Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Sunday, September 15, 2013

President Rajapaksa meets KP


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September 15, 2013
President Mahinda Rajapaksa met former LTTE chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) in Kilinochchi, the President’s media unit said today.
The President had met the former rebel when he visited the Sencholai children’s home located in the former rebel town.
According to the President’s media unit, the President had made inquiries into the educational facilities at  the children’s home which operates under KP.
KP was arrested in a foreign country following the end of the war and brought to Sri Lanka and questioned on the many ships which transported weapons to the LTTE during the war.
He also still has an INTERPOL warrant against him over the murder of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
KP was eventually allowed to open the children’s home under the name Sencholai, which was also the name of a school for orphaned children when the LTTE was in control of Kilinochchi.
The LTTE had in 2006 claimed that the school was attacked by the security forces killing some 50 children, a claim the government denied at the time. (Colombo Gazette)
The INTERPOL red notice on Pathmanathan

  • Another major achievement for Rajapaksa government in efforts to eradicate Tiger International
  • Conflicting reports on where and how he was arrested, but KL hotel appears to be point zero
By Iqbal Athas
Bearded Pathmanathan in sun glasses. He looks different now
The first announcement, as most Sri Lankans prepared to retire to their beds on Thursday night, came just before a special Sri Lankan Airlines non stop flight touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport. It had taken off from the Kuala Lumpur.
State-run TV networks interrupted regular programmes at 9.35 p.m. to give the breaking news. It was that a Tiger guerrilla leader responsible for many assassinations and attacks was arrested together with another. It was almost an hour later when the details emerged.
For years, he headed the LTTE's weapons procurement operations, named after his initials as KP wing.It was none other than the most wanted Kumaran Pathmanathan. Two weeks earlier, he had been declared successor to the late Velupillai Prabhakaran as leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The man with many names, different faces at different times held several passports. Law enforcement agencies of a number of countries hunted for him but he eluded them.
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