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Persons who supplied information to rebel Leader Karuna, undergoing ‘inhumane torture’ in LTTE camp
Munza Mushtaq in Colombo,
March 13, 2005, 7.42 p.m..
It is revealed that the LTTE has a torture camp at Veppavettuvan, Iluppadichenai in the Batticaloa District. It is said that 350 persons are being held chained at this camp. These detainees are mercilessly tortured and at night are made to sleep on wet floors, EPDP reports claim.
“The LTTE had appointed a person called Mahindan to be in charge of the camp and another LTTE cadre Jegan, is in-charge of interrogating the detainees and torturing them.
Jegan tortures the innocent persons by slashing their bodies with a knife and then sprinkling chili powder on to the wounds. These LTTE cadres are also reported to be burning the victims with lighted mosquito coils,” the reports alleged.
These 350 are under detention on grounds that they had supplied ‘vital information’ to Tiger rebel Leader Karuna.
Published: Sun Mar 13 08:56:15 EST 2005
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Chandrika's family house to become boutique hotel
Yahoo,
March 14.
DUE TO the rising cost of maintenance, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's family home in Colombo is being turned into an up-market boutique hotel, The Sunday Times reports.
The 14,000 square feet mansion, built in the mid forties by her father and former prime minister, S W R D Bandaranaike, in the posh Rosmead Place, will preserve its colonial architecture and atmosphere, Kumaratunga's elder sister, Sunethra Bandaranaike, said.
Tintage, designed by the famous Parsi architect, Homi Billimoria, is packed with history. S W R D Bandaranaike was assassinated in its verandah in 1959. That was Sri Lanka's first political murder, marking the beginning of religion and community based violent politics, which is the bane of Sri Lanka till date.
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Published: Sun Mar 13 19:13:15 EST 2005
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SRI LANKA HOPEFUL OF EXCEEDING TOURISM TARGETS
Yahoo,
March 14.
SRI LANKA Tourist Board (SLTB) Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara expressed hope that the number of tourists arriving in Sri Lanka this year will exceed the previous year's arrivals in spite of the set back due to the December 26 tsunami.
Addressing the media at the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) in Berlin, Germany he said that soon after the tsunami, tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka dropped.
"Usually in January and February, Sri Lanka has around 2,800 arrivals per day. However, this dropped to around 1,400 per day in the first two months. With the country recovering fast, arrivals are picking up once again and we are confident that Sri Lanka can pass the 600,000 arrival mark by the end of 2005," he said.
Sri Lanka's tourist arrival projections for 2004 were 550,000.
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Published: Sun Mar 13 20:08:01 EST 2005
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