Army warns Tamils to be wary of elements that undermine peace
April 14, 2012 10:24 pm
A top Sri
Lankan Army commander has warned the Tamil people in the country’s north to be
wary of elements attempting to undermine the hard-earned peace.
Speaking to the local people after distributing
grants to former LTTE combatants for their rehabilitation, Jaffna Commander Maj
Gen Mahinda Hathurusinghe invited the Tamil Diaspora to help the needy rather
than undermining normalcy.
“Various groups in Tamil Diaspora are now in the
process of undermining the hard-earned peace in the country. Instead of
disturbing peace now being enjoyed by people of Sri Lanka, those groups must
come forward to help destitute people to make their life better using money being
wasted on creating dissension among communities in Sri Lanka,” he said.
Hathurusinghe
said as all communities in the island had suffered irrespective of ethnicity by
the LTTE’s campaign for a separate state, now it was the time to forget the
dark era of the past and unite as one nation that is Sri Lanka.
The civil war in Lanka ended in 2009 with the
defeat of the LTTE and killing of its top leadership.
In the first phase, each of some 25 of the
ex-LTTE combatants released after rehabilitation were offered rupees 50,000.
The balance rupees 200,000 will be granted in future.
The Army also
handed over a house built by the troops to a war widow. Some 84 kids of four
pre-schools in Alaveddy area were given school uniforms, shoes and exercise
books as New Year gifts. Another 50 students were given parcels of exercise
books.
Sri Lanka is wary of the pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora
domiciled in the West who the government claims are looking for an opportunity
to revive the LTTE activity. (PTI)
