By Gordon Weiss -
There’s an intriguing video that’s been available online for a little less than a year. When properly considered, along with fresh pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, it might ensure the passage this week of a resolution being considered by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The resolution is being furiously opposed by the Sri Lankan government.New evidence of the murder of one man is key to revealing a conspiracy behind mass murder. This evidence, shown and told in The Global Mail’s story, is graphic and confronting. The issue is now being debated by the United Nations.
The video shows a man in the custody of the Sri Lankan armed forces, excerpts from his interrogation and preparations to conceal his impending execution. It’s important because, together with a batch of newly discovered photographs, it is evidence of a chain of events that places this man consistently in the custody of authorities until his murder and the disposal of his body.
RAMESH INTERROGATED IN AN APC. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, being interrogated on 22 May 2009 by Sri Lankan army personnel in the back of an APC (possibly an armoured Humvee), an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo
RAMESH ON FLOOR OF APC. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, being interrogated, and his old and new wounds being examined, on 22 May 2009 by Sri Lankan army personnel in the back of an APC (possibly an armoured Humvee), an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
RAMESH CHANGES TO MILITARY FATIGUES. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, changing into Sri Lankan army fatigues on 22 May 2009, watched by Sri Lankan army personnel in the back of an APC (possibly an armoured Humvee), an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
RAMESH INTERROGATED IN MUD HOUSE. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, being interrogated on 22 May 2009 by Sri Lankan army personnel in a mud wall house, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo
RAMESH MOMENTS AFTER EXECUTION. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, moments after being shot with a high calibre weapon on 22 May 2009 lies on the floor of a mud wall house, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
RAMESH MOMENTS AFTER EXECUTION. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, moments after being shot with a high calibre weapon on 22 May 2009 lies on the floor of a mud wall house, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
SOLDIER VIEWS RAMESH’S BODY. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, after being shot with a high calibre weapon on 22 May 2009 lies outside a mud wall house, viewed by a Sri Lankan army soldier, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
RAMESH ON CREMATION PYRE. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, after being shot with a high calibre weapon on 22 May 2009, now placed on a stack of wood for burning, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo.
SOLDIER WITH RAMESH’S CREMATION PYRE. T. Thurairajasingham, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Ramesh, after being shot with a high calibre weapon on 22 May 2009, is burned on a pyre. A Sri Lankan army soldier poses for a ‘trophy’ photo, an image that forms part of the chain of custody. Supplied photo
