Human skeletons spotted inside well, bunkers

Human skeletons spotted inside well, bunkers in PTK

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 01 January 2014, 11:00 GMT]
Human skeletons have been spotted inside a well and the surrounding land of a house located at 2nd division of Puthuk-kudiyiruppu (PTK) in Mullaiththeevu district, news reports from Mullaiththeevu said. On the latest reports of finding human skeletons in PTK, Tamil activists in Mullaiththeevu suspected that these could be the victims who were executed by the advancing Sri Lankan military in 2009 genocidal onslaught on Vanni.

There were also reports of injured civilians being massacred inside their bunkers during the massive onslaught. The occupying Sri Lankan military has suppressed the news of similar discoveries earlier in Mullaiththeevu.

Following the recent focus on Mannaar mass graves, people are reporting such cases also in other areas.

In the meantime, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has also urged international investigations on the mass graves in Mannaar stating that it had no faith in the investigations being carried out by the occupying Sri Lankan government.

TNA’s call for international investigations on Mannaar mass grave has come after a similar request from the Bishop of Mannaar.

Chronology:

01.01.14  Human skeletons spotted inside well, bunkers in PT..

30.12.13  Colombo's motive of using China for forensic exami..

24.12.13  More skeletons to be exhumed from mass grave in Ma..

22.12.13  Colombo sabotages DNA testing on skeletal remains ..

Double standard in clearing UXOs endangers resettlement in Mullaiththeevu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 23:03 GMT]
Leftover unexploded cluster munitions keep exploding every day in the suburbs of PTK, where the resettling people have embarked upon the dangerous exercise of clearing their lands. In a propaganda drive to close down the Menik Farm camp in Cheddiku'lam, Vavuniyaa, Sri Lanka military operated de-mining officers have given green signal for resettlement in selected suburbs of Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) of Mullaiththeevu district, while the lands appropriated by the occupying SL military for militarization and Sinhalicisation in the same area have been carefully de-mined with external aid. At least four cases of big explosions have been reported in Vanni and Jaffna this week with two people seriously injured.

On Monday, a resettling Tamil man was injured in a UXO explosion and admitted to Chavakachcheari hospital and later transferred to Jaffna hospital.

On Tuesday, a 28-year-old male, Thiyagaraja Yogaraja, was seriously wounded in both of his legs at Kanakaampikaik-ku'lam in Ki'linochchi district when a land mine exploded while he was clearing the land.

The occupying military of Colombo, engaged in erasing the traces of its genocidal onslaught on Eezham Tamils, has not allowed internationally renowned humanitarian agencies in the field of de-mining to engage in independent operations even after three years have elapsed since the end of Vanni war.

Meanwhile, there are also allegations that South African companies were deployed in removing the traces of genocide and bulldozing the areas where the occupying SL military carried out its genocidal slaughter in the final days of the war. Now, the occupying Sinhala military is engaged in earning money by systematically backing plunder and trade of vehicles and scrap-iron left in the villages, where resettlement is not allowed.

In the meantime, resettling people in the suburbs of PTK engage in the dangerous exercise of burning almost everything in their lands to make sure that cluster munitions and other unexploded ordinance remaining in the surface.

Former humanitarian workers, who were engaged in de-mining work during the ceasefire, blame that the SL military de-miners are not following the procedures for clearing the lands. They further accuse that the workers at UN agencies that engage in monitoring the final phase of clearance are also influenced by the Colombo regime to cooperate with its selective approach in clearing land mines.

Chronology:

29.08.12  Double standard in clearing UXOs endangers resettl..

24.08.12  Resettlement showcase brings in further miseries t..

21.08.12  SL military blocks resettlement in suburb of PTK

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SL military blocks resettlement in suburb of PTK

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 22:16 GMT]
Landmine clearing unit of the occupying Sri Lankan military has instructed forty Tamil families who resettled recently at 9th ward of Mallikaith-theevu village in Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) division in Mullaiththeevu district, to vacate from their lands after the SL authorities had allowed the families to resettle earlier this month. The families were among 96 families that were hurriedly brought down to Mullaiththeevu from Menik Farm camp in Cheddi-ku'lam in Vavuniyaa, promising resettlement in Mallikaith-theevu, Puthukkudiyiruppu West and Puthukkudiyiruppu East. On the one hand Colombo is rushing to showcase that it is closing down the Menik Farm camp. But, on the other hand the occupying military of Colombo is blocking resettlement in the land of Vanni genocide. The SL military still considers the area as its High Security Zone (HSZ), relocated civilians said.

Colombo has not allowed resettlement in Puthumaaththa'lan, Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal, Iraddai-mu'l'livaaykkaal, Valaignar-madam and certain suburbs of Puthukkudiyiruppu town.

In a highly publicized move, the SL authorities had brought down the families from Menik Farm to Puthukkidiyiruppu and its suburbs, promising resettlement in their own lands on 13 August.

However, within a few days, a Sri Lankan military operated land mines clearing team had come to the 9th ward and claimed that the area was not cleared of unexploded ordnance when the people were clearing their lands.

After the warning of land mines by the SLA, the families have sought refuge at the school building in the village.

The SL military had adopted similar tactics earlier by curbing resettlement citing various reasons.

At Koampaavil, people promised of resettlement in their own lands were brought down from Menik Farm and trapped into yet another camp life. Even the UN agencies were indirectly abetting the SL State's programme of relocation of uprooted people without basic facilities.

At Thirumu'rika'ndi, Tamil families brought down from Menik Farm by the SL authorities promising resettlement were later assaulted and relocated when they refused to accept the terms of the SL military and vowed to stage a protest.

‘Resettled’ people, who are not provided with basic facilities in Poonakari are staging a protest on Wednesday in front of their divisional secretariat.

Meanwhile, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian from Vanni Mr. Sritharan was refused access to Menik Farm when he went there recently to inspect the situation of the people there.

In the meantime, the occupying Sinhala military is also engaged in erasing all the remaining traces of genocide.