K. Sivanesan
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Kiddinan Sivanesan (January 21, 1957 - March 6, 2008) was an ethnic Tamil Sri Lankan Member of Parliament (MP) from Jaffna. He belonged to the TNA a pro LTTE party and he was a critic of Rajapakse government's war against the LTTE. He was killed on March 6, 2008 by a roadside bomb near Killinochchi in LTTE controlled area in northern Sri Lanka while he was returning to his house in Mallaavi. The LTTE and other TNA MPs alleged that it was carried out by a Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit[1][2], the Army has denied the allegation[3].
K. Sivanesan had alleged that he had been harassed by Sri Lankan Army earlier[4]. January that year a non-cabinet minister & MP D. M. Dassanayake was also killed in a similar roadside bombing in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo, the government blamed the LTTE for the killing.
Background |
Sri Lanka • History of Sri Lanka |
Origins of the Civil War |
Origins of the Civil War Black July • Riots and pogroms Human rights • Allegations of state terror Tamil militant groups |
LTTE |
LTTE • Attacks • Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna |
Current major figures |
Mahinda Rajapaksa Velupillai Prabhakaran Karuna Amman Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sarath Fonseka |
Indian Involvement |
Operation Poomalai Indo-Sri Lanka Accord Indian Peace Keeping Force Rajiv Gandhi • RAW |
See also |
Military of Sri Lanka TMVP • EPDP Notable assassinations • Child soldiers |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Disparity in condemning attacks on civilian targets, counterproductive - TNA MPs in Oslo
- Four TNA MPs appeal to the international community to pay attention to the increasing disappearances
- Tamil MP killed, Sri Lanka under fire over rights 'nightmare'
[edit] See also
Assassinated parliamentarians in 2007-2008