Sinhala military wants ‘Kappan’ from Batticaloa Tamil farmers
Aiming at totally bankrupting the Tamil farmers of Koa'raippattu
South (Kiraan) division in Batticaloa district, the occupying Sri Lankan
military, which schemes Sinhalicisaton and colonisation of the
pasturelands in the division, now demand 3,000 rupees per 10 cattle from
the Tamil farmers. The ‘Kappan’ military of Sri Lanka has instructed
the Tamil farm-owners to pay the money before 25th of this month. The
extortion is taking place in the name of providing ‘housing’ to disabled
Sinhala soldiers, the farmers from Alli-oadai village told TamilNet on
Friday.
The location of newly established checkpoints of the Sri Lanka Army at Allai-oadai and Maavaddavaan junction [Photo: TamilNet]
Earlier, Tamil paramilitary personnel operated by the SL military were demanding money.
But this time, the extortion has reached a larger proportion.
The
SL military now wants the Tamil farmers to give up grazing their cattle
and farming in the area, the Tamil farmers complain.
The
officers of the occupying Sinhala military have earlier registered the
number of cattle owned by the Tamil farmers in the division. They are
now using these figures to demand large sums of money from the Tamil
farmers.
Already, more than 500 Sinhalese brought from the South
have encroached into the pasturelands and the Sinhala ‘Civil Defence
Force’ paramilitary operated by Colombo has been killing and stealing
the cattle of Tamil farmers.
The Tamil name of the village
Alli-oadai (lotus pond) has also been changed to ‘Aliayaa-oadai’ in
Sinhala by the occupying military.
Two months ago, the Sri Lanka
Army soldiers at the nearby Koaddaik-kallaa'ru were harassing the Tamil
villagers for money, showing a letter in English and Sinhala that they
were constructing houses for disabled Sri Lankan soldiers.
Kappan
in Sinhala, related to Kappam in Tamil and meaning taxes or tribute, is
widely used today as a word for extortion of money.
Shown
within the red circle is the Alli Oadai junction where 5 acres of land
has been appropriated to construct a Buddhist stupa. Local people are
prohibited from going to that area and beyond it to Kudumpimalai
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