K. S. Raja
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| K. S. Raja <Ta> | ||
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| Birth place | Sri Lanka | |
| Died | 1989[citation needed] | |
| in | Colombo | |
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| Occupation | Journalist | |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil | |
| Notable credit(s) | Popular Radio Journalist | |
K. S. Raja (also spelled K. S. Rajah, full name Kanakaratnam Sriskandarajah) was a very popular Radio Ceylon radio announcer from Sri Lanka. He was popular with his audiences in both Sri Lanka and in Tamil Nadu in India. During the course of the Sri Lankan civil war, he was killed by unknown gunmen. [1]
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[edit] Biography
He was born in a town called Karainagar (see here) 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.[1]
[edit] His death
After the 1983 Black July anti-minority pogrom he briefly moved to India and was involved with the Tamil militant group Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front(EPRLF).[citation needed] 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.
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With the resumption of hostilities between the government of Sri Lanka and the main rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) he was abducted by unknown persons and found murdered in a Colombo beach. [2]
[edit] Controversy
According a former member of a political party and a paramilitary group known as the Eelam People's Democratic Party(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. [2]
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. [3]. In in its official website EPDP has accused the rebel LTTE as being behind the killing.[4]
