K.S.Raja
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K.S. Raja (also spelled K.S. Rajah, full name Kanakaratnam Sriskandarajah) was a very popular Radio Ceylon radio announcer in Sri Lanka and South India.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in a town called Karainagar in the Jaffna peninsula to middle class minority Sri Lankan Tamil parents and grew up in Kotatadi, Jaffna.
[edit] Career in Radio Ceylon
He was a pioneering announcer in the Tamil language known for his melodious voice and innovative programs. His programs were popular in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
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[edit] His death
After the 1983 Black July anti-minority pogrom he briefly moved to India and was involved with the Tamil militant group EPRLF. Subsequent to the Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord in 1987, he returned to his former job in Radio Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. With the resumption of hostilities between the government of Sri Lanka and the main rebel group LTTE he was abducted by unknown persons and found murdered in a Colombo beach.
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[edit] Controversy
According a former member of a Tamil militant group known as the EPDP which in itself was a pro government splinter group from the EPRLF that K.S. Raja was once part of, K.S Raja was killed by orders of Douglas Devananda the leader of EPDP. When Douglas Devanada was asked about his involvement in the murder of K. S. Raja, he did not directly deny responsibility or answer the question instead pointed to other journalists allegedly killed by LTTE.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ The Hindu on his legendary status
- ↑ EPDP accused of his murder
- ↑ Ask Douglas Devananda questions series
