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திங்கள், 27 ஆகஸ்ட், 2012

Another brutal attack sends Tamil political prisoner to coma

[TamilNet, Monday, 27 August 2012, 06:51 GMT]
Following the attack on the Eezham Tamil prisoners in Vauniyaa resulting in the death of two and injury of many, details of the case of a new attack in the Galle prison last week, leaving a prisoner in coma status and others suspectedly injured, have started trickling out now. The Tamil prisoner in coma is identified as 34-year-old Sundaram Satheeskumar, father of a 10-year-old child. The victim was arrested at his residence in Kodikaamam in 2008 by the occupying SL military, handed over to the SL police and was kept in the New Magazine prison in Colombo without any charges filed against him. Last week, on 21 August, he was transferred to the Galle prison.

When his wife, Ms. Kavitha and his 10-year-old daughter Sahitya went to see him on Friday, they were told of the transfer, and when they went to Galle, the family found him in a state of coma admitted in the Karapitiya hospital in Galle.

SL prison authorities in Galle prion had also attempted to get signature from the wife of the victim in documents in Sinhala. Kavitha had refused to put her sign on papers, informed sources told media.

The prisoner had sustained serious injuries to his head in addition to other injuries elsewhere in his body that revealed brutal torture meted out to the victim, the sources further said.

In the meantime, unconfirmed reports said that the SL prison authorities have denied treatment to other prisoners who had sustained injuries.

Chronology:

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திங்கள், 9 ஜூலை, 2012

Tamil reported missing found in coma after Vavuniyaa prison raid

[TamilNet, Sunday, 08 July 2012, 23:37 GMT]
28-year-old Tamil man, Dilrukshan Muthurasa from Iluppaikkadavai, in Maanthai West of Mannaar district in Vanni, was one of the prisoners in Vavuniyaa prison, which was raided by the Sri Lankan Special Task Force commandos on 29 June. Dilrukshan, seriously attacked and allegedly subjected to torture at Vavuniyaa and Anuradhapura prisons, is currently in coma and is fighting for his life at Mahara prison. His mother, Reeza Muthurasa, who didn't know about the whereabouts of her son, has identified him after visiting her son at Mahara hospital, following press reports. According to Ms Reeza, her son, who had gone on employment in Middle East in 2006 had returned just before the war intensified in Vanni and was caught by the SL Navy when he tried to escape the war zone in a boat in 2009.

Legal sources in Colombo said there has been allegations of discrimination in medical treatment to the prisoner who needs proper medical care.

Dilrukshan's condition has deteriorated at Mahara hospital, according to his mother who said bad odour was emanating from the victim, who is struggling for his life at the hospital.

Ms Reeza further said Dilukshan was the only able son to take care of their family and rejected the claim of the Sri Lankan military that her son was a commander of the LTTE. How could Dilukshan, who had just come back from abroad and was trying escape the war zone, be described as a commander in the LTTE, she asked.

Another 28-year-old Tamil prisoner, Ganesan Nimalarooban from Nelukku'lam in Vavuniyaa, had succumbed to his injuries at Mahara hospital a few days ago.

Nimalarooban had been taken away from his house long after the end of war, alleging that he was associated to the LTTE.

The Judicial Medical Officer in Mahara was attempting to produce a document that falsely suggested that Nimalarooban had died of heart attack, the parents, who had refused to sign the papers said.

78-year-old father and 60-year-old mother of the slain victim have said that their son lost his life after severe torture. They have been demanding that the body should be handed over to them for final rites and cremation according to Saiva tradition.

In the meantime, the Sri Lankan police has been pushing for burial in Mahara prison without allowing the family of Nimalarooban to take his body to Nelukku'lam in Vavuniyaa.

The SL police has argued at the SL court in Mahara that violence could erupt in Vavuniyaa if the body was handed over to the family.

Following this, the SL Court had given permission for the burial at Mahara hospital. But, the parents of the slain victim have opposed the move.

Chronology:

08.07.12 Tamil reported missing found in coma after Vavuniy..

05.07.12 ‘IC turns deaf ear to struggling Eezham Tamil Pris..

29.06.12 SL forces fatally attack protesting Tamil Prisoner..