A WHO'S WHO OF SOME LTTE ACTIVISTS, OPPONENTS etc., PAST AND PRESENT.

A WHO'S WHO OF SOME LTTE ACTIVISTS, OPPONENTS etc., PAST AND PRESENT.

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List of terrorist-incidents or residuals involving the LTTE, 2010 as complied by SATP.ORG

Who's who of international terror groups

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Names or Aliases	Aliases	Details
Achchudan, Atchuthan	Sivarasa Pirundaban, alias Suresh,	Born in Jaffna, in 1972 Sivarasa Pirundaban alias Achchudan holds a French passport and presently living a low profile while actively engaging in LTTE's international terror network. He now resides with his two kids in a Middle Eastern country. Achchudan has followed his initial flying training in France and frequent visits Europe, Africa and Far East. Subject was once arrested in a far eastern country while carrying a large sum of money but has managed to escape disguised as a businessman. According to documents and technical data recovered Achchudan has also conducted combat flying training for suicide cadres. The authorities are in the process of investigating into involvements of his brothers who are presently residing in Far East and Canada- also engaged in LTTE' international terror network. Achchudan has provided LTTE with technical assistance and training for its pilots on air suicide missions in 1998 including the 2003-2004 CFA period. He is alleged to have co-coordinated the LTTE's air raids in Colombo via satellite communication from his overseas base station. According to available reports, Achchudan owns many air power related assets overseas.
Adaikalanatham, Selvam	Adaikalanathan, A. Selvam	Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian with strong LTTE connections. He represents a multi-electoral Vanni district and is a president of TELO (Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization).
Ajith, Paamban	-	Once he was the chief bodyguard of Prabhakaran. Related by marriage to Sornalingam alias Shankar. He has political contacts in Tamil Nadu that he had developed when TN politicians visited Prabhakaran. He is anti-KP.
Ainkaran, Sivagnanam	Captain Maththalagu, Shivagnanam Ainkaran	LTTE captain and member of the Black Tigers. He had managed to escape from the Nandakadola safezone area in the last days of the LTTE and had been in hiding. He was finally arrested in Mt. Lavinia in May 2010. This arrest led to the recovery of a large cache or Claymore bombs, arms and explosives.
Anton Raja	-	an LTTE spokesman in London who worked from Eelam House, 202 Long Lane, together with Vasantha Raja, the editor of the Tamil Guardian.
Aathithan (Cajan ?)	-	Runs the "Sangathi" LTTE-website and the "Eelamurasu" newspaper in France. They are opposed to the KP-faction. [Athithan was also the name of one of the earliest Tamil journals began by Simon Casie Chetty in 1841)
Ammal, Parvathi	-	Mother of Prabhakaran, and wife of Trivendra Velupillai, Father of Prabhakaran. . Prabhakaran's mother was deported from India in 2003 after a police inquiry of her and husband's clandestine political activities in Tamil Nadu on behalf of the LTTE. She was denied entry to Chennai when she arrived there in April 2010, from Singapore, stated to be for medical treatment. Tamil Diaspora fail to find a sick bed for slain LTTE leader's mother, May 2010
Amuthan	Col. "Suresh"	Perhaps a co-chair of the executive committee of the post-LTTE organization Suresh is from Mannar district. "Amuthan" is a name based on the "anti-Sanskrit" pure Tamil movement. He was at one time the political-wing head for the district when Bhanu was Mannar military commander. He fell foul of Thamilselvan and was sidelined for some years. Then he became a deputy of Bahnu and in charge of the Kittu Artillery unit. He was taken overseas after serious injuries in April 2009. Supporter of KP in the post-LTTE.
Ananadan, Kasi	-	Fire-breathing Tamil nationalist Poet who demanded in 1972 that in 1972 that none of the six Tamil MPs who supported the Republican Constitution of 1972 should die of natural causes.
Ananadan,	-	Shadowy assitant to K. Pathmanathan, the LTTE arms procurer.
Anandarajah, Ponnaiah	Aiyya alias Rajah alias Aiyyanna alias Aaana	Born in Chakani, Jaffna on 13th October, 1949 Anandarajah has operated in many countries using his U.S. passport. It is believed that he managed to enter US. He was being denied "asylum" in Canada. Worked in the US as an accountant, and lived in Europe till end of 2009. he was Prabhakaran's replacement of KP as procurement officer for a period of time, till Jan 2009. Ponnaiah Anandarajah, being one of the LTTE's top arms procurers, had smuggled more than 10,000 tonnes of armaments between 1996 and 2009. Aana is under an intense intelligence hunt through Interpol for arms procurement, passport and trade issues. Balachandran reporting on Anandarajah, Dec 2009
Ananadasangaree, Garry	-	Pro-LTTE activist . Son of Anti-LTTE TULF leader. Garry is the coordinator of the Canadian Tamil Youth Development Centre (CanTYD) under the CTC. Strong activist lawyer in the Toronto-based Canadian Tamil congress.
Anandasangaree, Veerasingham	"Sangaree"	Well known Anti-LTTE TULF leader and senior Tamil politician. Sangaree tried to get the re-constructed Jaffna public library formally opened by the then TULF mayor Sellan Kandaiyan, and fell foul of the LTTE. When Anton Balasingham declared that the TNA parliamentarians were acting according to LTTE wishes and would periodically be summoned to Kilinochchi to receive their orders, Ananadasangaree showed extreme personal courage and rejected it. The Tiger's placed sangaree on the hit list, but Sangaree had the protection of the government accorded to Members of Parliament. Such protection was given to sangaree even after he became an "ex-MP". The shabby treatement given to Ananadasangaree by his erstwhile colleagues of the TNA has been documented by the UTHR(Jaffna). Anandasangaree has urged an "Indian Model" constitution as a solution to the so called "National Problem". More details about him are readily available on the web.
Anbuchelvan	-	He heads the world-wide "Tamil Youth Organization" or TYO. The TYO has tentacles all over the Diaspora youth population, and organized demonstrations against the GOSL in April-May 2009. He is believed to be anti-KP.
Anthony-Das, Charles	Anthonydasan, Anthony-thas,	based in London. He was the TELO representative at the Timpu talks in 1985.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils, UK	APPG-T, APPGT	At one time Mr. Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leister, and Mr. Simon Hughes of the Liberal Democrats were Chairman and Vice-Chairman of this body. APPG-UK Mr. Keith Vaz Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, known simply as Keith Vaz (born November 26 1956), is a British Labour party politician and Member of Parliament for Leicester East, Mr. Virendra Sharma, Ms. Joan Ryan and Ms. Siobhain McDonagh are active members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPG-T). They facilitated a meeting with Mr. Gorden Bown in 2010. Meeting with Global tamil Forum
Ariyanendran, P.	-	Was the Editor of the LTTE journal "Thamizh Alai" (Tamil wave). TNA memeber for Thamaraikerny (Samarakaenna) in Baticalloa who replaced the 2004-elected MP Mr. Rajanayagam who was abducted by the LTTE and forced to resign from his seat. Later Mr. Rajanaygam was killed by the LTTE, suspecting that he was pro-Karuna.
Arivazhaghan, Kathirgamathamby	-	A senior intelligence wing official, pro-KP faction and confidante of Col. Charles
Arudukumar, Pilayar	-	Suspected of credit card scams, with Jayasiri Paripan, 2008 in SL and UK . See also under Shanmugarajaha,Satrubarajah
Arudukumar, Velauthapillai	-	Brtish LTTE activist.Most recently, he participated in the talks with KP and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in June 2010, but his sympathies are with the anti-KP Nediyavan, Jeyachandran and KP Regi group. Was he a mole placed by the Oslo group?
Karunyan Arulananthan	TAPI spokesman	medical practitioner in Illinois, is the spokesman for TAPI, a pro-LTTE organization which carries out propaganda against the Sri Lankan state. He has donated money to Congressman Sherman. Rajan Hoole's article on Messenger of Death
Mathangi Arulpragasam	M. I. A	She is a Rap singer who used her Grammy Nominee status ON PBS to attack the SL government and expose the LTTE point of view about Eelam. Apparently, during a visit to Sri Lanka in 2007, Arulpragasam, (father of MIA) a founding member of the revolutionary EROS group, fearing for his life at the hands of the LTTE, had sought and received special security protection from the Sri Lankan government that she accesses of Genocide of Tamils. MIA campaigned for Jan Jananaygam (UK) in the June 4th 2009 EU elections.

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Names or Aliases	Aliases	Details
Bahitharan	Bhavi,	LTTE figure who ran the terrorist outfit's Far Eastern based illegal activities, involving its shipping fleet. He is said to own a large share of LTTE's overseas assets including business ventures in real estate and shipping.
Balakumar, Velupillai	-	Former EROS head and founding member; he later worked with the LTTE and was caught and killed in May 2009.
babu	Isithor Arokyanathan	Indicted, togther with Muttaiyah Sahadevan in the assasination of Lakshman Kadrigamar. kadirgamar trial
Balasingham, Anton Stanislaus	Bala, Anton Balasingham	Chief negotiator of the LTTE and confidante of Prabhakaran until his death in Dec. 2006 (liver cancer). He was a British national married to an Australian named "Adele" (Adele Ann Wilby ). The latter helped to organized the LTTE women suicide cadre. Anton B was employed at the British Information Services as a Tamil/English translator.His first wife was Pearl Rajasingham, who was also a Tamil/English translator at the British Information Services. Pearl died (from Renal Failure) in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, South London ~1976. Balasingham had developed close personal relations with Eric Solheim, a young an ambitious Norwegian politician. Even after the LTTE was banned in Britain, Bala was allowed to use Britain as a launching pad for LTTE activities. Balasingham's obituary He authored a number of books exposing the ideology of Eelam and claimed that "the only thing there was to negotiate with GOSL were the borders of Eelam". However, he gave the impression of flirting with a federal option in an Oslo meeting. The journalist D. B. S. Jeyaraj claims that Balasingham fooled him for a short time him by appearing to take a moderate stand . Balasingham was succeeded as Political commissar by Thamilselvan, a barber who had become Prabhakaran's bodyguard.
Balasingham, Ravindran	-	An LTTE organizer in LA, Mr. Ravindran Balasingham is a software engineer who has lived in the US since the 1990s. He works with Sivanesan. Many wealthy Tamil doctors and Lawyers contribute to the LTTE effort.
Balasubramanium, Nadarajah	Bala, -	A British LTTE organizer who has floated a party in UK known as the People's Front of Liberation Tigers (PFLT, office located in Lombard Business park, Purley.). In an interview with the Croydon Guardian Mr Balasubramaniam, who calls himself Bala, defended the Tigers' use of suicide bombing. he is an ex-post-office clerk from Thornton Heath. A spokesman for the Electoral Commission, which is in charge of registering political parties in the UK said: "The group was registered with us as a political party on February 10 this year.On March 19 we were made aware of comments in the press attributed to the party leader, saying it was a continuation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a proscribed organisation. We have temporarily removed them from the register while we investigate this."(Croydon Gurardian)
Bavidaran	Bavi, -	Alleged to be an LTTE arms procurer based in Indonesia, and works with an associate known as Rooban.
Benedict, Lenin	Larry (?)	Anti-LTTE activist, associated with the "Canadian Democratic Tamil Cultural Association CDTCA), Toronto which seems to have Sinhala members like "Hasalaka Ratnamale". Benedict is also active in the CATPAD (Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy) which demands "13th amendment plus". On 19th June 2010, he was instrumental in launching a "Global Sri Lankan Forum" in Torornto, with the objective of countering the Trans-national Eelam orrganizations.
Boyle, Francis Anthony	-	Strongly pro-LTTE Tamil academic, based in Illinois, University College of Law and strong Anti-Zionist. He is a frequent contributor to the LTTE e-newspaper Tamilnet
Boyle, Michael	-	Academic, based in St Andrews, Scotland. Writes on International Relations and Sri Lankan affairs as well. Some of his writings have been used by Tiger propagandists.
Bouchar, Robert	-	US assitant Secy. of state ( Sept. 2006) stated that" "though we reject the methods that the Tamil Tigers have used, there are legitimate issues raised by the Tamil community and they have a legitimate desire to control their own lives, to rule their own destinies, and to govern themselves in their homeland.'' The Tamil apartheid policy of "Exclusive homelands" for Tamils, which have been ethnically cleansed of Muslims and Sinhalese, is misunderstood and mis-represented in the west, just as the "Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi" mis-represented in the 1950s-1970s, its Sovereignty program as "Federalism" in its English publications [It correctly presented its sovereignist program in its Tamil publications. It acted to polarize the two main ethnic comunities, and rejected any alliances with political parties (e.g., the LSSP) which looked for ethnic rapproachment]. The western nations mistakenly take the Tamil-fedaralist bid at its face value.
Boycott Sri Lanka	-	US based activist group, USTPAC have been distributing "Boycott Sri Lanka" leaflets throughout their rallies. Management staff at the Gap, Victoria's Secret and Banana Republic Stores are targeted. TV ads targeting even underwear had been bought by LTTE activists. In Europe GSP+ selaes advantage has been targeted.
British Tamil Forum	BTF	This organization is ochestrated by Fr. Emmanuel and hence has strong Catholic backing. It is antagonistic to Rudrakumaran's organization based in the USA. Dr. Velauthapillai Arudkumar, a physician is a committee member of the British Tamil Forum who is alleged to have met KP (Kumar Pathmanathan alias Sivarasan) and Godtabhaya rajapaksa in June 2010.

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Names or Aliases	Aliases	Details
Canadian Association against genocide, (CAAG)	Association canadienne contre le Génocide (ACCG)	The nature of this organization is easily seen by any one who is familiar with the facts. The web site begins with the FALSE statement that over 300,000 Tamils are being held in Holocaust style concentration camps by the Sri Lanka Government. The under-secretary for the UN, and also independent Tamils from Canada have visited these camps. The camps were used as temporary housing for the internally displace persons (IDPs) till the Vinni area is freed of the landmines laid by the Tamil tigers. These IDPS escaped in May 2009 from the clutches of the Tamil tigers who were holding the people as a human shield. These camps have schools, banks, hospitals. A number of foreign organizations (e.g., Indian and Japanese Governments) were allowed to have their aid workers in the IDP camps. However, many independent western INGOS who have previously co-habited with the LTTE have NOT been allowed in there. This has raised the wrath of those INGOS who have found themselves excluded from a lucrative justification for their continued presence in the island. The Indian Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu spoke favourably of the IDP camps and stated that they are better run than those in India. Read: IDP Camps and the False propaganda of the Tamil Diaspora Karunanidhi on the IDP camps Almost all of the IDPS have been resettled witihn the 180 days that the stated it would take to do so. Nevertheless, the CAAG propaganda carries on exactly as an LTTE front organization. To give it some appearance of credibility and mislead the reader, it has also a clip on Dafur and the Congo. The organization does not show a contact number, address or phone number, but use a few e-mail addresses. No date when the website was last updated is shown. It uses a government of Canada-style Logo and Canadian Flag etc., to give a false impression of authenticity. It has all the hal-maks of an LTTE front.
C-HART	"Canadian Humanitarian Appeal for Relief of Tamils"	An organization funded and run by Tamil Diaspora members who are sympathetic to the objectives of the banned Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE). HART website Many members of the Tamil Diaspora supportive of the LTTE have been convicted by the US and Canadian governments for extortion of money, raising funds to buy weapons, and engaging in other illegal activities associated with supporting terrorism. Claiming that Tamils are being selectively killed (Genocide) in Sri Lanka and presenting similar assertions are very useful in justifying false immigration claims. Also, maintaining an intensity of feeling is very useful for collection of money and for justifying extortion practices of the remaining rump of the LTTE. A Canadian ex-High Commissioners to Sri Lanka have come forward to debunk such claims. This organization maintains websites, engages in agitation and propaganda. It lobbies parliamentarians, and agitates to get refugees status to Tamils who arrive at the borders of Canada without going through the proper immigration route (c.f., MV Ocean lady, a ship which arrived in Victoria, Oct. 2009). In January 2010, Canadian HART Media Team Coordinator Jessica Chandrashekar accompanied Saradha Nathan, a member of another LTTE front organisation, the Australian Tamil Congress, to Indonesia to visit the so-called asylum-seekers detained in Indonesia. The Australian Tamil Congress is also founder of the pro-LTTE pro-separatist Global Tamil Forum. Canadian HART Jessica Chandrashekar was apprehended trying to smuggle laptops and other documents to those on board. Both she and Saradha Nathan were taken into questioning in Indonesia on suspicion of human trafficking. It is reported that a high-profile LTTE leader (posing as Alex) who had been deported from Toronto and several other identified LTTE members were on board the vessel. See Alex and the Ozzie media by Prof. Michael Roberts These organisations and their campaigns have the support of certain key players in NGOs such as the International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders, Amnesty International, "The Real News Network" of Sharmini Peries, and individuals such as Ron Ridenour and Patrick O’Donoghue. These human rights organizations started off several decades ago with honourable records. Today they have become the paid agents of their funding masters. Thus these organizations have failed to note the atrocities in Iraq, Afganistan, the Gaza, Tibet etc., as they do not wish to tangle with their funding masters.
CATPAD CDTCA TNCSA	Canadian Association for Peace and Democracy. Canadian Democratic Tamil Cultural Ass. An association of Indian Tamils	These are Anti-LTTE Tamil associations, mainly based in Toronto. The main pro-LTTE associations are CTC (Canadian Tamil Congress), CANTYD (Canadian Tamil Youth Development center), FACT, WTM, GTF, TRO etc. These organizations change their names frequently to avoid excessive exposure
Castro	Veeragatti Manivannan, Manivannan Veerakulasingham	see under Manivannan
Chandrakanthan, A.J.C.	Rev. Professor Chandra	Chabnrakantha started off as a pro-LTTE catholic priest in Jaffna, and militated against the Indian Peace Keeping Force. He studied theology, obtained a degree and a university position in Canada (moved to Montreal, and subsequently to Toronto), thanks to the support of A. J. Wilson and others. His extremely emotional pro-LTTE writings in Canada have been described by, e.g., Dr. Michael Roberts in his article on "Tamil Nationalism" (J. South Asian studies, vol. XXXVII, no. 1,2004). Prof. Roberts says that "Chandrasekaran's picture of LTTE leader velupillai Prabhakaran is a veritable paen of praise in the Kaavya tradition of the Indic world". Chandrakanthan has disrobed and works as a "layman" prof. He has become a component and voice of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) and a Director of the Margosa Financial Institution. He has tried to move away from his theological training and now claims to be a"bio-ethicist".
Chandrakanthan	- ? -	A 30-40 year old Sri lankan Tamil based in India who has been arrested for organizing human traffiking of other Tamils to Australia. He has been arrested recently. News report (Published: Saturday, Sep 4, 2010, 16:17 IST \| Updated: Saturday, Sep 4, 2010, 16:17 IST; Place: Tirunelveli \| Agency: PTI ) "Chandrakanthan, 38, was arrested yesterday (Sept 2010) by the 'Q' branch police (India) for bringing (56 of) them to Courttalam near Tirunelveli from various parts of the state to send them illegally to Australia for employment." he had charged 3 lakhs of Indian rupees per person.
Charles, Lt. Colonel	-	A head of LTTE's military Intelligence Div.
Charles Anthony	-	1. Prabhakaran's eldest son, Aeronautical Technologist. He was killed in April 2009. 2.The first conventional fighting unit of the LTTE, 1991, was also called the Charles Anthony unit and maintained under Col. Balraj. 3. Charles Lucas Anthony was an early associate of Prabhakaran who was killed by the army in 1983. The LTTE killed 13 soldiers in retaliation, and this led to the 1983 "Black July" backlash against Tamils
CPC, Conservative Part of Canada (support the LTTE front-organizations.)	PCC, Soutian aux organisms LTTE par) Le Parti consevateur du Canada	The Conservative Party when it came to Power took the long-standing and consistent suggestions of the RCMP and CSIS and listed the LTTE as a banned Terrorist organization in Canada. However, more recently, some conservative MPs have been subject to lobbying by pro-LTTE fronts which only thinly hide their LTTE sympathies. Comments by Sinhalese Canadian Expatriates Paul Calandra, Conservative Member for Oak-Ridges-Markham Deepak Obhrai, (foerign affairs) had suggested to the SL govt that it "start talks and the reconciliation process with the Tamil groups, saying such a step is crucial for lasting peace in the country", ignoring the fact that there are several Tamil MPs in the Cabinet and the government, and ignoring the history of talks with even the LTTE during the last 30 years.
Cheran, Rudhramoorthy	-	Spokesperson of a Canadian Tamil Cultural Organization which is believed to be a front 0organization of the LTTE. He is an Academic Poet working in Ontario. He has argued for Tamil Eelam and edited the pro-lTTE paper "Sarinihar". Cheran opposed Michael Ignatief's position expressed in "Dangers of Diaspora nationalism". On July 26, 2009 he presented a play "What if the Rain falls", on the day of the so-called Black July, used by the Tamil community to rouse nationalism and anger against the Sinhalese, rather than for reconciliation. He claims that the SL government is practicing Genocide of the Tamils, supports the LTTE, and claims that no Tamil books have been purchased by the Government in Sri Lanka since 1948 (as said in an interview with Anna-Maria Tenement of the CBC). He claims, as do all LTTE propagandists, that the Jaffna Library was burned by the Sri Lankan government, where as it is more likely that the LTTE burnt it to heap discredit on the Sri Lankan government. Article reg. Prof. Cheran
Chrishanthakumar, Arunachal	A.C. Shanthan,	Activist of the "British Tamil Association". He bought electronic and computer equipment for the banned LTTE that could have been used to make a bomb, was jailed for two years. The 52-year-old from Norbury was found guilty of charges relating to conspiracy to receive and receiving property that could be used for terrorism at Kingston Crown Court on April 17. A judge at the Old Bailey jailed him for two years for the conspiracy count and one year for receiving property; the sentences will run concurrently. Deputy Assistant Commissioner John McDowell, head of the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism command and senior national coordinator counter terrorism, said: "Shanthan bought component parts which have been used in the past by the LTTE to make improvised explosive devices. He purchased electrical equipment including circuit boards, GPS and antenna equipment and sent it to Sri Lanka for terrorists to use. He spent more than £13,000 in just 14 months on military publications, manuals and guides to be used as reference for military attack planning, yet denied he was involved in any terrorist activity". South Asia Intelligence Review
Ckrhushchev, George	- ? -	Anti-LTTE Tamil nationalist and Journalist. Founded Thyagam in 1988 (?)

Cooray, Lakshman	-	SP in Weliweiya area who worked closely with the LTTE Investigations into ministerial assassinations
Credit card skimming and the LTTE	kalla-kappan	One of the approaches used by LTTE agents in western countries is to use credit-card copying, identity theft and forgery, using outlets of groceries, gasoline etc., manned by LTTE agents. Extensive cases in UK, EU and USA have been reported. Even after the fall of the LTTE in 2009, fund gathering seems occur, esp in countries where the LTTE is not banned. In such countries all Tamils, including the majority of law abiding ones get the blame. Thus, the Police commissioner in Perth Australia stated that: "Sri Lankan Tamils were largely behind credit card skimming crimes that had cost about 6000 West Australians more than $6.5 million from EFTPOS machines, Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich said". See Credit card skimming in Australia, 2010

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Names or Aliases	Aliases	Details
David, Kumar	Dr.Kumar David, Prof. David, A. K. David	This entry has been seen by Dr. Kumar David in July 2010 We discuss Dr. Kumar David at length as he is typical of a certain genre of Colombo intellectuals who have gone from young progressives to become supporters of right-wing reactionary forces, while still imagining themselves to be "ideologically left-wing". They have mistaken Eelamist racism for revolutionary ardour. They envisage and support a divided Sri Lanka as "a Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Eelam as part of the Union of Socialist Republics in South Asia and internationally". Hence this should be regarded as a write up of Kumar-David types, rather than about David himself. Hence the supplementary posting attached to this entry given by the link below: see Write-up on Kumar David
Daya Master	Velayutham Thayanithi	LTTE's media coordinator and Tamilselvam's interpreter. He surrendered to SL forces on 22-April-2009. In 2006 (July 16), during the period where Rajapaksa sought a truce with the Tigers, the SL government-sponsored Daya master's treatment at the Apollo hospital. He returned to Giranikke (Killinochchi) after the treatment. Daya Master alias Velayutham Thayanithi, was one of the senior members of the LTTE. He is from Dambahitiya (Thambasiddy), Puhuleliya (Puloly) West, Peduru thuduva (Point Pedro) in Vaedimuraekiya (Vadamaradchy). He started life as a private tutor in English language and was running a tuition centre in Puloly. Daya Master started life as a private tutor in English language and was running a private tuition centre in Puhuleliya (Puloly).
Davis, Danny	-	Chicago congressman Danny Davis, an out-spoken supporter of Tamil Eelam, has now been said (2006) to be financially supported by LTTE-front organizations. LTTE funded Chicago congressman's Sri Lanka Trip
Dawn of Peace Anniversary celebration 2010	-	The 22nd May 2010 Ottawa celebration of the Dawn-Peace with the defeat of the LTTE ( see Asian Tribune Report, 26 May 2010 ) was attended by the High commissioner, Local Sinhala and some tamil participants as well as Lenin Benedict (see listing) of Toronto. See also Attendees See also, Global SriLankan Forum (GSF)
Dayamohan	-	Eastern province political-wing head, loyal to Prabhakaran and Col. Ram even after the Karuna split. (March 2004). Escape from the country in 2009. A supporter of KP.
Dayaparan, K. Sellathurai	Dhayaparan, Selva.	He was a prime mover in the pro-LTTE rallies around the White house, Washington and in the "Boycott Sri Lanka" efforts.
Davaadithya, Niranjan	Nirj Deva	He was twice elected to the European Parliament as a conservative member. He has played a very positive and constructive role in improving the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the UK.
Devananda, Douglas	-	He has survived over a dozen attempts on his life by the LTTE. Devananda is the leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) which collaborates with the Rajapaksa government. Douglas Devananda is an influential minister in the large Rajapaksa cabinet. EPDP is an anti-LTTE group which has its own para-militaries, with strength in the Jaapanaya (Jaffna) region. He is a strong supporter of the 13th amendment.
Devendran, Thyatharan	-	Activist in the Swiss Council of Eelam Tamils. In association with Kuruparan and Malathy, Zurich
Alex Doss	-	LTTE activist born and raised in USA from Indian and Malasian (sri lankan) tamil parents. He is a member of the TGTE south west, and gives his bio as: "One book by Satchi Ponnampalam called Sri Lanka: The Tamil Liberation Struggle was all it took to shake me up and realize that we are a nation under siege. I travelled with family to Tamil Nadu that same year where my cousins would educate me more on the struggle. In 1993 I joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed in San Diego right after high school where I formed a band of brothers and educated them about Tamil Eelam. I would stay there for the next 12 years, attended San Diego City Community College in 1996, contribute historical information to the International Tamil Language Foundation's book called Thirukkural/Culturescape of Tamils, and in 2001 meet someone by the name of Ramalingam Shanmugalingam who taught me how to read and write Tamil. .... From 2005 onwards, I was introduced to the Tamil American advocacy group by a gentleman by the name of Danton. Through Danton, I had the chance to meet a lot of good people who educated me on doing advocacy. Through this group, I've had the chance to travel to Washington, D.C. several times for advocacy and rallies. In the 2009 aftermath of the "mass slaughter" of our people in Killinochchi, Tamil Eelam, I joined USTPAC as a Founding Member, and was later elected to the Governing Council. I'm currently active with the Advocacy Committee, help out occasionally with the Boycott Committee, and have recently formed the Outreach Committee. "
Duguid, Brad	-	Provincial Liberal MP for the "Little-Jaffna" area of Scarborough. He voices the same "genocide" claims made by his pro-LTTE constituents.

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Edmund Rice Center, NSW, Australia	ERC	Director, Phil Glendenning, and spokes person Dr John Sweeney. This is an organization with strong Church affiliations and influenced by pro-LTTE Tamil Catholic clergy. It is linked with Caritas International ( a Vatican based organization) in several projects. It is active with organizations attempting to convert Aboriginal Australians to the Christian church. Website
Easwary,(Princess Easwary, LTTE-ship)	MV Ocean lady	The name of a ship which arrived in B.C. carrying 76 Sri Lankan migrants whose objective was to claim asylum without going through the standard immigraion process. They were immediately arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency. The men were all deemed potential security threats and detained for three months. Many of their applications are still pending (2010), in a process that could take years and cost the Canadian government $40,000 to $50,000 per applicant. In the end, most of them were released into the community and it will take years to hear their cases by the immigration authorities. see also MV Sun sea, a ship with 492 migrants which arrived in August 2010
Eelam in Exile, TGTE	post-LTTE face of LTTE	provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE) see under TGTE
Elango, G	-	Arrested in Chennai in 2007 carrying British Passports and counterfeit ATM cards. Elango, from Middlesex, UK, is said to be a shareholder in 'Thamilini' -- a grocery shops chain operated by the LTTE in UK.
Eliezer, Christie Jeyam	-	Jaffna educated Tamil who became a Univ. of Ceylon Mathematics Professor in the 1950s and Cambridge Fellow. In Colombo he became a favorite of the right-wing Colombo society thorough his lay preaching of Christianity, which was quite unusual for a Scientist. He was married to the daughter of Rev. Handy, and hence was the brother in law of Mithreepala Senanayake, long-standing Cabinet Minister of the SLFP who was an old boy of Jaffna College. Eliezer retired from the La Trobe University, Australia in the 1990s. His politics, influenced by A. J. Wilson's radicalization, as well as the excesses and violence of the JR Jayawardena government, became radicalized in Australia, where he became a leading "Eelam Icon of respectability". He, like Satchi Sri Kantha and other expatriate Tamil intellectuals, seems to have had no difficulty with the increasingly violent path of political eliminations and child conscript ions taken up by the LTTE since the 1980s. Eliezer organized the 1996 "international Tamil Studies conference" which was said to be for drumming up support for the LTTE and giving it respectability. Prabhakaran elected Eliezer to the "Maamanthar" rank in 1997. Eliezer died shortly afterwards. His Sri Lankan students, totally unaware of Eliezer's politics, collected money for an "Eliezer fund" because of their respect for his contributions to teaching Mathematics at the University of Ceylon. . Regarding the 1998 Tamil hero's day Eliezer stated: "Ever present in our hearts and minds is an awareness that so many gallant men and women are dying not only defending our homes, homeland and language, but also standing between the Tamil Eelam nation and annihilation. Once a year the Tamil people spread around the globe collectively honour the Tamil heroes." His support for violent politics was unknown to most Sri Lankans. The objective of websites like this is to keep the Sri Lankan community informed.
Elagupillai, V	Elagu	Ex-engineer who worked for Atomic Energy Canada. He was the LTTE activist who organized an LTTE fund raiser in Toronto where Leading Liberals including Paul Martin were present, perhaps without fully realizing the nature of the under-belly of the LTTE. Read the report by John Thompson in The Mackenzie Institute Subsequently Dr. Elagupillai is said to have established a "Pharmacy school" which was claimed to be partly a conduit legitimizing the immigration of selected Tamil candidates to Canada using student visas. Elagupillai has also organized LTTE-oriented "Tamil Studies" conferences under the aegis of the University of Ottawa and the Carlton University. The bio-data of Elagu, as written by him, states that he was born in "Tamil Eelam", and used to sway the Liberal Party by his claims of being able to command a block vote from the Tamil community.
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Eelaventhan, M. K.	Kanakendran, M. K.	"Eelaventhan" means "king of Eelam, and seems to be a nickname applied to a strongly pro-LTTE TNA member of Parliament, appointed via the national list in 2004. He fell foul of the LTTE and escaped to Canada as a refugee claimant. He still says nothing against the LTTE, but attacks the leaders of the TNA.
Emmanuel, S. J.	Father S. J. Emmanuel, Dr. S. J. Emmanuel	strong LTTE-activist and member and facade man of the of Global Tamil Forum (the de facto leader is Sivaparan) of Norway based Nediyavan. (Nediyawan) SJE is located in Rosendahl, Germany. Writes to TamilNet, Tamil Nation etc. Former Vicar General of the Catholic diocese of Jaffna. Such people have been influential in swaying the opinion of church fathers in many Catholic countries, and in South Africa, as well as organizations like Caritas, to be sympathetic to the LTTE. A number of influential British Labour party catholics have been brought into the British Tamil Forum (BTF) by Emmanuel's associates. [British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and several MPs had addressed the GTF on February 25 2010 in London, in the shadow of an up-coming general election lost by Labour]
ENDLF	-	Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (according to Tamil Net, ENDLF is a Sri Lankan paramilitary group based in India. See their website: Theepori
Ethiraveerasingham, Arjunan	-	LTTE activist and employed by the TRO whose funds were frozen by the FBI as it was considered to be an LTTE front organization.

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Fein, Bruce	-	Ex-US attorney G of the Regan Era, works for the LTTE as a paid legal Lobbyist. He is paid to agitate for prosecuting the leaders of the SL government for "Genocide of the Tamils, war crimes etc". Fein defines himself as: "Bruce Fein is counsel for Tamils Against Genocide and former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan."
Fernando, Ranjith	Vibeesana	Pro-LTTE Journalist who used to write to London based "TamilGuardian" under the pen name "Vibeeshana".
Fernando, Rukshan	-	Pro-western, anti national NGO Director running an outfit known as "Law and society trust".
Francis, Gerard	-	US based pro-LTTE activist, media person, Catholic Tamil background, New York city area, global Tamil forum. His bio reads as: I am a psychiatrist residing in Pennsylvania who is involved with Eelam Tamil activism and humanitarian work along with my wife and children (and also through many organizations). I have been involved with our struggle since the 70's mostly behind the scenes, but, was forced to come out openly last year organizing rallies and protests here in the USA, and elsewhere due to the carnage sanctioned on our people that was largely being ignored by the International community . I see the TGTE as a milestone on this long and arduous path of my people's struggle for justice and self- determination, becoming the apex body of democratically elected representation in the Tamil diaspora, helping us reach our goals and aspirations as a persecuted people. My personal goal is to never forget those who brought us to this point in our struggle; the Leaders, Martyrs, and the many who sacrificed all for our cause. I am certain we'll reach our destiny standing on the shoulders of these giants who came before us. I hope I am worthy of the trust placed in me and promise to carry the torch faithfully, but would be the first to admit that I am only human and constantly struggle with the frailties it bestows on us. Join with me in my rallying call since the end of 2008 well before Mullivaikaal "NEXT YEAR IN THAMIL EELAM"
Francis, Krishan	-	Associated Press writer in Colombo who is alleged to write news reports giving them a pro-LTTE slant.

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Gajendran, Selvarajah	kuthirai Gajen	Jaffna district MP from the Tamil National Alliance. He is anti-KP in the post-LTTE set up. He lives in Oslo.
Ganeshan, Mano	Ganesan	United National Party (UNP) law maker based in Colombo who is the self-styled "Western Front leader". He won an 207 Freedom Defender award presented by a private US organization for his "civil monitoring committee" work which did not cover civil monitoring in the LTTE-controlled area. Ganeshan has often been accursed of secretly supporting the LTTE. He has openly visited Killinochchi (Giranikke) but this was during the Cease-Fire Agreement. His November 2008 tour of Canada was claimed to be a collaboration with the LTTE front organizations in Canada. See Ganeshan's tour of Canada, 2008 One of Mr. Ganeshan's aids was found to be closely connected with a suicide bomber who had been captured by the Sri Lankan forces. A video-footage of an LTTE rally involving Mano Ganeshan may be found in YouTube LTTE video footage
Ganeshruban	Ruban	Ruban is said to own share of LTTE's overseas assets including real estate, in East Asian countries.
Ganguly, Dulip	-	AF-correspondant who is alleged to have links with Paskaralingam and pro-LTTE groups which worked with paskaralingam. Ganguly was often in Colombo, and staying in hotels frequente by Paskaralingam.
George Master	Velupillai Kumar Pancharatnam	LTTE`s Political Wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan`s translator; George Master accompanied the LTTE delegation for peace talks in Geneva, and other capitals. Said to be a Postmaster, George Master was assisting the LTTE in its documentary work after the death of Thamilselvan. He surrendered on 22 April 2009 to the SL forces. George Master's photo and interview

Giridaran alisa Giri, over 50 froged National Identity cards with different names have been used by him.	Adithya Kanagarathnam (true name)	He was born in Vaelbatu Vakkade (Vellamulli Vaikkal). Moratuwa university graduate and LTTE bomb expert who coordinated a major part of Colombo activities after 2001, including the assassination of Kadirgamar, and attempts on the Rajapaksa brothers. The LTTE rewarded the family by making his father, Sathasivam Kanagarathnam, a TNA member of parliament. Lakbima article about Gridharan Kadiragamar assasination trial
Global SriLankan Forum	GSF	The formation of this organization was hinted at, on the 22nd May 2010 Ottawa celebration of the Dawn-of-Peace with the defeat of the LTTE on 18th may 2009. ( see Asian Tribune Report, 26 May 2010 ) by Lenin Benedict (see listing) of Toronto in his speech. See also Attendees. The objective of the group seems to be to counter the pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora effort which is exclusive to Tamils, and create a counter organization which emphasizes the SriLankan identity instead of the individual Sinhala, Tamil and other ethnic/racial identities. The formative meeting, convened by Lenin Benedict and Asoka Weerasinghe (Ottawa) was held on 25th June 2010, in Toronto.
Phil Glendenning	-	Director, Edmond Rice Center, Brisbane, Australia, has become a spokesperson working with pro-LTTE elements in Australia, and seems to be influenced by the pro-LTTE Catholic Tamil clergy member. See also John Sweeney.
Global Sri Lankan Forum	GSLF	Formed on 19th June 2010, with Lenin Benedict and Asoka Weerasinghe among others, as founder members, with a view to "countering the ant-Sri lankan activities of the Tamil Diaspora". See also entry under the name "Dawn of Peace", GSLF seems to collaborate with CatPad (canadian tamils for Peace and Democracy), Forum of Sri Lankans, Canadian Srilankans for Peace and Unity (CSLPU), World Tamil Democratic Alliance (WTDA), Sri lankans for United Srilanka, Candian Tamils for Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and reconciliation (CTRRR).
Global Tamil Forum	GTF	Father S. J. Emmanuel (Germany) is the public face (in 2010), while Perinpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan or Nediyawan in Oslo is the de facto leader. Global Tamil Forum (GTF) is formed by uniting 15 LTTE controlled Tamil Diaspora organizations around the world from 15 countries. Two of its member organizations, House of Eelam Tamils and Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils specifically use the word "Ealam" in their organizational names. All 15 claim that the North and East of Sri Lanka are ``exclusive homelands of the Tamils", i.e., other ethnic groups who live in those areas have diminished or no claims. The official website of the GTF clearly describes its mission as "To use all resources available to the Tamil Diaspora to establish the Tamil people's right to self-determination and their right to re-establish their nationhood which was taken away by force from them by the succeeding colonial powers including the Sri Lankan government".It is also said that The GTF is "furthering the cause for Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam", as proposed by the New York based Ealam activist and the one-time egal advisor to the LTTE, Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran. With the help of the United States Tamil Political Action Committee (USTPAC), Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran and his Diaspora followers are trying to achieve their end goal of a separate state in Sri Lanka. Kieth Vaz group promotes meeting of Gorden Brown and Milbrand with GTF, Feb. 2010
Gnanakoon, Charles	-	Australian Financier, pro-LTTE and UNP activist and broher of Jaynatha Gnanakoon.
Gnanakoon, Jayantha	-	Los Angeles Financier, pro-LTTE and UNP activist.
Gnanasekran, G.	Rajan	A leader of the the ENDLF (Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front). S. Vaseekaran is the Deputy Secy. of th ENDLF. This is an anti-LTTE Eelamist part which demands the merger of an autonomous North and the East etc., as in the old Indo-Lanka agreement with the LTTE.
Gnanendramohan	Ranjan Lala	Confidante of Prabhakaran and early LTTEer killed by the army in Jaffna. Uncle of Nediyavan
Gunapala, U. G	It is not know if he is the same as Sujith Gunapalan, or someone using a similar name	Authorities in Thailand arrested him in 2007 for aiding LTTE operatives to smuggle arms.
Gunapalan, Sujith	-	The LTTE aircrafts bought from the Czhec republic were brought to Mulaitivu by Gunapalan. He is a Tiger naval captain named. Authorities in Thailand arrested him in 2003 for aiding LTTE operatives to smuggle arms.
Gunaratnam, Nara	Nehru	CTC activist based in Toronto. Works with Roy Ratnavale, Theiyo Anthony, Nimal Veerasingham, D. Poopapillai etc.
Gunaratnam, Mohan	-	Anti-LTTE writer who has accused the Catholic church of complicity with the Tigers.
Gunaseelan, Alles	-	UK based pro-LTTE businessman and activist. he claimed to the BBC that " I feel the Sinhalese want to raze the identity of Tamils"
Gunasekera, Lakshman	-	He is a fellow traveller of the LTTE and Tamil separatism. Lakshman Gunasekera was the former Editor, Sunday Observer during Chandrika B-K's time. CBK held that Sinhla-Buddhist chauvinism must be weakened and a quasi-separatist solution must be found for the problems of the country. CBK had the later-day LTTE spokesman Vasantharaja as Chairman of state Television while Gunasekera manned Lake-House. Gunsekera was closely linked to NGO groups that supported similar views, and took an anti Sinhala, anti-Buddhist cultural and cultural position that back-fired. He ran provocative feature articles stating that the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy was an animal's tooth, and highlighted a weekly column supporting a separatist Tamil administration. Currently he is heading a diaspora group named "Alert" directed against the Rajapaksa government.
Tisaranee Gunasekera	-	Daughter of N. M. Perera's private secretary, Journalist and, allegedly, one-time petite-ami of Dayan Jayatilleke. When Jayatilleke ran into trouble at Kobbekaduwa's funeral, it is alleged that Tisaranee's "Sari-pota" was there to shield him. Tisaranee has been pro-LTTE by default, and un-reservedly anti-Rajapaksist. Due to her strong aversion to Sinhal-Buddhists, all enemies of the Sinhala-Buddhists are her friends. Her type of journalism, which called for allowing Prabhakaran to rule in his "exclusive Tamil homelands", made some dissident Tamils take up arms against her. Thus read Sebastian Rasalingam's critique on Tisaranee G. "..Our journalists writing about Sri Lanka's Problems

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Haigh, Bruce	-	Ex-Australian diplomat whose thinking was close to that of Norwegian Eric Solheim. The latter crafted a Cease Fire agreement (CFA) which ignored the Muslims, Eastern Tamils and Hill-country Tamils, and gave the "sole representation of the Tamils" to the LTTE (Tiger) movement. He has taken a public pro-LTTE stand.
Hammond, Stephen	-	Poorly informed Conservative (Wimbledon) British MP who works with the GTF and other LTTE front organizations in the UK.
Hensman, Rohini	-	Anti-LTTE writer and feminist originally from the Sri Lankan Colombo Christian Tamil community and now living in India. She was labeled a "Traitor of the Tamils" by Sathi Sri Kantha. Hensmen's point of view is expressed in her recent article The way forward in SL, by Hensman, July 2009
Hoole Rajan	Michael Richard Ratnarajan Hoole	Anti-LTTE academic (mathematics) and son of Rev. Rathnathuari Hoole. Founding member of the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) (UTHR-J), a civil society group documenting abuses by the LTTE. He is co-author of the classic "The Broken Palmyra" (1989), which details the Tamil community's experience of the armed forces and the LTTE, he has been based in Jaffna initially. He fled to Colombo when Jaffna was under the LTTE. Ranjini Thiranagama, the co-founder of UTHR was assassinated by the LTTE.
Hoole, Ratnajeevan	Jeevan	Controversial Anti-LTTE Tamil academic, and brother of Rajan Hoole. Jeevan Hoole was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Jaffna University in March 2006. He was declared a spy of the government and his life was threatened by the LTTE as documented by a New York University School of Law website . He was also condemned for being a Christian. However, Hoole himself is reportedly a very abrasive Engineering academic who was having many other fights with the Sri Lankan University authorities as well. Finally he left the country and writes on Sri lankan issues from Drexel University, USA. Hoole seems to support the concept of "exclusive Tamil homelands", within some assort of Thimpu type resolution. His political sayings include "The Sinhalese ruling clique's mood is to crush the LTTE. Then, upon crushing the LTTE, they say, that all will be right and we Tamils will enjoy democracy. The kind of democracy we will enjoy can be seen in what is happening in the East - more colonization, new Buddhist temples sprouting up everywhere, vote-rigging, more Sinhalization, etc." and also "We need our own territories where we can decide our matters by ourselves. Such territorial division is good for all of us, be it through federalism or outright separation." (speech made at a meeting organized by "Canadians for Peace in Toronto", on August 17, 2008).Thus although he may not fully appreciate it, he advocates some form of Apartheid, i.e., race based separate Tamil enclaves
Hughes, Simon	-	Britsh MP, Liberal Democ. Party, vice-chairman of the "All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils"

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Jananayagam, Janani	Jan -	Believed to be a leading figure in "Tamils against Genocide" . Was careering to run for the EU office as an independent candidate, amy 2009. Indian tamils warn the Tamil Diaspora against Jan J. She polled 0.3% of the votes and lost. The votes are mostly a pro-LTTE Sri-Lankan Tamil ethnic vote. This is about 50,000 at the most. But since it can be delivered en masse, various British politicians have attempted to curry favour with these pro-LTTE front organizations. BBC-news review gives her vote as 0.3% On the other hand Deva Aditya, a Sri lankan who refuses ethnic divisions won with 80,000 votes.
Jayabalan	-	Editor of a Tamil newspaper, London His statement to the BBC in May 2009 is noteworthy: "In a way this is a shock. Because the LTTE has its own myths. Most of the Tamils who really support the LTTE are in shock. But their weakness is that if there is no leadership the organisation will end. I don't see them as freedom fighters. They seem like a limited company owned by a few individuals. They don't have the norms of a liberation organisation. It's a one man-led army and it has come to a very bitter end. But successive Sri Lankan governments have oppressed the Tamil community. Many thought the LTTE were the only option they had. If the Sri Lankan government keeps oppressing Tamils in IDP camps, that anger will come up again."
Jayadevan, Rajasingham	-	pro-LTTE activist based in London, associated with "Tamilaffairs.com" and presumed leader of the "Tamil democratic congress". He has cultivated Labour party figures. He operated a Temple in London alleged to be an LTTE money spinner. Mr. Jayadevan made a number of visits to Killinochchi (Giranikke) when it was under the LTTE. However, he also claimed that he was held in "captivity" by the LTTE when he visited the vanni in 2005. Anton Balasingham and A. C. Shanthan had presumably regarded Jayadevan as a threat to their leadership in the UK. Another motive for the friction was the issue of controlling the Eelap Patheeswara Sivan Temple. Island newspaper interview with Jayadevan He has clashed with Douglas Devananda who has always supported Sri Lankan governments since the time of President Premadasa.
Jesuthasan, Sahab	Jesudasan -	LTTE supporter and Toronto activist. The name "Jesuthasan" is a typical Tamil-Catholic "fusion" name. Jesuthasan was the spokesman for the 'hero's day event on 27 Nov 2009 in Toronto when Sebastian Seeman was deported due to his inflammatory racist polemic.
Jeyarajaah, Elias	-	Works with Rudrakumaran in the "Global Revival" of the Tamil Tigers, and with Tmil church groups, involving "Americans for Peace in Sri lanka". He is a Biochemist (North Carolina) who graduated (Chemistry B. Sc) from Jaffna University.
Jayawardena, Jayalath	Dr. Jayalath Jeyawardena	Controversial UNP parliamentarian who has been a strong friend of the LTTE. He was the "Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees Minister" in Ranil Wickremasinghe's government. Dr. JJ is also a Catholic activist who takes a keen interest in inter-faith action mainly with Buddhists. Some Buddhist organizations have regarded this as an indirect attempt to take control over Buddhist activism by Catholic activists. He had some measure of success in taking a hand in some Tamil Nadu Buddhist activities. He has visited the LTTE-Vanni many times.

Jeganmohan, G	-	Now active in the Global Tamil Forum, based in Sweden
Rev. Jegasothy, John	-	LTTE-fellow traveler, New South Wales, Australia, Minister at Dulwich Hill-Hurlstone Park Uniting church. He has won an award from a NWS organization for the "Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Victims", and for his work supporting Tamil refugees. He is a Sri Lankan Tamil who came to Australia in 1996 during to the war launched by the LTTE against the Sri Lankan state.
Jeyachandran	Jeya annai	Editor of the Tamil Net. He lives in Norway.
JJeyaprakash Jeyalingam	"Jey"	Son of Nagalingam Jeyalingam, and New York area TGTE re. He gave his bio in 2010 as: " I graduated from American University\u2019s Washington College of Law in Washington DC. I have worked for the American Red Cross managing disaster relief centers. I spent two and a half years working for the Peace Corps in West Africa developing micro finance projects. I have also worked for Amnesty International as a Human Rights researcher and Government Affairs Liaison. During the last two years I have worked with People for Equality and Relief in Lanka. As a member of PEARL I have attended many of their organized Lobbying days. In the last year when the persecution of Tamils intensified I spent a great deal of time visiting Congressional offices. On these visits I had the opportunity to meet with various Congressional offices, Senate offices, and Congressional committees as well as attending several meetings at the U.S. State Department. I grew up in New York and currently live here. For the past year I have been working closely with Mr. Rudrakumaran. I have been assisting Mr. Rudrakumaran in the planning and organizing the formation of, and elections for, the PTGTE on a volunteer basis. I have also served as the coordinator for the Country Working Group in the United States. In addition, I have worked with the Canadian Tamil youth in connection with the formation of the PTGTE in Canada and was recently invited by the Canadian Tamil Youth Organization to address their meeting. I believe my legal training, advocacy skills and experience will be an invaluable asset to the PTGTE."
Jeevakumar, Kanagaratnam	-	A director of the Canadian Tamil Congress, believed to be a front organization of the LTTE. He is an IT engineer by training and now works for the Canadian government. He is based in Ottawa.
Brami Jegan	Brahmi Jegan -	Ms. Jegan, born in the Jaffna peninsula (1980) and came to Australia as a refugee, via Somalia, Tanzania and Malaysia. Ms. Jegan worked for Macquarie Bank and J.P. Morgan of Australia for eight years, and then as a journalist with SBS, and currently(2010) as a communications officer with Union-Aid Abroad-APHEDA. She has presented herself as a political candidate on the green ticket, but with emphasis on immigration issues. She is a niece of Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar -- known as A. C. Shanthan -- who was jailed for two years for aiding the LTTE by acquiring electrical components and military manuals for the terrorist group. However, Ms Jegan remains unapologetic. Ms. Jegan is a supporter of the Tamil asylum-seekers who arrived illegally, and are held at Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney West.
Jeyabalan, Mauran	Jayapalan, Jeyan	He is a ring leader of the alleged LTTE credit card frauds. The original investigation started in February 2010 when a $1.3 million credit and debit card fraud was uncovered, according to Canadian police. That led to the arrest of Mayuran Jeyabalan, 24, of Brampton, On. It was his home that was searched in July and he was arrested. Charged with possession of property obtained by crime, possession of credit card data, fraud over $5,000 and possession of instruments of forgery are: Brampton’s Srirajan Yogeswaran, 32, Manivannan Rasiah Satkuru, 28, Toronto’s Jehanathan Kulasegarampillai, 33, Suganathan Kulasegarampillai, 28, Amirthathasan Lalithathasan, 30, Vaughan’s Puvanandran Kishokumar, 28, Piratheepan Sri Skandarajah, 27, and St. Catharine’s resident Prashanth Yoganathan, 24. York fraud Det. Domenic Stilo said credit and debit card fraud rings are “highly organized groups” that are very profitable, involving millions every weekend.
Jeyakumar, Thillai	-	Now dead; He was an Australian Organizer of the LTTE and friend of Brian Seneviratne. He is an LTTE Mahamanithar (Great Man).
Jeyalingam, Nagalingam	Dr. --	Involved in the "Sangam" organization, and in support to TamilNet
Jeyaraj, D. B. S	DBS, Jeyraj	Anti-LTTE Tamil Nationalist and journalist, based in Toronto since the 1990s. Edited Senthamarai , a Toronto weekly in the 1990s. The Muncharie . He has been an object of murder threats from the LTTE. At present he publishes his electronic journal (dbsjeyaraj.com) and also appears in Transcurrents.com. Threats to Anti-LTTE journalists in Canada
JohnPulle, Thomas	-	Anti-LTTE journalist based on London, usually in the Sri Lanka guardian.

Rev. Fr. Pan Jordan		Rev Fr Jordan is a Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic Priest based in Brisbane , Australia. He has been active in several Tamil-Diaspora organized public meetings in Brisbane , contributed to the Catholic Leader newspaper in Brisbane and spoken about the international community needing to take action against Sri Lanka government for what he terms "committing of war crimes".
Joseph, Rayappu	-	Catholic Bishop of Mannar; S. L. Gunasekera's assessment of Father Joseph. He is a strong supporter of the LTTE; and helped to move the statue of the Madhu Shrine to the LTTE areas. With the evident demise of the LTTE, Rev.Father has sometimes irked the LTTE, as seen from the following TamilNet article: TamilNet attacks Rev. Joseph, August 2008 The Mannar pastors caught transporting Tiger suicide kits in Feb 2008 are from a branch of the "Four Square Church", a fundamentalist sect
Joyce, rachel	Dr. rachel Joyce-	British parlimentaian (Conservative, Harrow west) who has wooed Tamil votes by pandering to LTTE-slogans. She has picked up the claims of the Tamil activists and claimed that the Sri lankan government practices "Genocide". She claims in her election manifesto (2010) that she "will work with the Tamils to get the acts perpetrated on the Tamils classed legally as a genocide so that the UN Convention can be used to address the problems."

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Kanagarajah, Ravi Shankar	Shangili -	Ravi Shanker alias Shangili is a Sri Lankan passport holder who had claimed refugee status to evade Canadian immigration authorities. He is said to be a key LTTE gunrunner, allegedly engaged in human smuggling. The ship "Ocean Lady" alias "Princess Easwari" which brought a load of 76 asylum seekers to Victoria is said to be operated by Shangili. The sip is said to have sailed from Mundra (India) in October 2009. ( The ship is owned by Ray Ocean Transport Corp., a company registered in the Seychelles, although its mailing address is in the Philippines, according to shipping records kept by Lloyd`s Register). He is said to owns three vessels which are currently under operation and registered in Panama. According to a SL govt. website, these vessels were used as floating LTTE warehouses cum armories. Shangili also is said to run a LTTE network with agents based in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Associate of Nediyawan (Nediyavan) of Norway.
Kanesalingam, A	-	Malaysia, Global Tamil Forum, Tel: +6.03.2070.2299
Kanesalingam, A	-	Malaysia, Global Tamil Forum, Tel: +6.03.2070.2299
Kanesamoorthy,Sriskandarajah V.	-	A Chairman of the pro-LTTE London Sivan temple in Lewisham. Others associated are T. Arulthas and Mr Yogarajah
Kanthasamy Temple, Toronto, Canada,	-	This a Hindu Temple run by the LTTE.
Shanmugasundaram Kanthaskaran	-	ssociated with Nediyawan (Nediyavan) alias Sivaparan of Norway. They lead a faction of the post-LTTE groups hostile to the Rudrakumaran group in the USA. They are alleged to be involved in illegal activities previously carried out by the LTTE, in raising funds for activities against a sovereign state.
Karuna	Vinayagamoorthy Muthalitharan	see under Muthalitharan
Karan, James	James Karunakaran	London based Eelam activist; associated with the International Federation of Tamils (IFT) is a UK -LTTE front organization
Karunaratne, Wickramabahu	Baahu -	Karunaratne, an engineer-academic turned politican. He is a Marxist Revolutionary (see also Kumar David) who left the LSSP in 1972 when the main LSSP joined the SLFP. He now leads the NSSP. Baahu believes in race-based devolution of the country as he accepts the "exclusive Tamil homeland" concept and interprets the Tamil-nationalist movement as the struggle of an oppressed people. Contested the 2010 Presidential election, but got no support from the Tamils.. His profile is described by the Tamilnet as follows: Karunaratne as reported by the Tamilnet, Nov 2009
Kathirgamathamby Arivazhaghan	-	An overseas intellegence spokes person working with the Rudrakumar group.
Kandasamy, Karunakaran	-	He was arrested in April 2007 by the FBI in Queens, NY on charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The group headed by him reportedly operated in the US "drawing on America's financial resources and technological advances to further its war of terror in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. A FBI raid on Kandasamy's office in Queens has revealed evidence that he raised millions of dollars for the LTTE through a front organization called the "World Tamil Coordinating Committee" ." Terrorist group funded U.S. Congressman
Keethaponkalan S. I. Dr.	-	Younger generation Colombo University Lecturer. Claims that the "Tamils need a new political ideology in the post-LTTE era", and supports Federalism within a united Sri Lanka.
Kingsbury, Damian	-	Australian academic at Deakin University and LTTE fellow traveler influenced by Thillai Jeyakumar.

Kirupa	Kirupakaran ?	LTTE and GTF activist based in France. It is not clear if this is the same person who was the same Kirupa who was in the pro-LTTE NGO 'Nectar' which operated in the Eastern province
Kishor, S	-	Vaevnimava (Vavuniya) member of Parliament from the TNA, an LTTE-proxy part
Krishnakumar,Sathasivam	Kittu	One time Deputy Leader of the LTTE. Krishnakumar was born on January 2, 1960, the second the son of the Sathasivam-Rajaluxmy couple of Valvetiturai (vaeli-vaetithara), the costal town where Prabhakaran grew up. His father had a small printing press, at Nelliady (nelliyadda), Karaveddy (Karavaedda). On 13 January 1993 an LTTE ship, M.V.Ahat was intercepted by the Indian Navy about 150-200 miles east of Hambantota in the south of Sri Lanka and about 400 miles south east of South India.The boat was carrying Sathasivam Krishnakumar, (i.e., Kittu), one time Deputy Leader of the LTTE (Kittu was one of its founding members), and several other members of the LTTE. The ship which was suspected to be carrying ammunition was then forced to travel towards the South Indian coast by Indian Navy frigates. Kittu and 9 others took their own lives and blew themselves up as they did not wish to reveal strategic information as well as their total contravention of the IPK agreement.
Sanjeev Kuhendrarajah	AK-Kanana gang member and LTTE activist, Toronto Canada, resurfaced with the Tamil refugee-status seekers in Indonesia, and calling himself Alex, a businessman claiming to have an MBA degree. after deportation from Canada in 2003 for violent crimes where, as a Kannan gang member, he had participated in drive-by shootings of opposing Tamil gangs like the VVT group, named after Velvettithurei (Vaeli-vaeti thara), home town of the LTTE leader.-	< Vancouver Sun report
Kumar, Selva	-	Anti-LTTE activist and member of CATPAD (Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy) Article by CATPAD

Kumaran, Satheesan,	-	LTTE-funded journalist based in Australia. He belongs to the hawks.

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Lawrence, Samuel	-	LTTE activist and A spokes-man for the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Tamil Congress
(LTTE support within the) Liberal Party of Canada	(soutien au LTTE par) Le Parti Liberal du Canada	Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff has attempted to clean up the mess of How to handle the Tamil Terrorist problem. However, it is an old cancer. See the entry under Dr. Elagupillai, regarding earlier events when Mr. Paul Martin and Ms. Maria Minna (wittingly or unwittingly) took party in an LTTE fund-raising dinner. the cancer continues to grow even now. Many Liberal MPS who have ridings with significant numbers of Sri-Lankan Tamil voters have ignored the grizzly Tamil-Tiger record of suicide bombings, use of child soldiers, assassinations, terror tactics of targeting civilians, extorting money, forging credit-cards and passports etc. These liberal MPs have even participated in LTTE rallies and fund raisers. The RCMP and CSIS have repeatedly warned the Canadian Government, at least for a decade, that such funds are used for waging war and terror in Sri Lanka. Even today, although the war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009 May, fund collection is going on by extortion, illegal rackets and intimidation. The voice of moderate, peace -loving Tamils in the Toronto area are suppressed by intimidation. (Read entry on how the Uthayan Newspaper in Toronto has been vandalized by pro-lTTE elements) Nevertheless, since getting the vote is paramount to survival in the world of un-principled politics, many members of the Liberal Party of Canada continue to support the Tiger front organizations. Some of these politicians are: Bob Rae, Toronto center Jim Karygiannis, Scarborough-Agincourt Maria Minna, Beaches-East York Patrick Brown, Barrie John Cannis, Scarborough Center Paul Calandra, Oak Ridges-Markham Kristy Duncan, Etobicoke North Ruby Dhalla, Brampton-Springdale Albina Guaneri, Mississauga East-Cooksville DereK Lee, Scarborough-Rouge River John McKay, Scarborough-Guildwood Robert Oliphant, Don Valley west Yasmin Ratansi, Don valley East Judy Sgro - North York Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Etobicoke Centre These MPS have made patently incorrect statements in Parliament just to please their pro-LTTE Tamil voters. John McKay presented a petition to parliament from some members of his riding, with little control over the validity of the claims made in the petition. These MPS have gone to rallies, met with foreign LTTE actvists like Bryan Seneviratne etc. Mr. Bob Rae had arranged a "private visit" to Sri Lanka, with individuals to be visited as arranged mostly by his pro-LTTE constituency. When details of his proposed visit came to light, the Sri Lankan government refused to issue a visa (Summer 2009) to Bob Rae, even though Rae had been to Sri Lanka many times before (previously as an official guest, and not as a "private visitor" under the control of the pro-LTTE organizations.
Priyanth Liyanage	Priyantha Liyanage	Worked with Vasantha Raja (see our entry on him) in the BBC-Sanadeshya giving its news and features a pro-LTTE stand. Priyath Liyanage was a care assistant working in a home for the elderly when Vasantha Raja appointed him to succeed him after Chandrika B shamelessly appointd Vasantha aja as Chairman of Rupavahini.Priyanth L was supported by Bandarage in these activities. It has also been alleged that Paskaralingam (see entry under Paski). and his British associates remunerated these individuals handsomely. These extremely anti-national activities began in the late 1990s, reached a crescendo during Chandrika B's time, and continued till the demise of the British Labour government in 2010. Clearly, the BBC never checked if its program managers had acredited media professionalism.
Logan Logendralingam	Logan	ditor and publisher of Uthayan, a Tamil weekly. He complained in Dec. 2009 that "his newspaper was removed from three shops in the GTA and replaced with pamphlets about the Diaspora referendum because he did not include heavy coverage of the referendum." The Uthayan newspaper office on Progress Rd, Scarborough was vandalized in Feb. 2010, when it carried news of meetings between some members of the Expat Tamil community and the President of SL. March 19th, 2010, CBC report
LRDP	Long-range deep penetration unit	This clandestine commando unit was responsible to eliminating Col. Shankar and other LTTE leaders. It was compromized by the Wickremasinghe government. As reported by Island Reporter By Shamindra Ferdinando: The Wickremesinghe government ordered the police to raid a safe house run by the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) at Millennium City, Aturugiriya. An irate Brigadier Sanath Karunaratne, the then military spokesman, strongly denied media reports which linked the army to an alleged bid to assassinate UNP leaders and jeopardize the peace process. The state-run media went to town with the alleged plan. The UNP went to the extent of taking a vehicle load of journalists to expose one of the most important operations undertaken by the army, under Lt.General Lionel Balagalle’s command. The DMI, under the then Brigadier Kapila Hendarawithana had been involved in clandestine operations behind LTTE lines until Wickremesinge ordered a cessation of hostilities on the eve of Christmas 2001. Today people had conveniently forgotten that the UNP went ahead with the raid, despite Lt. General Balagalle assuring the UNP that the army would not target the government. This followed a letter to Lt. General Balagalle by the then UNP Chairman, Charitha Ratwatte and Vice Chairman Daya Palpola, accusing the army of planning to assassinate Wickremesinghe in the run-up to the December 5, 2001 election. The UNP alleged that the DMI had planned to target Wickremesinghe with a claymore mine, a charge denied by the army. In fact, Lt. General Balagalle refuted the allegations by way of a statement he issued through The Island in January, 2002. We exclusively reported that those arrested – two Muslims, a Sinhalese and three Tamils ( The Island-January 4, 2002 issue) - had been engaged in legitimate army operations at the time of the UNP raid. A foolish UNF government declared that the arrested group had four thermo baric weapons and 66 sets of LTTE uniforms. What the army at that time did not know was the CFA would contain a specific clause on suspension of ‘activities by deep penetration units.’ While the army had to cease its operations, the LTTE stepped-up theirs as part of a strategy, which gradually demoralized those involved in clandestine operations. Susequently, the LTTE sent assassins to indivdually eliminate the exposed LRDP commandos.
Lucas	Balasingham ?	Studied at Isipathana MV. First batch of LTTE recruits, and brother of Natesan who was the LTTE chief of police and later Political commissar. Lucas now lives in Canada
Logan, Siva	Siva Sivalogan	A leading LTTE activist based in Boston. Others active here are Mr. Surenthira Thurairatnam , Mr. Sajeenthiran Kanagaratnam, Kumar Ponnampalam, Ram Ramanan, Nesaratnam Sabapathy
Lochbihler, Ranjith	Ranjith Hennayake, Hannaiduge Ranjith Ananda, Badalgama Berti	Germany-based anti-Sri lankan, Pro-LTTE Propgandist. Possible finacial support from the Berghoff Foundatioon.
Lynch, jake	-	Young Australian academic (Sydney) and fellow traveler of the LTTE.

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Maalathy	-	First female Martyr of the LTTE tigers who committed suicide when fighting with the IPKF.. A statue for her existed in Giranikke (Killinochchi), and a female regiment had been named after her. DBSJayraj's article with Photo
Mahadevan, Ganeshananthan	Ganesh	Arrested in 2006 by RCMP and FBI for credit-card fraud and support to LTTE, an organization proscribed in Canada and US as being a Terrorist organization. Others arrested were: Thuthikaran Thurapalasingam, 26, Tharmaraj Nagularajah, 26, Thubaharan Subas, 22, and Kishokanth Tharmapalan, 26.

Manickavasagam, Suresh	Suresh	An LTTE activist whose deportation demanded by the RCMP was annulled by the supreme court of Canada which agreed that he could face torture at the hands of Sri Lankan authorities upon his return to Sri Lanka
Manivannan Veeragatti, Manivannan Veerakulasingham	Castro	Based in Paris, anti-KP group when KP was free. Then, anti-RK group. Headed LTTE’s international procurement network since 2003, but KP was belatedly reinstated by Prabhakaran in the last stages of the conflict. Castro's diaries, found in Visvamadu in 2009 when the LTTE retreated have turned out to be a valuable source of information. Basically, KP has absolved himself of being the person who, after the arrest, gave info to the SL governement. KP claims (in interviews he accorded to the Island newspaper and to DBSJeyraj in 2010), that the Castro diaries, discovered in Visvamadu in 2009, provided all the intellegence information needed to the SL governemt.
S. Makenthiran	-	Toronto-based LTTE activist and accountant. Wrote articles in Indian Sikh papers regarding Indian Estate Tamils giving the LTTE point of view. He has pressed for "Direct Indian Intervention", but also writes criticizing the Indian Intervention of the 1980s. His concept of Federalism is federating with India.
Mathinthiran, Nadarajah	Matinthiran, Parathi	A leader of the LTTE's France branch since 2003, works with Thuraisamy Jeyamorthy (alias Jeya),arrested in April 2007. News Item in October 2009 News report on 23rd November 2009 reads "A French court on Monday jailed 21 Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of euros from the Tamil diaspora in France to fund their armed campaign in Sri Lanka. The toughest sentence of seven years in was given to Nadaraja Matinthiran, whom the court heard was the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organisation in France."
Maniparathy, Mani	-	Wellington, NZ, Global Tamil Forum and other organizations.
Marley Renuka	Renumarley	Activist with a paralegal or legal and business background. Edgbaston, Birmingham, British labour Politics. British citizen. She helped many Tamil refugees to obtain citizenship in the UK. Father is said to be Carlos Don Pathirana, from Matara, Aththudawa and mother Alice Bandara. She has links with expatriate groups, both Sinhala and Tamil.
May17 Movement	-	A Tamil Nadu pro-LTTE group which became most active when Bolywood decided to hold the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo in July 2010. Bollywood to "Dance on Tamil graveyard" May 17th 2009 was the day when the LTTE leadership was killed in Mooladoova (Mullaithivu) by the SL armed forces. This organizations has issued a "clarion call" that: the May Seventeen movement calls upon all the youths and activists cutting across the political and social lines would join their hands to break this conspiracy. We invite fellow organizations be it left, Tamil nationalist, Marxist-Leninist, Periyarists, Dalit movements, human rights organizations and others to jointly take forward the struggle for justice and stop IIFA event from happening in Colombo.
McDonagh, Siobhain	-	British Labour party MP who works closely with Kieth Vaz. Report in Sri Lanka newspapers, Feb. 2010
Mendis, Viraj		Mendis Came to Britian on a 12 month student Visa, and remained in the UK as a refugee claimant. He claimed that the Govt. of Sri Lanka agents would kill him if deported to Sri Lanka and claimed UK refugee status, with the support of UK church groups, and Dr. Nithyanadan of the LTTE. Nevertheless he was forcibly deported in 1989 back to Sri lanka. He married Karen Roberts, a supporter in Manchester and moved from Sri Lanka to Breman Germany. He has carried on pro-LTTE activities from Bremmen, in association with Ranjith Lochbihler alias Ranjith Hennayake. Manchester Evening News, Spt 14, 2004 on Viraj Mendis.
Sumith Mendis and Indika Mendis	-	They allegedly operated a human traffiking ring from Negambo/Chilaw Sri Lanka. They were detained in 2009 at the Christmas Island Australian detention centre after the boat they were on was stopped by Australian authorities. They were deported to Sri Lanka where they were arrested and handed over to the Central Investigative Department (CID). Sumith Mendis was released but Indika Mendis was transferred to the Negombo prison where he was held for several months. LTTE supporters in Australia moved in and began a letter writing campaign, addressing Amnesty International, and claiming that Indika Mendis was totured in prison. even though these men are not Tamils. However, available reports suggest that they had some how left prison and attempted to bring another boat load of people to Australia, and were recaptured. The Mendis pair have claimed torture in Sri lanka as a plea against their deportations. Claiming that people deported to Sri lanka undergo torture is also believed to be useful to the LTTE refugee program, and extensively carried out by pro-LTTE groups.
Muhunthan, Bala	-	Tamil Solidarity movement, UK. He took part in the LTTE-led demonstrations in May 2009. Young Tamils
Muthuveloe, Samuel Rajkumar	Dr. Muthuveloe, Sam	based in Milton, Keunes, UK. He is a "Godfather" of various organizations alleged to have pro-LTTE sympathies. He is associated with the charities like Hope outreach UK or HOMSA-UK 21 Lower Stonehayes, Great Linford, Milton Keynes MK14 5ES. Dr. Phyllis Starkey, the Labour MP for Milton Keynes referred to him in the UK Parliamentary debates (9-Feb-2005) to an "orphanage" which functioned in the LTTE area and run with the support of HOMSA UK. Many questions have been raised regarding this orphanage. Thus: "How did this organization get permission to operate inside LTTE-controlled territory? Did the LTTE use this orphanage to train child soldiers and suicide cadre?"
Mylvaganam ,Ramanan	-	Arrested in Canada in 2007, together with Piratheepan Nadarajah for conspiring to smuggle arms for the LTTE.

Muthalitharan, Vinayagamoorthy	Karuna	In 2009 Karuna joined the SLFP and became a minister of the Rajapaksa government. He was flown to Mullaitivu (Mooladoova) in May 2009 for a definitive identification of the body of Prabhakaran. After his return to Colombo from England he was appointed to parliament under the national list. He went to England under an assumed name and was jailed and deported back to Colombo. Karuna formed the TMVP party and allowed or was forced to let his deputy Pilliyan win the position of chief minister of the Eastern province. Karuna worked with the Rajapaksa forces to defeat the LTTE in the eastern province. When the LTTE failed to control Karuna, it demanded the GOSL to "disarm" Karuna, since the Norwegian CFA required that "paramilitaries" be disarmed.(The LTTE itself was regarded as a paramilitary under the IPKF !). Karuna renounced the LTTE and began to work with the GOSL. This was spurned by the Chandrika government. The LTTE claimed that Karuna's breakup with them was an "internal matter" and that they can handle it, and attempted to "eliminate" the Karuna group. Karuna broke from the LTTE in March 2004 citing discrimination of the LTTE against the Eastern tamils. Karuna was the Head of the Eastern-wing of the LTTE and probably responsible for the Aranthalawa Massacre, as well as the killing of the policemen who surrendered to the LTTE under the agreement between Premadasa and the LTTE.

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Naam Tamilar	"We Tamils" politcal Party	Nationalist Tmail party Launched in Tamil Nadu in 2010 by Sebastian Seeman, South Indian Film Director and Tamil Catholic who was an ardant admirer of Prabhakaran and the Tigers..
Nadesan B	Balasingham Mahendran, Nadesan P.	He was appointed as the political Head of the LTTE in November 2007, after the demise of Thamilclevan. During the last stages of the siege of the LTTE by the SL-forces, Nadesan tried to engineer an international heist of the LTTE leadership from out of the country, with the help of K Pathmanathan, the arms dealer. The Sri Lankan government held firm and did not allow any foreign intervention of any sort. Jeyaraj on the attempt at a last-ditch rescue Nadesan himself was killed on 18 May 2009 together with Pulidevan, the head of the LTTE "peace secretariat" as well as Ramesh. Nadesan, was a native of Vaelivaetithara (Velvettithurai). His father was an LSSP activist who worked for the CTB. Balasingham Mahendran (Nadesan) worked as a police officer of the Sri Lankan force and his behaviour during the 1983 Black July riots were considered suspicious. He got himself transferred to Jaffna and proved Kittu with the detailed plans of the Jaffna police station, enabling a deadly attack in 1985. Then Nadesan moved to Chennai and worked for the LTTE their. Later he was in charge of the tiger police force known as "Kaaval thurai" .
Narapalasingham, S	-	Former Additional Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, Sri Lanka and UN Advisor, Development Economics/Planning. His many articles in Federalidea.com, Transcurrents etc., have supported the general LTTE stance, but his political position may be that of a Thimpu-Fedaralist. He is another one of the examples of Tamils holding high positions in a society where they claimed discrimination, to conform with the demands of the LTTE ideology.
Naidu, Balldev	-	Singaporean accused of supplying arms to the LTTE. A businessman and co-founder of the Reform Party (Gen. secy: Kenneth Jeyaratnam) of Singapore, was extradited to the US on December 18, 2009 the Straits Times newspaper said quoting the Ministry of Home Affairs. His accomplice, Haniffa Osman pleaded gulity in a US court in 2008. AFP report
Narendran	-	He is said to operate from Europe, and was claimed to be involved in arms procurement. married to a Russian.
Navaneedhan	Ithayachandran	Tamil freelance journalist who is anti-KP.
Nediyavan, Nediyawan	Perinpanayagam Sivaparan	see under Sivaparan
Nedumaran P.	Nediyawan	Tamil Nadu politician and LTTE supporter. He has assumed the role of the "Sri Lankan Tamil Protection Movement convener". Nedumaran is President of the Tamil Nationalist Movement and Tamil Eelam Eelam movement handed over to Tamil Diaspora Supporters Co-ordination Committee. His political patronage in the early days of the LTTE included providing large sums of money used for purchasing weapons. See Narayana Swamy's book "Inside an Elusive mind".
NDP, New Democratic Party of Canada (support to LTTE fronts)	PND, (Soutin aux Organism LTTE par) Parti Nouveau Democratique du Canada	NDP ideologues have made the naive assumption that the Tamils are a discriminated minority in Sri lanka and that the LTTE has arisen as a response to such discrimination. Tamil dissident writers (Rasalaingam, Johnpulle, DBSJayaraj etc.) and independent Historians (Dr. Jane Russell, Oxford) have outlined how the British, following a policy of divide and rule, gave a prominent position to the Tamil minority in Government Power, Education and Trade. The attempt to correct these wrongs, as well as the excesses of Sinhalese extremist groups which arose as a reply to the Tamil sovereignty movement (ILankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi) since Independence have been strongly resisted by wealthy high-caste Tamils and expatriates who have funded a separatist war. The LTTE has followed a doctrine of Tamil apartheid (Exclusive Tamil Homelands) where ethnic cleansing of the regions claimed by them has been practiced. The LTTE-Tamil Tigers uses extortion, assassinations, suicide bombers, child soldiers, and terror attacks on civilians. The LTTE was banned by the Canadian Conservative Party as a terrorist organization. Today the LTTE uses other names and other fronts to function in Canada. A number of NDP politicians have compromised good judgment and human values in seeking Tamil votes. Paul Dewar, Ottawa Centre. Jack Layton, Toronto-Danforth Wayne Marston, Hamilton East-- Stoney Creek

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While in captivity, a symbiosis between the Military heads (Gotabhaya R, Kapila Hendavitarane and others and the diabetic KP developed. KP agreed to cooperate with the Rajapaksa government, and in return the govt. provded KP the facilities to create an NGO for tapping into his diaspora contacts and collect money to help the IDPs and the devastated tamil community. In effect, KP is once again doing what he did for Prabhakaran, i.e., channelling funds from Diaspora groups tile the TDD (Tamil diaspora for dialogue). The NGO proposed by KP, and sponsored by the govt. is said to be called NERDO, i.e., North-east rehabilitation & development organization, with the e-mail and web address as info@nerdo.lk/www.nerdo.lk. Its main office is situated at No 10, 1st Lane, Kathiresu Road, Vairavaputiyankulam, Vavuniya (Vannimaava)
A number of ex-LTTE country leaders have agreed to collaborate with KP and visited KP and the IDP camps in June 2010. These were reported by Arudkumar to the anti-KP faction (see entry under Velauthapillai Arudkumar), leading to an immediate division of the Diaspora (e.g., Satheesan Kumaran's attack on KP in the Sri lanka Guardian, July 2010).

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Palendira, Mainthan	-	Australia based pro-LTTE activist
Pari, Sam	-	Academic based in Sydney. She is a strong LTTE activist and ATC spokesperson.. Pari organized a protest and hunger strike in Canberra, April, 2009, and visited the Vanni when she was 26 years old..
Thambiturai Parameswaran	Surli alias Nathan	LTTE's chief intelligence operative in Tamil Nadu. He was captured by Indian Intelligence in 2008 when he was attempting to launch a kidnapping of Varadarajah Perumal (VP), the ex-chief minster of the North-East who was regarded by the LTTE and by the SL government as a puppet of the the indian regime. See under VP. Tamil Nadu Police took into custody seven other Sri Lankan Tamil men who were identified only as Reagan, Anand, Kesavan, Paris, Akilan, Sudarsanan and Aravindan. Parameswaran has put up a cover of being a taxi driver. Ball bearings, plastic granules, two wheelers weapons and cash etc have been captured with him.
Thambiturai, Prapaharan	-Prapa-	Prapa was the president of the Eelam Tamil Association of British Columbia in the 1990s, and collected more than $60,000 from federal grants, and much more from the Tamil Diaspora. He has been charged, since the LTTE was declared a Terrorist organization in Canada (in 2006). He has been charged with soliciting funds for the WTM and other LTTE fronts. "The WTM is an integral part of the LTTE strategy to raise funds for re-armament and to gain legitimacy as the sole representative of the Tamil people in the international community," the RCMP alleged in a court filing. But no charges had been laid until Thambithurai was arrested in March 2008. He is the first Tamil to be charged under the anti-terrorism laws of Canada.
Pararajasingham, Joseph	-	TNA and TULF MP elected in 2004 and assassinated by the LTTE.
Paraneetharan	Krishnarajani	Tamil freelance journalist opposed to KP
Paskaralingam, Ramalingam	Paski	Controversial Sri lankan Tamil civil servant who was the right hand man of President Premadasa who collaborated with the LTTE to undermine the IKPF. Later, he is alleged to have been a clandestine agent of the LTTE inside the government. Minister Athulathmudali, who wished to impeach Premadasa claimed that SL was ruled by three P's, viz., Premadasa, Paskaralingam, and Prabhakaran, with Paskaralingam working for both sides! Internet write-ups claim that "Ramalingam Paskaralingam or Paski (as he is known in close circles) had become the financial chief of Sri Lanka during Premadasa's time. He had under his control the entire privatisation of the plantation sector - 500,000 acres of prime land to give to who ever he chose, 12 major govt. corporations to sell out to big business, and the discretion to give BOI status to any company he wished, including his favourite 5-star restaurant in Colombo." Earlier in his career he served as Permanent Secy. to Baduddeen Mohamad, Min. of Education, when Paskaralingam facilitated the opening of the Jaffna University Campus. The following article summarizes the "talk-about town" associated with him. MAHARAJAS, Paskaralingam - Treachery in Sri Lanka
Pasupathi, Siva	-	Retired former Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka, now living in Australia. He was in Oslo for the planned last set of talks (albeit it never occurred) to represent LTTE, and assisted the Tigers in drafting the ISGA (Interim self-government agreement). Many have pointed out that he is an example proving that Tamils were, and are able to reach high positions in Sri Lanka. So also Narapalasingham, and the list of distinguished Tamils show cased by the "TamilNation" (see at the bottom of this list)
Pathmanathan Selvarasan	KP, K.P. Kumaran "Kazhuthai" (donkey) known as "Tharmalingam Shanmugam Kumaran" in India	most senior remaining LTTE leader in July 2009 captured on Aug 5th 2009. His post-LTTE program is seen on his website: LTTE Dept. of International Relations. He was to be the "Thalamai Seyalar", i.e., literally translated, "Chief Secretary" of the post-LTTE organization. He is on the wanted list of the Interpol but seems to have important contacts with the Norwegian and other government heads. It was discovered that KP had a bank account in the Boomiputra Bank in Malaysia. On investigation it was found that he had at least 1562 accounts in different countries and many illegal passports. He is a a native of Myliddy in Jaffna, was born on April 6th 1955. He is an old student of Nadeswara College, Kankesanthurai and Mahajana College ,Thellippalai. KP was at one time (till 2002) the chief arms procurer of the LTTE. He also supervised overseas tiger branches and fund raising campaigns of the LTTE. He was opposed by Thamilselvan and Manivannan (Castro). He was undermined in 2002. Married a Thai in 2003. Restored to power in 2008. He was captured by Sri lankan agents on August 5th, 2009 and brought to Sri Lanka. KP's arrest New Tiger chief arrested and brought to Sri lanka
Paul, Wakeley Samson Wijiyekuma	-	One time president of Ilankai Tamil Sangam. and supporter of Eelam. Eelam Advocacy Son of Colombo surgeon Milroy Paul and Winifred Hanah Ponmany, the daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Mudaliyar William H. Ponniah Canagasabai.. He Tamil Christian of the Episcopal church, married to an American, Sandy.. He hardly knew any Tamil, but was an avid LTTE supporter who wrote articles supporting Eelam. He worked as an attorney in New Jersey. Died in March 2009
Perera, Kusal	-	LTTE- fellow traveler, journalist and NGO employee who's politics is defined mostly as a Marxist who hates "Sinhala Buddhists". Associated with "Platform for democracy", "Lanka dissent" etc.
Varatharaja Perumal	-	One time chief minister of the North-East (1988-1990) under the IPKF, and in the face of LTTE opposition who regarded him as an Indain puppet. Dayn Jayatilleke was one of his ministers. Later Perumal declared unilateral Eelam (independence) in March 1990, and when things did not work out, took refuge in India with the IKPF, further enhancing his reputation as an Indian agent. He and his family lived in Madya predesh, and in Ajmer, Rajasthan since 1990. His father was an Indian Tamil, while his mother was from Jaffna. He was a young economics lecturer in the Jaffna university in the 1980s, but had been imprisoned in the 1980s during the Sirimavo regime for his EPRLF militant activities. He was the leader of the leader of Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF). with support from Suresh Premachandran. The LTTE planed to kidnap V Perumal in 2008 but failed, as detailed in LTTE's Tamil Nadu intelligence chief caught. Perumal has returned briefly to Jaffna in 1999, and for the 2010 parliamentary elections. He seems to have some political support in Batticaloa. May 2009 interview with Perumal
Dr. Pillai, Nicholas	-	British-TULF, probabaly anti-LTTE
Pillayan	Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan	Chief Minister of the Eastern province since 2007, and ex-LTTE fighter who broke away with Karuna and formed the TMVP (Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal). See Jeyaraj's account He reneged on Karuna and took control of the TMVP. Meanwhile Karuna crafted himself a place with the SLFP ruling party.
PMK	Pattali Makkal Kadtchi	It is trying to be a "third force" in Tamil Nadu. Originally a caste based North Tamil Nadu Vanniyar political party, generally supports AIADMK now, although it supported the DMK till 2006, and the Congress (Tiwari component) in the 1990s. Its current attitude to Sri Lanka and the LTTE follows that of the AIADMK, although even more more opportunist (PMK founder, Dr S. Ramadoss has been consistently an admirer of Prabhakaran). see PMK's Tamil Nadu vote base in 2009
Pollone, Frank	-	US congressman, new Jersy, seems to have (2006) advocated autonomy for Tamils.
Poopalapillai, David	Poopa	One time "National spokesperson", Canadian Tamil congress and LTTE front man.based in Toronto. He takes part in TV and radio debates, and in defending illegal asylum-seekers etc. During the 2009 April-May pro-LTTE protests, Poopalapillai was very active. The "Hill times" (Otatw) reported that" "David Poopalapillai, a spokesperson for the Canadian Tamil Congress, said over the past weeks his group has met with Conservative MPs Peter Kent, Paul Calandra (Oak Ridges-Markham, Ont.), James Lunney (Nanaimo-Alberni, B.C.), Lois Brown (Newmarket-Aurora, Ont.), Bloc MP Jean Dorion (Longueuil-Pierre-Boucher, Que.), Liberal MPs Albina Guarnieri (Mississauga East-Cooksville, Ont.), Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West, Ont.), Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.), Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre, Ont.) and Alan Tonks (York South-Weston, Ont.) among others. Mr. Poopalapillai said the protests on Parliament Hill attracted the attention and concern of Canadians, but did not attract the government's."
Peiries, Vilani	-	Pro-LTTE journalist. This writer's postings contain statements of the form the Rajapakse government intensified its war against the LTTE in which thousands of civilians were killed and maimed, or the security forces continue to hold at least 11,700 young Tamil men and women indefinitely without charge as "terrorist suspects". Given the 300,000 IDPs freed from the clutches of the LTTE, 11,700/300,000 is 0.039, a very small fraction, and the claim that the govt. hopes ti "indefinitely hold" is unsubstantiated. The US and Britain held their war captives without trial for over five to 10 years, and the delays in the court system in Sri Lanka are such that a six to one year delay is typical of the speed of the Attorney General's dept. This should not be attributed to deliberate policy by the govt, without further evidence.

Ponnambalam, Kumar	G. G. Ponnambalam	He is the son of G. G. Ponnambalam who died in Malaya in 1977, and Kumar has retained the father's initials, and sometimes wrote articles signed as such. He has a son, Gajan G. Ponnambalam whose initials are also G. G. (Ponnambalam). Gajan is a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was an LTTE-proxy party. Kumar himself was a TNA member of parliament. He was assassinated under mysterious circumstances discussed in Victor Ivan's book ("Chavura Raejina"). He was made a posthumous "Maamanthar" by Prabhakaran. Kumar Ponnambalam clamored extensively regarding "Sinhala oppression of Tamils, mass graves, discrimination and how the Government is allegedly killing Tamils and bombing them. Kumar regarded other democratic Tamil parties as "quislings" and demanded separation, but he would agree to "Thimpu". He claimed Sinhalese colonization of Tamil homelands and ethnic cleansing. He claimed that ethnic cleansing had begun around 1920, before independence, under the British. Such claims had been made by G.G.Ponnambalam in front of the Soulbury commission and rejected. Kumar claimed that "Thamil Eelam" had existed in ancient Sri Lanka". He defended the silence of the Tamils and their lack of condemnation of the act when Neelan Thiruchelvam (Neelakandan Thiruchelvam) was assassinated (on 29th July 1999).
Prabaharan Ponnuthurai	Ponna	An oldtime supporter of the LTTE, and currently the Mid-atlantic rep. for TGTE. Health-care professional.
Pottu Amman, Vediyarasan	Shanmugalingam Sivashankar	"Irathap-pottu" or "bloody thilaks" (red thilaks) obtained by cutting the thumb and placing the thumb on the forehead were part of the political ritual of the TULF in its heady days. "Amman" means uncle in Jaffna as well as in Batticaloe. Secretive head of the Intelligence Unit of the LTTE, and its Black-Tiger suicide unit for 21 years. He had his training in the Vadayanam camp in Tamil Nadu in the early 1980s. He gre up in the Ariyalai(Aariyaala) -Naayanmaarkattu area. Shivashankar (Pottu) studied at Maheswari Vidyalayam, Canageratnam MMV (Stanley College) and Jaffna Hindu Colleg. Pottu was with Prabhakaran already in 1983, and sometimes acted as the leaders bodyguard. He was a ruthless killer assigned to eliminating "traitors" and also organizing the clandestine operations in the Tamil Nadu coastal areas. The framing and elimination of the mahaththaya cadre was also entrusted to him. He was responsible for the assasinatuion of sam and kala Thambimuttu, Politicians of of Batticaloa, right near the Canadian High Commission. The Batticaloe leader Karuna Amman and Pottu Amman were also hostile to each other. At first he was believed to be killed on 18th May 2009 along with Prabhakaran. However, his corpse has not been found. More details are given in an article by DBSJeyaraj KP on Prabhakaran's death
Ponnambalam, Namru	-	Anti-LTTE Tamil Nationalist. Edited a newspaper known as Serendeepam which started in 1994. This was forced to be shut down by LTTE threats. He has openly criticized the LTTE in interviews with the Toronto Star and other newspapers.
Prabhakaran's Father	Tirivendran Velupillai	The parents swere among the IDPS in the Nandakadol area and surrendered to government forces in May 2009. article on his death . Prabhakaran's mother, Parvathi Ammal was denied entry to Chenni when she arrived from Sigapore in April 2010. Subramanium Swamy on Prabha's parents in India
Premachandran, Suresh	-	Jaffna MP of the TNA, an LTTE-proxy party which began cooperating with the Rajapaksa government since July 2009.
Mario Pushparatnam	Pushpa	Toronto Canadian Tamil Congress spokesperson
Puthiya Thamilagama party	PTP- Tamil Nadu	This is a strongly anti-Sri lankan, pro-LTTE Tamil Nadu party. Its general Secretary. was involved in ransacking the Sri Lankan Consulate in Chennai on Oct 2, 2009.

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Fr. Jegath Gaspar Raj	Father Jegath	Catholic Priest and pro-LTTE activist in Tamil Nadu
Rajasingham, K. T.	K. T.	Currently editor of Asia Tribune and anti-LTTE activist who supports Devananda. He has a chequered history of political alliances.
Rajaratnam, Raj	-	An investment fund manager and expatriate Tamil Billionaire in New York. He financed the TRO, and also ran the Galleon Group of Hedge funds. He was accused of insider trading in 2009
Arumugum Rajeevan	-	LTTE activist, Pleaded guilty to providing and collecting funds to the LTTE-Tiger organizations via collections in Australia. He was sentenced to one year in prison and released for good behaviour for three years, in 2010 by Justice Coghlan of Melbourne who has given sentences sympathetic to LTTE supporters.
Dr. Ragavan, Raga	-	LTTE activist, Australian Federation of Tamil Associations, in Canberra, Australia
Dr. Victor Rajakulendran	-	LTTE activist, Australian Federation of Tamil Associations, in Sydney, Australia
Rajakulendran, Victor	-	Entomologist; LTTE operative and Tamil broadcaster (Thamil Muzhakkam) in NSW, Australia, since 2000. He supports an exclusive Tamil homeland and cites the Cleghorn minute: Letter to Mr Wijayadasa,written in 2000 Countering Archbishop Oswald Gomis, 2008
Rajaratnam, Sellathamby	-	One of the masterminds behind the LTTE suicide bombing of the Central Bank building in Colombo on January 31, 1996. The suspected terrorist had been hiding among civilians in a welfare camp in Vavuniya, and arrested in November 2009. Central bank bombing
Col. Ram	-	Perhaps a co-chair of the executive committee of the post-LTTE organization Amparai-Batticaloa LTTE military commander who together with Col Nagulan remained loyal to Prabhakaran after the Karuna split. He is a KP-loyalist.
Dr. S. Ramdoss	-	Pro-LTTE Tamil Nadu politician and a leader of the Pattali Makkal Kadchchi. The Vanniyar Sangam, a caste based party that aimed to lobby for the community in the northern and parts of the western districts of Tamil Nadu, later became a full-fledged political party called the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) with its founder leader S Ramadoss aligning with major parties like the DMK or the AIADMK in the State. The PMK in now with the AIADMK. (see Tamil nadu political Parties)

P. Ramaswamy	Prof. P. Ramaswamy -	Hard-core LTTE supporter and Tamil politician based in Malasyia. Deputy minster of Penanag state in 2010. He has been denied entry to India in 2010 when he attempted to come to the so caled "Tamil Literary Festival". These "Tamil literary" festivals have been highly politicized events, where the first one in Jaffna let to riots and deaths, instigated by the then young but brazen LTTE youths, and stupid retaliation by police not trained in dealing with terrorism.
Rasalingam, Sebastian	-	Anti-LTTE writer who contributes mainly to the Island Newspaper and the Sri Lanka Guardian.A low caste Jaffna Tamil born in the 1930s, he seems to have been forced to carry a low stool from class to class as the standard chairs and benches were meant for "high-caste" children. Then he lived in Mannar and Hatton where he marries an Indian Estate Tamil. Finally he moves to Colombo and "escapes" the "imprisonment" from the prejudices of Tamil society. He regards the TULF and its boys (i.e, LTTE), as a means developed by the High-Caste Tamil society to continue to rule he poor Tamils. He claims that the discrimination meted out to the ordinary Tamils by the upper-crust Tamils is far more intense than the TULF claims of discrimination of the Tamils by the Sinhalese. Rasalingam's main thesis is that the Casteism of the Tamils (the dominant ideology of P. Ramanathan) was replaced by the Racism of Ponnambalam and Chelvanayagam. This apartheid like doctrine of "Exclusive Tamil Homelands", launched in the Maradana declaration of 1949, and later in Vadukkoddai (Batakotte) was made politically acceptable when the "sinhala only" legislation and its fall out could be used as a battle cry. Rasalingam's articles are strongly against Eelam, devolution, 13th amendment etc. Wakeley Paul the Tamil lawyer from New Jersey, wrote an article against Rasalingam claiming that Rasalingam deserves a knighthood from the Sinhala Buddhists! (Paul was never made a Maamanthar by Prabhakaran.)
Ratnam Master	-	Headed the specialized Radha Brigade which provided personal security to Prabhakaran and his family. He was a retired teacher, and a head of Intelligence. He was also responsible for planning the attack on the Anuradhapura air base.
Father Ratnapala, Philip	-	Came to Ottawa in 1972 and subsequently a spokesman for the' LTTE.
Rathnasabapathi, Narendran	Naren,	key figure of the LTTE's foreign procurement arm with diversified businesses in real estate and share-markets. Allegedly involved in many illegal arms procurement deals, Naren has been deported by Singaporean authorities several times.
Ratnavale, Roy	-	Vice President, Canadian Tamil Congress. An investment fund manager based in Vancouver. He writes articles espousing the LTTE cause. It has been alleged that CTC funds or other monies collected by LTTE organizations may be invested with him. Roy Ratnavale has been a spokesman supporting the boat-load of Tamil refugee claimants who arrived in Victoria in November 2009. These regugee claimants are alleged to be ex-LTTE cadre or their associates. Ratnavale's claims in favour of the illegal would-be immigrants have been refuted by an ex-ambassador of the Canadian government in an article written to the National Post. See also, the article by Rasalingam On 17th Nov 2009, Roy Ratnavale has written to our editors/service-providers and complained that "It has been brought to my attention recently that the above link contains malicious, slanderous, unsubstantiated information as it relates to my name (see entry "Roy Ratnavale.") The details relating to my name are incorrect, unfounded and designed to tarnish my reputation; as such libelous in nature and may have serious legal implications to the content provider." We have written to Ratnavale asking him to furnish a corrected profile about him, indicating what items are incorrect, so that we can review the material. We would like to know the answers to the following: Is he, or is he not, the vice president of of the Canadian Tamil Congress? As far as we are aware, the answer is YES. Has he, or has he not, written articles supporting the separatist cause of the Tamil Tigers? Look at the Sri Lanka Guardian and we see that the answer is YES. Has he, or has he not, invested money from Tamil investors or organizations, and does he know the full origin of such funds? Has there been no such allegations? The article by Rasalingam a fellow Tamil, already makes such suggestions. What are the names of the investment management firms and other firms that Ratnavale is involved in? Is it not in the interest of the public to know these facts?
Raviraj	-	TNA parliamentarian elected in 2004 and assassinated later by the LTTE
Ravishankar, Kanagarajah	Sangili	SEE full entry under Kanagarajha Allegedley an ex-sea Tiger. He has been accused of transporting would be illegal immigrants. He is alleged to be involved with the 76 would be immigrants who arrived in Victoria, BC, in 2009. Ravishankar studied navigation in Canada and became a Canadian citizen. Associate of Nediyawan (nediyavan) of Norway
Root Ravi	?	One time head of the LTTE's "economic development organization" TEEDOR, a front organization for fund raising. He lives in London, and is opposed to KP.
Refugees	Immigrant claimants	The earliest political refugee claimants came after the 1983 "Black-July race riots. However, by then canada required a visitor's visa for Sri lankans and began to tighten immigration. In 1986 August, 155 Tamils arrived on the Nwefoundland coast, claiming refugee status. “Cold, hungry and crowded into two lifeboats, men, women and children were spotted through the fog off Newfoundland yesterday and picked up by three Canadian fishing boats. They said they had been adrift for five days, the Canadian Coast Guard reported. Although there was a highly polarized public opinion, Bryan Mulroney decided to accept them without further ado. LTTE organizations have been active in pushing Tamil refugee claimants who arrive by ship or plane or by other means at an international border. Australia, Canada, EU countries have been in the news for a longtime. Countries like China have not had such difficulties due to more strict regulations, and becuase many of these "refugees" are economic refugees, although they claim to be political refugees. People-smuggling operatives work from Sri lanka, Tamil nadu, Thailand, Indosensia, south Afria etc. A 2010 report from Chennai is illuminating. Abduction of Shanmugavel in Chennai Alex and the Ozzie media by Michael Roberts The cost of processing immigrants Toronto immigration lawyers estimate it'll cost about $22 million in legal fees for refugee hearings and appeals for the claimants. Lawyer Richard Kurland said it'll cost $50,000 to process each refugee claim and that sum drops to $29,000 a case under new laws. Kurland said about 91% of Sri Lankan refugees are accepted by an immigration and refugee board (IRB) to stay in Canada. "Most of this group will end up living in Canada legally," he said. "The majority are accepted by the IRB as legitimate refugees." Public Security Minister Vic Toews has said the government "must ensure that our refugee system is not hijacked by criminals or terrorists." It takes over 6 months for the Canadian authorities to process these immigrant batches (~500 people). In contrast, according to Asoka Weerasinghe, a correspondent writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Sri Lankana government was forced to process 300,000 Tamils who flew out of the cluthces of the LTTE in April-May 2009 and it took six months to do the job. The efficient, humanitarian handling of the IDPs (internally displace persons) by the Sri lankan government has been documented by UN agencies as well as by independent scholars. Omanthai! Omanthai! Succour for the Tamil Thousands, by Prof. Michael Roberts Omanthai is the Tamil name for the village known in Sinhala as Omanda (ඕමන්ද).
Regi, K. P.	-	He is executive director of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) a front organization for fund raising which is now banned in most counties. He lives in London, and is opposed to KP.
Rudrakumaran, Visuvanathan	-	New York attorney at Law and son of an ex-Mayor of Jaffna. He participated in the LTTE delegation of the Norwegian sponsored Peace Process. He has pushed the LTTE claim that "the SL government practices Genocide of the Tamils".He has spearheaded the attempt to lift the US ban on the LTTE. He is chairman of the "provisional transnational government of Tamil Eelam". Eelam in exile provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE)
Ryan, Joan	-	British Labour MP, Enfield North. Participating in a meeting of a pro-LTTE front, she called for expelling Sri Lanka from the commonwealth.

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Sabalingam, A	-	Journalist based in Paris, and associate of Sivaram. He was murdered by the LTTE in 1994.
Sabaratnam, T	-	Journalist and Tamil Nationalist who has supported the TNA and opposed the EPDP of Devananda and the TULF of Anandasangaree. He writes regularly to "Bottomline".
Sabaratnam, Sahilal	-	Former communications director of the Canadian Tamil Congress. He has been arrested for procuring arms and working for a terrorist organization, viz., LTTE, banned in Canada.
Sangarasivam, Sam	-	Information-systems professional in his 60s from Milton, Ont., and Trans-national Govt. of Tamil Eeelam (TGTE) activist.
Sangarasivam, yamuna	-	Social scientist-anthropologist and Activist who has represented Female Tiger suicide cadre as "freedom fighters", and justifies violence against non-combatant civilians. See "Violence and the body: race, gender, and the state" By Arturo J. Aldama (Indiana 2003), where she contributes the strongly LTTE-ideological chapter: "Militarizing the Feminine Body". Militarizing the Feminie Body .
Sampanthan, R	Sambandan, R.	Leader of the TNA-LTTE proxy party which was formed in 2001. he moved the TNA to support Gen. Fonseka against the Rajapaksa government in Dec. 2009, leading to a fractured tamil political agenda. Today the TNA remnant has resurrected essentially the old Thimpu-talks manifesto. See the write up under TNA .
Sarachandran, Sathajhan	Satha	He was a national president of the Canadian tamil Students Association and computer science student. He was arrested by the RCMP and the FBI for LTTE-terrorist activities (procurement of arms etc) in Canada. Sentenced to 26 years in US prison
Sathyenda, Nadesan	-	Son of Senator Nadesan and wealthy Lawyer based in UK. He has been defence counsel in may cases involving the LTTE (e.g., Thangathurai case, March 1983) and Tamil nationalist causes. His writings are featured in the "Tamilnation" website.
Sathyamoorthy, Thangamuththu	-	Regional Director of Health Services in Killinochchi (Giranikke). Lead medical doctor of thee trio who claimed that the SL troops were committing atrocities and bombing the hospital in the No-fire-Zone. He and his two collegeus, V. Shanmugarajah, Medical Superintendent at Mullivaaykkaal (Mulvakkada) Field Hospital and Thurairaja Varatharajah, Regional Director of Health Services in Mullaithivu (Mooladoova). They withdrew their claims in JUne 2009, once the LTTE was defeated, stating that they were forced by the LTTE to make the claims.
Sathianesan, Paul	-	Pro-LTTE activist and Councillor in the Tamil populated East Ham, London. On UK Tamils
Sebastian Seeman	-	Indian (Tamil Nadu) Filmmaker and LTTE advocate. He was deported out of Canada in November 2009 for making a fiery speech in Toronto. He advocated a new separatist military effort in Sri Lanka. Seeman in distress - DBSJ He has launched a party known as "Naam Thamilar" in 2010.
Sellathurai, Kula	-	3010 President of Canada-Sri Lanka Business Council, United Tamil council of Canada
Senathiraja, Mavi	Maavai Seanthirajah -	TNA & TULF member of parliament.
A. T. Shanthan	-	One-time head of the LTTE in London
Seneviratne, Bryan	Brian Seneviratna	LTTE activist and medical doctor based in Brisbane. Married to a Tamil lady (Kamalini). He exploits his relationships with the SWRDBandaranaike and regards him as a "traitor" who deviated from the anglicized traditions of the early Bandaranikes. He also claims that Edmund Samarakkdoy is his uncle. Asian Tribune article about Brian Seneviratna An interesting LTTE video footage (YouTube) shows Brian Seneviratna addressing an LTTE rally. LTTE video footage
Senthkumar, K	-	British Tamil Forum activist and hard-core LTTE activist.
Selvakoon, Meera	-	a treasurer of the Canadian Tamil congress, believed to be an LTTE front organization. Meera is a GP practicing in Richmond Hill, Ont.
Selvasivan, Darshikas	-	Coalition for Tamil Elections Canada spokes-person for the Dec. 19th Poll. The majority of polling stations in Canada for the referendum are in the GTA and Southern Ontario. However, polls have been opened in most other major Canadian cities, including in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. About 100K people are expected to vote.
Sherman, Brad	-	US congressman, California Democrat had supported the LTTE separatist/terrorist agenda. Sri Lankan expatriates handed over a petition which Mr. Sherman willingly accepted but left when the Sri Lankan expatriates questioned his support to Tamil Tigers and about accepting funds from its US front organization, the TRO sometime ago. The TRO and the LTTE are now a banned organization in the US.
Siddarthan, D.	-	Leading member of PLOTE (Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam) which is anti-LTTE but it is itself an armed Eelamist party. He has support in the Vannimava (Vavuniya) region.
Sivanesan	-	TNA parliamentarian elected in 2004 and assassinated later by the LTTE.
Solheim, Erik	Eric Solheim	Controversial Norwegian foreign minister of the Socialist Left, and unsuccessful "peace broker" (or rather "Freds braenningar!?") in the Sri Lankan conflict (and several other conflicts). He fell under the influence of Anton Balasingham, the chief ideologue of the LTTE and largely accepted much of Balasingham's beliefs. Solheim tried to craft a "Federal solution", with asymmetric autonomy given to the Tamils. He probably imagined that Prabhakaran could be pressurized to accepted something less than Eelam (exclusively Tamil homelands in the Northeast of Sri lanka, with sovereign power). In this he was wrong. Following the concept of Tamil sovereignty he attempted to "equate" the democratically elected Sri Lankan government" with the so-called "de-facto LTTE regime". In effect, Solheim chose to ignore the fact that the LTTE had come to power by murdering its more moderate Tamil opponents. In reality the civil administration in the LTTE-controlled areas (e.g., supply of food, running of hospitals, schools etc.,) was actually conducted and paid for by the Sri Lankan government. The LTTE ran a system of taxation to raise money, and make-shift "tiger-justice" courts which were used to control any opposition. The A9 main road was heavily taxed by the LTTE and was a source of funds for its war chest until it was closed by the SL government. No anti-LTTE opinions or newspapers were permitted inside the LTTE "de-facto" territory. Solheim also ignored the rights of Muslims, Hill-country Tamils and Eastern Tamils who did not accept the claim of the LTTE that it is the "sole representative" of all the Tamils. Solheim and other Nordics are alleged to have bent backwards in ignoring the human-rights violations of the LTTE. The cease-fire agreement (CFA) crafted largely by Solheim and Balasingham was accepted by Ranil Wickremasinghe, the Sri Lankan leader, without revealing the details of the document or tabling it in parliament. Japan was a co-signatory to the CFA. The LTTE used the CFA to rearm and get ready for the Eelam IV war, but had to face the loss of Karuna, the Eastern province Tamil commander who broke away from the LTTE. Karuna began a clandestine collaboration with the government forces. Mean while, the CFA had been violated by both sides, with the LTTE having ten times more violations. The LTTE assassination of the Foreign minister Kadirgamar, and high ranking army officers like Mutalif also occurred in spite of the CFA. Similarly, a notable increase in child conscription occurred. A few months after the coming into power of Mahinda Rajapaksa in November 2005, the LTTE attempted to assassinate the army commander Sarath Fonseka. An attempt at the life of the defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was also made, even though Rajapaksa offered peace and allowed Daya Master, a noted LTTE leader to come to Colombo for hospital treatment. Two abortive "peace talks" were also hosted by Solheim between the LTTE and Mahinda Rajapaksa's government. The Eelam IV war actually began in in July 2006 with the LTTE forcing the closure of the Mavil Oya (Mavil Aru) sluice gates near Gokanna (Trincomalee), depriving some 15,000 farmers of water. The CFA was revoked by Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2007 by which time it was a dead letter anyway. After the defeat and killing of Prabhakaran, Solheim had clandestine meetings with K. Pathmanathan the LTTE arms dealer who was on the wanted list of the Interpol. Pathmanathan himself was captured by Sri lankan agents, on the 5th of August, allegedly in Malaysia, and brought to Sri Lanka on the 6th of August 2009. Interview with BBC hard talk What is Eric Solheim doing in respect of Sri Lanka? Norway-LTTE-Eritria arms link CFA & misconception of int'l 'safety net', Island, August 2010 by Shaminddra Ferdo
Rev. Soundaranayagam, Thomas	-	Bishop of Jaffna and strong Tamil Nationalist who has worked with the LTTE and criticized the government in the post-LTTE era. Some Tamil writers as well as Sinhalese have accused the Bishop of strong complicity with the separatists. See Catholic Church, an ally of Tamil Tiger terrorists ? Sri Lanka Guardian article
Sambanthan, R.	-	TNA leader, general secy. of TULF in2001 when the TNA was formed.
Sanakar, Col; Col Shankar	Vaithilingam Sornalingam-	Early (1973) associate of Prabhakaran, KPathmanathan and Anton balasingham. He was largely responsible for building up the LTTE air wing (Tamileelam Air Force)". He studied in the vanni, then in Chennai (India) and worked in Montreal, Canada before he returned to SL in the early 1980s. He was involved in the LTTE kidnapping of the rival Tamil group (PLOTE) commander Kannan in Chennai, 1985, as well as other violent inter-tamil eleminination acts. He was 52 years old when he was killed by a Claymore mine near Oddusuddan in Sept 2001. The LTTE media issued the statement that: "The overall deputy commander of the LTTE's military division Col. Balraj has been given special powers by the supreme commander to take all measures necessary to eradicate the selective assassination campaign conducted against its high-ranking leaders allegedly by a "deep penetration commando unit of the Sri Lankan army". This long range deep penetration unit (LRDP), dreaded by the LTTE, was secretly exposed by the Ranil Wickremasinghe regime allegedly to satisfy an agreement between Wickremasinghe, the LTTE and the Norwegiens, in the context of the CFA. The commandos of the LRDP were subsequently assasinated by the LTTE once their identities were revealed. Apart from Shankar, other senior leaders like Gangai Amaran, deputy chief of the sea tigers, Nizam, LTTE-political head of Batticaloa - Amparai, and Mano, communications chief of the eastern Tigers, have been killed in similar claymore operations of the LRDP. see LRDP
Siva Sangary	-	TGTE rep, Noth-West USA: He gives his bio as: My name is Siva Sangary BS, P.Eng. I am a middle aged Tamil American who graduated from A & M University in Texas in 1986 and currently working as IT/Networking Engineer. I am married and have two young daughters. I am very much disturbed about the way the racist government of Sri Lanka and their massive military juntas perpetrates so much human right violation on Tamil minorities since 1950s and would like work tirelessly to bring the problems faced by our brethren back home to the international arena to seek remedy. I am an ardent supporter for creation of a separate State for Tamils which is our traditional home land for thousands of years.
Sathyapava, Asirvatham	-	Arrested in Thailand in 2007 for smuggling arms for the LTTE, together with Thevarajah Sashiharan and U. G. Gunapala., to be dispatched to Mooladoova (Mullaitivu)
Santhiralingam, Ruban	Jayruban ? -	Carleton University Alumni?, CTC-LTTE activist
Seevaratnam, Emden	-	LTTE financial dealer and manager of the Muththumari Amman temple in Tooting in London.
Ranjan Selva	-	TGTE southern rep. he gives his bio in 2010 as: "I am an entrepreneur having built and run several businesses over the last 30 years in the state of Texas. I live in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex with my wife and two children. I have always been involved in "our freedom struggle" going back 25 years when I helped establish a Thamil Sangam in the DFW metroplex along with my dear friend Rudra while he was a graduate student at SMU. Over the years I have helped many of our young Tamil men and women establish their life here in the US. While many escaped persecution back home and struggled to make a new life here in the US I have helped them with jobs, education and other basic needs. I have tirelessly campaigned over the years taking our cause to many public servants and representatives at both the local and national levels. In a time when the world is shying away from supporting the legitimate freedom struggle of our people I think it is more critical now than ever before to come together and rally around this democratic and transparent process of the Trans National Government of Tamil Ealam. In the coming months I expect to work hard with my colleagues and many subject matter experts to bring forth our struggle for justice, freedom and ultimately nationhood to the world."
Shalk, Peter	-	German Theologian, Tamil scholar and Academic now working in Upsala, Sweden. He has been a strong admirer of Prabhakaran, going to the extent of extolling the Blood and suicide culture of the LTTE. He was consistently supported by "Tamil studies conferences" financed largely by LTTE supporters, and this was partially responsible for moving him into the midstream of LTTE ideology. Sebastian Rasalingam, a Tamil dissident had taken issue with Peter Shalk's "sanguinary" writings. See Tamil Nationalism becomes the ethno-suicide of Sri Lankan Tamils
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Shanmugarajaha,Satrubarajah	Ruby	Caught in Credit card fraud in Norway, 2008 together with Sureswaran Thuraisingham, Kajamugan Parameswaran, Selvakumar Yoganathan, Theepakanth Aiyathurai and Sriranjan Sivananeswaran. See also M. Pathmathas (Thailand), Balakumar Poluthurai (south Africa)
Siddiqui, ?	-	He was General Fonseka's cook, and an LTTE mole who facilitated the attack on Fonseka in 2006.
Sinna, Ranjith	"Maran"	He was Nediyavan's chief negotiator. He had worked as an aide or secretary for former tiger political adviser Anton Balasingham. Note that another Ranjith" was head of the pro-LTTE radio "International Broadcasting Corporation" in London.
Athiyan Silva	-	Pro-Eelam Journalist and deviationist-Marxist [i.e., International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)]. He is a supporter of the "Socialist Equality party" and envisages, wittingly or unwittingly, a race-based, divided Sri lanka as a Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and (Tamil) Eelam as part of the Union of Socialist Republics in South Asia and internationally.
Siththarthan, Dharmalingam	-	A former parliamentarian and Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) leader. He is currently a supporter of the 13th amendment plus. His group lost to the TNA in Vavuniya (Vannimaava) in August 2009 by a small number of votes.
M.K.Sivajilingham	sivaji	TNA-TELO politician and independent Presidential candidate 200-2010 election. He supports a federal approach. His proposer was N.Srikantha.Sivananthn Kisshor, (the Vanni electoral district Parliamentarian ) who has publicly anounced of his support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sivajilingam is one of the early members of the Thangathurai-Kuttimani, pre-Prabakaran era and is probably the only early militant still active in Tamil politics. He campaigned against his uncle Mothilal Nehru in support of oppressed caste candidates.
Sivananthan Kisshor	-	TNA parliamentarian who has come out in support of the Rajapaksa government. He is the the Vanni electoral district Parliamentarian who publicly announced his support to Mahinda Rajapaksa. in the 2009 Dec-2010 Presidential election.
Gobi Sivanthan	-	A businessman from Hayes, west London and LTTE activist. Instead of admitting the role played by the LTTE in forcing Tamils into human shields and to fight against the Sri Lankan army, Sivanthan and others (e.g., Surin Surendiran of the "British Tamils) claim that the SL govt. deliberately targeted civilians. Sivantha has launched a protest march from London to Geneva. In February 2009 another British-based Tamil burned himself to death outside the UN complex claiming to draw attention to the battles in Sri Lanka.
Sivalingam, Harini	-	Media activist of the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) which is a front organization of the LTTE based in Toronto.
Sivapalan Sinnadurai	Dr.	He was the personal physician of Prabhakaran from 1997 onwards. He was arrested at the Omathai road block in 2009 by a team of police officers headed by Sub Inspector Abdeen.
Sivaparan Perinpanayagam	Nediyavan, Nediyawan	He is probably a head of the "seyalahangal" (division) of the post-LTTE organization responsible for Diaspora activities. Joined LTTE at age 18. Went to Russia for "studies". Henchman of Tamilselvan, and went to Thailand for the 4th LTTE-GOSL talks. Married to Sivagowri Shanthamohan, whose uncle was Gnanendramohan, an LTTE activist killed in Jaffna by the army. Sivaparan lives in Norway since 2005. He is in the "anti-KP" faction.
Sivakumaran P.	Ponnudurai Sivakumaran, "Eelam's Bhagat Singh"	He was a high-school drop out who became an early militant, even before the formation of the LTTE. When caught at a bank robbery in 1984, he killed himself with cyanide to prevent capture by the police. This was the inspiration that gave Prabhakaran the idea of "kuppi" for his future suicide cadre. S. J. V. Chelvanayagam and other members of the TULF had been grooming Sivakumaran as a leader of the "boys", as far back as 1975. See Article by Michael Roberts
Sivaram, Dharmeratnam	Taraki	Prabhakaran named Sivaram as a Mamanithar (Maha-manthree). see Sivaram eulogy Daily Mirror columnist and a founding Editor of the Tamilnet from 1998. He was originally a member of People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), which was formed following a split from the LTTE. He remained with PLOTE until 1990, when he took to journalism and became well known as Taraki and wrote pro-LTTE articles. He was an original supporter of Uma Maheswaran. He also attempted to disagree with the LTTE and also uncompromisingly attacked Karuna of the TMVP. He was a native of Batticaloa. He was found killed in April 2008. He was introduced in 1982to young American anthropologists like Mark Whitaker (Drew University) Dennis McGilvray (Colorado University), and Patricia Lawrance (by the pro-LTTE by Father Harry Miller, an American Jesuit missionary from New Orleans who has lived in Sri Lanka since September 1948. Miller was a teacher and rector at St Michael's College, Madakalapuwa (Batticaloa). The nature of Sivaram's links with American anthropologists, and the nature of their their links with the US information gathering services have been raised by concerned intellegance experts. Margaret Trawick from the Massey University of New Zealand was another associate of the Sivaram group. Sivaram was believed to be the the columnist "Tarski" with a "5th columnist" edge. The New York-based CIA front "The Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ) to wrote to President Chandrika Kumarantunga, "condemning such accusations". The CPJ complained that the accusations were without any "substantive evidence", tarnishing and endangering Sivaram and his family. Ironically, Sivram probably became a victim of inter-Tamil rivalries in the East rather than those insinuated by the CPJ.

Sivarajah, vaseekaran	Kobu, sassi	LTTE intellegence - possibly related to Castro and lived in the Vanni area.
Ramesh Sivarupan	-	Paris operative of the Rudrakumar (US based) faction of the post-LTTE Diaspora Elam group. He was murderd in May 2010. Thambiah Ganesh and Kuppilan Ravi, believed to be members of the Nediyavan group of the pro-LTTE faction have been taken into custody by the police in Paris in connection with the abduction and murder of Sivarupan in June 2010.
Sivasamy, Prem	-	Activist of the Ottawa Chapter of the CTC, lives in Barhaven since 2001. He immigrated from UK in '75 to Edmonton
Sivasiththamparam, Murugesu	TULF president at the formation of the TNA, 2001.	He was nominated tp parliament in 2001 via the TNA national list, and calimed that he was "prepared to serve under Prabhakaran". He died in 2002.
Sivathamby, Karthigesu., Prof.	-	Tamil nationalist who bacame close to the LTTE ideology. Senior Lecturer in Tamil at Vidyodaya University, and was released to work at the newly formed Jaffna University in 1974. His academic work is on the caste system in the Batticaloa area. He took a controversial position with respect to the Tamil studies conference, Coimbatore 2010.
Soosai	Thillayampalan Sivanesan, "Sirappu Thalapathy"	He is believed to have been killed on 18 May 2009 when a rocket hit an armoured car that he was using in an escape bid. Special commander of the Sea Tigers; one-time head of the Vaedimuraekiya (Vadamarachchy) LTTE division. The EPRLF leader Suresh Premachandran had ordered his killing, but he was released by Sugi, a middle-level leader during the IPKF period.
"Sunanthiran"	-	The TULF newspaper of the 1970s which consistently branded Duraiappah (Durayappah) as a "Traitor", long before he was assassinated.

Ramu Supan	-	An LTTE spokesman in the trans-national set up.
Sornalingam	Shankar	Killed in jaffna
Sreeharan, Nalini	Sri Haran P	Rajive gandhi Assasin jailed in 1990, and in Vellore prison in 2010. Nalini\'s proposed premature release kicks up dust storm again
Sreeharan	Sri Haran P	a President of Ilankai Tamil Sangam, P. O. Box 46, Maryknoll, NY, USA Managing Editor of "Tamilnet". He lives in the USA
Sri Kantha, Sachi	C. P. Goliard	He belongs to the older generation of English-educated versatile Tamils who became radicalized in the 1970s and unabashedly began to support the violent path. He is a biochemist based in Tokyo and writes to "The Tamil Nation" and other pro-LTTE publications. He claims to be from "Paruthu Thurai" of Tamil Eelam. Patuthu thurai" is "Pulun doova". See place.names In 2009 He gives the following reasons beside advances in military technology, for the failure of the LTTE: "The reasons for LTTE's military debacle include a natural cause (big tsunami of Dec. 2004), and four human causes (trust-busting betrayal by Karuna, tripe propaganda of Tamil traitors, terrible norms set by the "Little" Bush administration officials (e.g., Ambassador Blake) and the antagonism of IBMs (i.e., Indian Brahamin Mafia). The Tamil "Traitors" listed by SriKantha are as follows: " A list of these traitors include, Lakshman Kadirgamar, the Hoole brothers, Rohini Hensman, Rajani Thiranagama and D.B.S. Jeyaraj. The themes of tripe propaganda included child warriors, human right violations and militarization of the Tamil society. For survival reasons, the same Tamil traitors turned a blind eye to the deeds of the Sri Lankan government. The worst culprit in this category was Lakshman Kadirgamar". see "Traitor" Tragedy It seems to us that the "Tamilnation" intellectuals condoned the assassination of "Traitors" like Neelan Thiruchelvam and later, Kadirgamar, and presumably, the political killings that started with the removal of Duraiappah. Rajan Hoole suggests that SriKantha already had prior knowledge on the intended attack on the Gothabaya Rajapakse, the Defense Secretary. Messenger of Death [n.b. Regarding the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, see Science, January 28, 2005, pp. 502-504, and Tsunami Study Report 2006, Braunmuehl et al. ]
Sri Skandarajah, Bhavan	-	Strong LTTE supproter, and son of the Judge Sri Skandarajha. An engineer by Training. Currently, he is a strong Activist of the Trans-national Tamil Eelam Advocacy group and contested for the Toronto district (he did not win). He is known to have killed an antagonist during the Race riots of the 1960s.
Sri Ranjan, R	Dr. SriRanjan	a President of the Canadian Tamil congress, believed to be a an LTTE front organization. He is an Eng. professor at the University of Manitoba. His wife Dr. Sri Navaratnam is also an activist. They are also active in the Global Tamil Forum
Sreetharan, Muthuthamby	-	Believed to be an activist of the "Tamils against Genocide" program.
Suba Suntharalingam	-	TGTE, Nerw England rep. In 2010 he gives his bio as: I am a resident of Winchester MA. And a graduate of the University of Jaffna. I have worked for the Thamil community in the Greater Boston area for many years. Placing our land, our people, and our Martyrs in my heart, I will work towards creating a strong and free Government of Thamileelam. My goal is to immediately work towards releasing and rehabilitating the Cadres, children, women and old alike from the "concentration camps".
Shan Sundaram	-	TGTE, New jersey rep. In 2010 his bio is given as: "Mr. Sundaram has been living in NJ and PA areas for 33 years and immigrated from Sri Lanka. An Alumni of the of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Mr. Sundaram graduated in 1980. He is an active USTPAC member and also working with the committee for "Boycott Sri Lanka" campaign. He attended US Congressional and Senate hearings on Sri Lanka's "war crimes". He also provided information to NGO\u2019s about on the ongoing "war crimes" in Sri Lanka. He also lobbied US elected officials about alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Mr. Sundaram Volunteered in 2008 Presidential campaign for Barack Obama and had an opportunity to meet him during campaign. He enjoys paintings as a hobby and maintain two web sites www.free-tamil.com and www.sundaram-art.com.
Sun Sea (ltte - ship)	MV Sun sea, MV Harin Panich 19	Believed to be a ship carrying 500 suspected ex-Tiger Tamil asylum seekers headed for Canada's shores, August 2010. They seemed to have started from Songkhla, Thailand. This is a small port close to the Malaysian border and know for human trafficing, illegal sea-faring and a local sex trade. The cargo ship, formerly known as MV Harin Panich 19, registered in Thailand, was reported to be travelling towards the Canadian coast after a failed attempt to reach Australia, according to Sri Lanka's Sunday Observer. The vessel was allegedly sighted off the western coast of Guatemala on July 17, according to a report in the Asian Tribune that cited no sources. Sri Lanka’s high commissioner in Ottawa contends the ship is captained by a man named "Captain Vinod", (Kamalraj Kandasamy) a senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The 'impossible' voyage of a Tamil ghost ship Globe and mail report, 23rd June 2010 Alex and the Ozzie media by Michael Roberts 490: Who are the men, women and children who arrived by ship on our doorstep? Vancouver Sun, 15-Aug-2010 It has also been alleged that the MV Sun Sea is a ship which gathered elite LTTE families who had resided in Indonesia, Malaysia and India to Canada. Island article, August 2010; Move to shift LTTE base to Canada prompted by KP's arrest
Surendran, Ranjith	-	Anti-LTTE writer who has accused the Catholic church of complicity with the Tigers.
Subramaniyan, Parameswaran	-	Subramaniyan launched a hunger strike in front of the British parliament. The hunger strike lasted till June 16th. Police mounted a 24-hour presence in Parliament Square from April 6 to June 17. Several hundred protesters were at the site every day with the numbers swelling to thousands each time there were fresh reports of escalated fighting during the Sri Lankan government's offensive to end its 25-year war against the LTTE. subsequently it was claimed that the ``hunger strike'', which was the nucleus of the protest, was faked. Two newspapers claimed Subramaniun was eating hamburgers delivered from MacDonald's, as caught in clandestine police cameras. Faked Hunger strike reported in the Daily Mail This was challanged in court by Subramaiyam, and the newspapers were unable to defend themselves.
Suren Surendiran	-	UK-London based LTTE-activist for Global Tamil Forum, and British tamil Forum (BTF). The case against Suren Surendiran
John Sweeney	-	Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) spokesperson. The ERC has fallen under the orbit of pro-LTTE Diaspora groups, possibly via influential Catholic Tamil clergy. "Brisbane archdiocese's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC) executive officer Peter Arndt said the "blanket suspension of processing claims from Sri Lankans and Afghans does not treat people as human beings with personal stories and experiences but as bureaucratic categories devoid of any human dignity". Catholic Leader article Brisbane catholic Leader It should be noted that many LTTE refugees are Catholics, as the Tamil insurrection was led by low-caste Tamils who had moved to Catholicism to escape the discrimination imposed on them by high caste Tamils. This protest movement became a Tamil-Nationalist racist program demanding exclusive Tamil enclaves in the North and east of the island and led to a 30 years of Terrorism. See also "Phil Glendenning"
Col. Suresh	Amuthan	See under "Amuthan"

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Tamil Coordinating committee	TCC	There seems to be organizations named TTC in many Capitals where Lankan-Tamil Disapora's with potential for money extrotion exist. There are also other organizations with strictly racist and LTTE-oriented agendas, where such named organizations are not banned. Thus we have TRO's (Tamil Rehabilitation Organisations), TYOs (Tamil Youth Organisation), and TKCOs (Tamil Arts and Cultural Organization Netherlands). The may 11th, 2009 attack on the Sri lankan Embassy in the Netherlands is alleged to have been planned by some members of these organizations. See also ZOA
Tamil Eelam Society of Canada	-	This seems to be funded by the city of Toronto. 1160, Birchmount Rd, Scarborough, ON.
Tamil Elections Canada	TEC	Organization set up by mainly pro-LTTE Diaspora groups to evaluate its political strength by a polling process and for giving an appearance of communal opinion-sounding. See the website T E C Although 100,000 were expected, some 49,000 are claimed to have voted. It is claimed that: I aspire for the formation of the independent and sovereign state of Tamil Eelam in the North and East territory of the Island of Sri Lanka on the basis that the Tamils in the Island of Sri Lanka make a distinct nation, have a traditional homeland and have the right to Self-Determination. drew the following results: "OFFICIAL" POLL RESULTS Total Voter turnout: 48, 583 99.82% YES And 0.18% NO
Tamil Mirror, url: www.thetamilmirror.com	-	Pro-LTTE and EElamist newspaper based in Scarborough. Editor: Fred Balasingham. Director: Dharma Logan. The usal LTTE writers and supporters, Like Satheesan Kumaran, Bhavan Sri-Skandharajah, etc., are listed here.
Lt. Col. Thabo Ruben	-	"Master-minded" the Anuradhapura airbase bombing, Oct-2007. He was identified among the "civilians" held in the IDP camps in 2009.
Tambirajan, Sivapalan	-	He is the editor of the website, "Thesamnet.co.uk."
Tamil Nadu Political Parties. (this writeup reflects the position in Oct. 2009)	These parties have at times supported the LTTE, or even opposed them. However, a number of fringe parties, and specific politicians have always supported the LTTE. In the post-LTTE era the attention has been directed to organizing anti-Sri Lankan activity, claims of Genocide, IDP imprisonment etc.	There are some 50 political parties in tamil nadu, based largely on caste and regional distinctions. The major parties, DMK and AIADMK both compete for favours from the central government where the Congress party, the BJP(Bharatiya Janata Party) etc. depend on forming workable coalitions with smaller regional parties, Marxist parties etc. DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) groupings, lead by Muthuvel Karunanidhi:Jananayaga Munnetra Kazhagam, Veera Vanniyar Perava, Several Dalit outfits - Thirumavalavan's VCK, Dr K Krishnasamy's Puthiya Tamilagam, S K Tamilarasan's Republican Party of India and Valasai Ravichandran's Arunthathi Makkal Katchi are with the DMK. New Justice Party leader A C Shanmugham,educationist, representing the Mudaliar community, would extend support to the DMK as the community members allegedly got a raw deal during the previous AIADMK regim. The potter community represented by Sema Narayanan, president of Tamil Nadu Pottery Workers (Kulala) Association and the Tamil Nadu Yadava Mahasabha represented by its State president M Gopalakrishan, ex-CMD of Indian Bank have decided to back the DMK.Kongu Mandala Munnetra Peravai general secretary Easwaran, representing the Gounders in the State, would be willing to support a party that promises to help the community. Tamil Nadu Nadar Peravai leader N R Dhanapalan wanted to back the DMK provided it allowed toddy tapping. AIADMK ( Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) groupings, led by Puratchi Thalaivi DR JJayalalitha: Jayalalitha has been generally anti LTTE in her political stance, and supportive of Subramanium Swamy.of the Janatha party in this regard. The Vanniar Nala Sangham president, Mr. A. K. Natarajan, backs the AIADMK front (even if the PMK came to support the AIADMK). The PMK (Pattali Makkal Katchi) has support in the Vanniyar heartland. (See entry under PMK) Moovendhar Munnetra Peravai and All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam(AIMMK,Dr. Sethuraman is the president of the party. S. Esakkimuthu and P. Kazhuvan are the general secretary and treasurer. It called for a caste-based census and implementation of reservation on the basis of this census. Another resolution sought Most Backward Class status to Kallars, Maravars and Agamudiyars). The Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK is one of the prospective allies BJP is wooing. Although AIADMK is very right-wing, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) have formed an electoral and potential governmental alliance with the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam. The Andhra Pradesh-based Telugu Desam Party led by Chandra Babu Naidu, the TDP, is also a former ally of the BJP and is pro-AIADMK. In south tamilnadu AIADMK has been supported wholly by devar community parties from the days of M. G.Ramachandran. A heady cocktail of caste and politics by R. Rajagopal Marxist parties. These have been strongly pro-LTTE, while they often support right-wing, caste-based parties as well, depending on opportunist politics. The Leader of the comminut party of India (CPI), Mr D. Pandian (from Kanyakumari) is a member of Mr. Nedumaran's Tamil Nationalist Movement (TMM), which has been in the fore-front of the "self-determination of the Tamils in Sri Lanka" movement which "has now been handed over to the Tamil Diaspora" according to Nedumaran, the leader of Tamil Nationalist Movement (TMM) and coordinator of the "Sri Lankan Tamils Protection Movement". Dalits "The Dalit Panthers of India" are strongly pro LTTE. Thirumalavan was the Dalit MP who came with the delegation of 10 Indian MPs to visit the IDP camps. he alone condemned the Sri lankan government publicly.
TAPI	Tamil Aerican Peace Initiative	This is another pro-LTTE front which claims " the destruction of Tamil communities and culture caused by 30 years of war; and to demand an end to the continuing oppression of Tamils on the island. It engages in propaganda against the Sri lankan government, calling for boycotts of Sri lankan products. They have not attempted to help the internally displaced Tamil people (IDP) in Sri lanka, as they prefer an aggravation of the conditions of the IDP would aid the political objectives of these separatist groups. Karunyan Arulanantham (medical practitioner in Illinois, is the spokesman for TAPI, is recorded as having donated funds to the congressman Sherman, and to the Obama campaign.
Thiruthanikam Thanigasalam	Thiru	An engineer from Toronto. He was jailed for 25 years in 2010 in the United States for attempting to pay US $ 1 million to buy missiles, launchers and 500 AK-47 assault rifles in August 2006. He has been identified as theToronto office Representative of several LTTE-front organizations and charities, some of which are claimed to be linked to The World Tamil Movement, Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation and the Canadian Tamil Congress.
"Taprobanus"	Taprobane etc Many other assumed names in writing to Wikipedia	LTTE activist who carries out cyber warfare, esp. in dealing with Wikipedia articles. An early associate of Kumar Ponnambalam. Originally active in Germany, he has immigrated to Canada. Real name and address are known but not given here as there is a margin of possible error.
Col. Theepan	Velayuthapillai Baheerathakumar	Killed in April 2009; Deputy military commander of the LTTE after the demise of Balraj.
Ilankai Tamil Sangam	ITS	www.sangam.org Sam Ilangovan, Jan Janarthanan, media contacts
TGTE	Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam	Originally K. P_athmanathan (KP) was to be head of this, with Rudrakumaran in the US. "Expert" committee of this organization include: Professor M Sornarajah (UK), Professor Francis Boyle (USA), Professor P. Ramasamy (Malaysia) Professor Rev A.J.C Chandrakanthan (Canada), Professor Nadaraja Sriskandarajah (Sweden), Dr Murugar Gunasingham (Australia), Dr Sivanendran Seevanayagam (Australia), Dr A.L. Vasanthakumar (UK), Ms Karen Parker (USA), Dr N Jeyalingam (USA), Mr Selva Sivarajah (Australia), Mr Paul Williams (Netherlands) and Professor Peter Schalk (Sweden) USA results: National Representatives: Sisvanathan Rudrakumaran / Dr.Gerard Francis Regional Representatives: Ms. Suba Suntharalingam / Jeyaprakash Jeyalingam / Shan Sundaram / Prabharan Ponnuthurai / Ranjan Selva / Thave Thavendrarajah / Siva Sangary / Alex Doss May 2010 elections in Canada: Totonto 7006 voters in Dist. 1 : Joe Antony / Pon Balarajan / M. K. Ealaventhan / Tharani Prapaharan / Thirus S. Thiruchelvam / Eastern Ontario 12026 votes in Dist 2.: Esan Kulasekram / Vanitha Rajendram / Suresh Ratnabalan / Waran Vaithilingam / Mariampillai Anjelo Yogendran. Western Ontario 6621 voters Dist 3: Suren Mahendran / Balan Ratnarajah / Sam Sangarasivam/ Iyampillai Shanmuganathan / Ram Sivalingam Quebec and Eastern Canada 5419 votes in Dist 4: Kanthaiah Theiventhiran / Maharajah Nanthakumar / Niruthan Nagalaingam / Luxan Sivapragasapillai / Cornwall-Ottawa, (~5000 in Dist. 4): Bhuvanendra Nadarajah / TGTE-distric 5: Mokanasingham Marakandu / Sothinathan Sanmugam / Nagendra Katpana / Mutukumarasamy Ratna / Sivasoth Jeyamathy Denmark 3102 voters : Suken thini Nimalanathan / Remmon Washington /Maheswaran Poonapalam / Elayaraj Kannan Sithamparanathan Norway: 3511/6512 voters Jeyasri Balasubramaniam / Murali Sivanandan / Sivakanesan Thillaiampalam Current "officials" Thanks. Thisshaw wnad2918 President (head of TGTE): Rudrakumar International Affairs-Foreign Affaires: Jerome Francis and Kanigasalam Dayabaran International affairs-Media wing: Eason Kulasereran International affairs-Genocide, Human Rights and War Crimes: Genocide, Human Rights and War Crimes Political and Constitutional Affaires: Ponbalarajan and Murali Shivanandan. Education, Culture, Health and Sports: Selvarajah Selvathurai Welfare: Professor Selva Selvanathan Women, children & aged: Mrs Balam Bige Murugadas Business Development: Ponampalam Mahesweran Welfare of War Heroes: Rudrabad Segar Prisoners of war: Mrs. Migajayamodhi Sivasodhi
Thave Thavendrarajah	-	Official website of the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (according to Tamil Net, ENDLF is a Sri Lankan paramilitary group based in India)
Theepori	-	Jaffna tamil now living in USA and successful as the mid-west rep of the TGTE. he states in 2010 that " When I was in high school, the protest march against "Standardization" organized by "Tamil Youth Forum" went by our school and I was spontaneously attracted and joined. This was my piffany. Vaddukoddai mahanadu in 1976 and island-wide anti Tamil pogrom in 1983 made significant impact on my thinking and activism. I strongly believe that the Tamils are deprived of their fundamental rights and we have to fight by any means necessary to get them back."
Tissanayagam J. S.	-	A strongly pro-LTTE journalist. He has been condemned to 20 years imprisonment in August 2009 under the prevention of terrorism act. He occasionally wrote innocuous articles to the Daily Mirror and Sunday Time. His main publication was the Northeastern Monthly. He did not condemn the assassination of Kadirgamar and other terror acts of the Tigers. Kath Noble on Tissanayagam
THO	Tamils Health Organization, P.O. Box 901,Bel Air, MD 21014-0901	This is an LTTE front organization.
Thamilselvan, Suppiah Paramu	SP, "subaa"	LTTE political commissar who took over after Anton Balasingham's death. He began as a barber, worked as Prabhakaran's bodyguard. "SP" took part in a number of "peace" meetings with the GOSL. He was killed by an SL air raid in 2007.
Thileepan	Lt. Col. Thileepan, Rasaiah Parthipan	Thileepan was the political-wing leader of Jaffna and was already a sevearly injured man when he decided to go on a fast to protest against the IPKF. He was effectively a human sacrifice offered by the LTTE, in the Badhra-Kali tradition, in front of the Nallur Kandasamy temple, in Sept 1986. He commenced his fast on the 14th of September 1986, against the Indian Peace accord. However, unlike the Gandhian fasts in India which were never allowed to go to extremes, the LTTE made sure that a human sacrifice would be offered. He died on the 26th of September 1986.
Thirugnanam, Umakanth	-	Pro-LTTE spokesperson, soft-ware engineer and one-time Nortel employee in Ottawa
Thirumavalavan, Thols	Tirumavalan -	Pro-LTTE Tamil Nadu politician. He is a leader of the (Dalits) Viduthalaich Chiruththaikal (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi).
Tamil National Alliance TNA	TNA	The TNA was formed on 22 Oct.2001, loosely linking the TULF ( amil United Liberation Front), the ATCT (All Ceylon Tamil Congress), TELO (Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization), and the EPRLF (Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front), with signatures from the secys of the respective parties: R.Sambandan (TULF), N.Kumarakuruparan (ACTC) N. Srikantha (TELO) and K.Premachandran(EPRLF). The TNA was stronly backed by Colombo Tamils and professionals. The Tigers controlled the TNA via their Batticaloa leadership (Karuna and Karikalan) to give it a low status and to maintain its refusal to deal with democratic processes. Also, the LTTE had already killed TULF parliamentarians N. Thiruchelvam (1999), A. Thangathurai (1997), and also Sarojini Yogeswaran, P. Mathimugarajah, etc. Anton Balasingham had warned Sambandan to "toe the line". Finally, except for Anandasangaree, all TNA politicians became puppet supporters of the LTTE and followed its dicta. The LTTE played an active role in nominating the TNA candidates for the 2004 elections. Thus the TNA returned 22 MPs in 2004 who were allowed no opposition by the Tigers. Tiger "volunteers" on motor bicycles enforced the vote they desired and intimidated all opposition. Meanwhile, a month before the April 2004 election, Vinyagamooerth Muraleetharan (Karuna), Rajan Sathiyamoorthy and their cadre revolted against the Tigers and broke ranks in Batticaloa. Rajan Sathiyamoorthy was assisinated by the Tigers, and fighting between the two groups commenced. The TNA continued to support the Tigers. Kingsly rajanayagam, a pro-Karuna man had got elected in Baticaloa. He was abducted by the Tigers and forced to resign, and was finally assasinated by the Tigers. Then their nominee, Mr. Ariyanendran of the LTTE-TNA was "appointed" to the vacated seat. The EU observers declared that the election was a blatant miscarriage. Douglass Devaananda began to call the TNA the "Tiger Nominated Agents". But the Chandrika Government legitimized their membership in parliament. Several were later eliminated by the LTTE, Karuna operatives or left the country. Now the party is led by Mr. R Sampanthan. The TNA had shelved the fedaralist option when Prabhakaran rejected the Oslo discussions involving Balasingham. The active TNA members in 2009 are: Suresh Premachandran, Solomon Siril, S. Thurairatnasingham, R. Sampanthan, Mavai Senathirajah, Gajendrakumar Ponnampalam, Pathmini Sithamparanathan and the chief candidate in Jaffna, 2009 Mudiyappu Remedias. TNA parliamentarians Kanagasapai, William Thomas and Ariyanethran engaged in the 2009 Jaffna election campaign. Mr. Sivasakthy Anandan and Kishore engaged in election campaign for ITAK in Vavuniya (Vannimaava) Tamil National Alliance's so called "SMS leadership" is R. Sampanthan, Mavai S. Senathirajah, and Suresh Premachandran. After the demise of the LTTE in May 2009, This LTTE-proxy party has moved closer to the government, since the Local elections in the North, after the demise of the LTTE. A unified TNA ?. However, during the 2010 predidential elections, the TNA pushed by Sambanthan et al., joined with the JVP and the UNP to support Sarath Fonseka, the strongly vocally anti-Tamil Army commander who turned against the President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sivajilingama contested the presidential elections without the support of the TNA which did not unanimously toe the line of Sambandan. Sarath Fonseka earned a majority vote in the Tamil areas and lost very badly in the predominantly Sinhala areas. Fonseka's animosity to rajapaksa is based on his being sidelined by the government who suspected him to be plotting a coup d'etat, and being in league with hostile foreign powers. The 2010 April Manifesto of the TNA (which is fragmented in facing the election) seems to be a reaffirmation of the Thimpu proposals as well as the right to deal with foreign powers directly for a merged North-East. see TNA website for pictures etc. DBSJeyaraj on the TNA

TRO	Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, 517 Old Town Road, Cumberland, Maryland 21502 USA	This is an LTTE front organization now banned in many countries. It now runs as several fronts under many other names.

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Dr. Umakanthan	-	Dr. at the Vavniya (Vannimaava) hospital, and chemistry Tuition master. LTTE activist who was arrested in the Vanni by a special investigations unit. He was also connected with Giridharan, the LTTE bomb master in Colombo.
T. Umakanthan	-	Anti-LTTE EPRLF activist who was eliminated by the LTTE in Paris in Sept. 2004. Ahilan Kadirgamar's article
Umasuthan, Suntharamoorthy	-	A secretary of the Canadian Tail Congress, believed to an LTTE front organization. He is a chartered accountant and an old boy of Jaffna College.
UTCC	United Tamil Council of Canada	This is an organization of the Canada-India foundation. We do not know if there is any LTTE infiltration into this organization. UTCC fundraiser for Sri Lanka

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Vasanthan Siva	SIVA VASANDAN	New Zealand based LTTE activist.
Varatharasa, Thirunavukarasu	-	SL citizen domiciled in the US; he pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to provide arms to the LTTE and attempted export of arms and ammunition. According to the plea agreement, from April to September 29, 2006, Varatharasa conspired with Haji Subandi, Haniffa Osman and Erick Wotulo to export state-of-the-art firearms, machine guns and ammunition, surface to air missiles, night vision goggles and other military weapons to the LTTE
Vijikanendra V. S		He was arrested in March 2010, for operating (in Oberhausen) the German “affiliate” of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is banned as a “terrorist” organisation in the European Union,. Between July 2007 and April 2009, Sri Lankan national Vijikanendra V. S., 35, and German nationals Sasitharan M., 33, and Koneswaran T., 39, raised some three million euros (3.8 million dollars) from Tamils in Germany and transferred it to the LTTE or used it on LTTE orders to buy weapons and other items, the prosecutor's statement said.
Vinayagamoorthy, Aruran	-	Australian Police arrested him and Sivarajah Yathavan,after raids in Sydney and Melbourne in May 2007 on the charges of material support and funneling money collected from Tsunami charities to the LTTE.
Vinod, Captain Vinod	Kamalraj Kandasamy,	He captained at least two ships alleged to be human-smuggling operations commissioned by the Tamil-Tiger groups in Canada. He is alleged to be a senior man in the now defunct LTTE sea tigers, and operates from Thailand. The ships, MV sun sea, and MV are alleged to have been used for shippingLTTE ammunitions.
Vaageesan	-	manages the "Pathivu" pro-LTTE website, and heads the LTTE in Germany. He has opposed KP in the post-LTTE set up.
Vasantha Raja	-	an Editor of London based Tamil Guardian. He is a much married person, where his fourth wife worked for the "Siras" as a radio journalist. Currently he edits the electronic journal "LankaEye" and writes in "Ground Views". Chairman of state Television during Chandrika Bandaranaike's time, and later a spokesman for the LTTE from London.
Vasantha Siva	Dr. Siva Vasathan	New Zealand (Auckland) based Global Tamil Forum activist
Vany kumar	-	British Tamil woman (25 years old)who claimed to be a medical aid and mercy helper among the LTTE soldiers. She also claimed that soldiers sexually molested IDP women. This has been strongly denied by army writers. See: "Tamils, local or overseas, are showing their hypocrisy"

Vaiko	V. Gopalaswamy	A leader of the Marumalarchchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu politician and LTTE supporter who claims that Prabhakaran is still alive. He is the General Secy. of the MDMK. See also under Nedumaran
Venthanayagam	-	Government Agent of Giranikke (Killinochchi) under the LTTE. He has been under investigation after the fall of the LTTE
Varnakulasingham, K	-	Father of Murugadas, one of the six Tamils who immolated themselves in support of the LTTE. in February 2009. 6 Tamils immolate themselves K. V was active at the "Hero's day meeting, Nov 27, 2009 in London
Vaseekaran	Vaseegaran	Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) activist. See under Ganasekaran
Vaz, Keith	-	British labour party; MP for Leicester East, and believed to have ties with various Tamil miltant organizations in the UK which may be fronts of the banned LTTE. He was for sometime involved in a group (2007 onwards) known as the "All party Parliamentary Group for tamils in Britain". See Links with Tamil Tigers London Times report- Vaz and LTTE. Kieth Vaz and parliamentary finacial scandles
Vidanage, harindra Ranura	Harindra	Vidanage has been supportive of Tamil net editor Sivaram and his LTTE politics. He contributed to an issue where the Tiger leader Prabhakaran's eulogy to Sivaram was the lead item. There, Prabhakaran named Sivaram as a Mamanithar (Maha-manthree). see Sivaram eulogy However, today, to the amazement of many observers, he is a top official in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, holding a key media post and running the Bandaranaike Centre for International Relations! Vidanage is a political science graduate from Colombo university and did post-graduate work with Luke March and Johnathan Spencer of Edinburgh university. The Colombo university political science dept was made up of NGO-funded individuals who wrote and defended the ideology that the Norwegians and foreign vested interests were keen on foisting upon Sri Lanka. It had individuals like Jayadeva Uyangoda, a reformed Che Guevara-JVP militant who began to preach "asymmetrical devolution" and played a role in the early efforts of Chandrika Bandaranaike to talk with Prbhakaran. Those talks were terminated by Prabhakaran who destroyed several ships anchored in Trincomalee and launched hostilities. Jonathan Spencer of Edinburgh University has claimed in one of his books that the historical consciousness of the Sinhala Buddhists is one cause of the war, but failed to note the most intense historical claims of the Tamil nationalists, where, for example, G. G. Ponnambalam's campaigns attacking the Mahavasma and the sinhalese in the 1930s led directly to the 1939 Sinhala-Tamil riot in Navalapitiya. Chelvanayagam's pre-1956 efforts to generate racist polarization are forgotten by these scholars. Vidanage has written about cyber war-fare in Politics, Given the highly biased political education received by Vidanage in Colombo and Edinburgh, it is not surprising that his thinking is found to be at one with the likes of Tisaranee Gunasekera and other anti-nationalist journalists. Also, academics cannot get a hearing in the west today unless they engage in some element of "Sinhala-Buddhist bashing".
Vidyadaran, Nadesapillai	-	Editor of Sudar Oli. The Sudar Oli was a Pro-LTTE paper during the hay-day of the LTTE.
Vijikanendra V. S.	-	Activist of German Tamil Coordination Committee (TCC), based in Oberhausen.
Arunan Vinayagamoorthy	-	pleaded guilty to providing funds to the Tamil Tigers and to the more serious charge of providing electronic devices to the group, one of which ended up in a land mine. He was sentenced to two years in jail but was released on a good behaviour bond for four years by an Australian court in Melbourne, 2010.
Vinayagamoorthy, Murugesu	Dr. Moorthy	British, arrested in 2007 in New York for aiding the LTTE by facilitating the purchase of American rockets and British submarine technology.
Vinodkumar, Kalimuttu	-	He was among 12 LTTE terrorists given a three-month course in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland also invited a group of LTTE leaders to visit the country in October 2003. The then Irish Foreign, Minister Brian Cowen called it internal talks on a peace deal. Such visits took place even after the LTTE quit the negotiating table in April, 2003.
Vithyatharan, N	-	Editr of the Tamil language dailies Uthayan and Sudaroli. Uthayan is more Colombo-centric, while Sudaroli is Jaffna-centric. These papers were mainly pro-LTTE during LTTE power. Vithyatharan insists that the North and East are exclusive Tamil homelands, and he is even against Chinese contractors bringing in their workers as it will ``affect Tamil culture''. He has no objection to a military ruler taking over Sri lanka as ""The Tamils, used to the military rule, are not unduly worried about a coup". Report in Asia Tribune

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Whitehall, John	-	Medical doctor and LTTE activists based in Sydney, Australia. He visited the Vanni when it was under the Tigers. Whitehall writes in the "www.tamilsydney.com website. Whitehall has orchestrated the claims of Genocide, cluster bomb use etc., against the Sri lankan Govt., supporting the LTTE position.
Wickramasinghe, Nanda	-	Pro-LTTE Journalist. Even after the fall of the LTTE, this author wrote: President Rajapakse plunged the island back to civil war in mid-2006 and ruthlessly prosecuted military operations against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) resulting in thousands of civilians deaths.

Wijemanna, Adrian	-	London-based Leftist fellow-traveler of the LTTE. Married to a Tamil lady.
Waterloo Suresh	Sri Skandharaja, Suresh	Arrested in August 2007. Waterloo, Canada engineering student, allegedly used student couriers to smuggle war-related items to the LTTE. FBI documents said that he told the students to hide the contraband with "teddies and chocolates." Possibly related to the Late Judge Sri Skandharaja who was often mocked by G. G. Ponnambalam as Sri Skandharaja was deemed "low caste", compared to GGP. In August 2007, Thirteen suspects with close links to the LTTE, including "Waterloo" Suresh alias Suresh Skandarajah, were arrested from Buffalo, New York, San Jose, California, Seattle, Washington and Connecticut following the Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP) and FBI probe into allegations that LTTE sympathizers in North America tried to buy missiles and move terror funds.
World Tamil Movement	WTM	Canada was one of the top sources of funding for the LTTE, providing up to $12-million a year, says a secret intelligence report obtained by the National Post. In a classified report written in June 2008, federal officials wrote that the outfit was getting much of their money from Canada. "Canada's Tamil community has been among the LTTE's largest sources of funds, having contributed up to $10- to $12-million annually in past years," the report said. A copy of the report was released to National Post under the Access to Information Act. The RCMP began investigating LTTE fund raising efforts in Canada in 2002. Police believe the outfit raised money in Toronto and Montreal to finance weapons purchases, but investigators have never said the dollar figures were so high. "The LTTE through its many front organizations in other countries, including Canada, has conducted extensive fund raising and other activities to support its efforts in Sri Lanka," the report added. The tactics used to collect money were "often coercive," it said, naming the Toronto-based World Tamil Movement (WTM) as the outfit's leading front in Canada. "As such, the WTM has been instrumental in fund raising in Canada on behalf of the LTTE." Police searched the World Tamil Movement offices in Ontario and Quebec in 2006. Sittampalam, and Nehru Gunaratnam were interviewed and denied any fund collection. In 2009, the Government banned the group under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Federal lawyers are now in court trying to seize its properties and bank accounts. The organization has, however, denied any wrongdoing. The above is extracted SATP report

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Xavier, Francis	-	Father Francis Xavier is a retired Anglican priest, now in Toronto, a therapist and the coordinator of the Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils (FACT)

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Yathavan,Sivarajah, wife Abiram,	-	Conducted LTTE operations in Victoria, Australia. in association with P. Senthuran, father-in-law of Yathavan. SY was sentenced to one year in prison and released for good behaviour for three years by the Judge Coghlan who has given out lenient sentences to pro-Ltte terrorist suspects, claiming that ""I am prepared to accept as a general proposition that you were each motivated by a desire to assist the Tamil community in Sri Lanka,".
Yogarasa, nadarasa	-	Arrested in Canada for working for the LTTE and procuring arms, heat-seeking missiles etc.. See also Satha Sarachandran. Jailed for 16 years in the US

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ZOA	ZOa Refugee care	This is an avowed Christian oeganization, and all staff are avowed Christians even if they work in predominantly non-christian countries. Accussations against ZOA for complicity with the LTTE

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Last updated 20-03-2010

A WHO'S WHO OF SOME LTTE ACTIVISTS, OPPONENTS etc., PAST AND PRESENT.

This site is still under construction, and the entries will be constantly modified as the editors get information from varied sources.

This site is still under construction, and the entries will be
constantly modified as the editors get information from
varied sources.