Where From Here After Pillayan’s Arrest?
Pillayan arriving at the CID office in Colombo with his lawyer and TNA Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham who was assassinated in 2005
by N Sathiya Moorthy-Monday, October 19, 2015
Independent of prevailing perceptions, arrest of former Eastern Province Tamil Chief Minister, Sivanesanthurai Chandrakanthan alias ‘Pillayan’ in connection with the Christmas Day church killing of TNA parliamentarian Jospeh Pararajasingham in 2005, has the potential to cut both ways. While it is reassuring that the new Government has begun to act on the promise to the international community on ‘accountability’ and ‘war crimes’, this particular arrest as a starting-point has the potential to open a can of worms for all stake-holders.
