were behind hitler,but what hitler wanted is totally different from what prabakaran wanted.
when Alfred Duraiappa was killed his body was shown in the same way in ‘Eelanadu’ after 30 years the same fate for this ‘demon’
god is great.
hail Rajapakshe!
I dont think he is died, the photos shown are for sure not pirabhakaran. may be he would have died in some bomb shelling but 100% the it is not that guy it is someone else.
i don’t know what i say…
God knows which is correct?
Then MR and co. will get the same answers.
“val eduththavan valal savan” It’s true. He deserved for it. How many kids and teen ager killed by him in various situation. I know some of the teen agers and family still in India separated from parents and living in rented home. other family memebers has to send money from abroad for their life. But, still the people who lives in my street hanging tigers red flag in front of house becaused they are collecting money and to protect their business. 9( CHEETU PUDIKARATHUY) Alreay they ruin some of the family in other province in Canada. Are they ready to send one of their boy to Srilanka? to give support to LTTE….and gight againt military NEVER.
God is great, he gave LTTE leader what he desreve. i hope his daughter is not spared. A guy who mind wash innocent ppl and made his famil a happier ones. He was pshcyo who should be killed alot of times. Listen to Hardcore LTTE loyalists, use brain that was given by God. He is dead for Good. Praise the God.