Sri Lankan Navy suspected in disappearance of two fishermen in Mullaitivu
Anthonipillai Soosainather (44) and Thevasahayampillai Jeyakumar (39), fishermen from Mullaitivu, have been missing since they went to sea on 23 January. Evidence found in their boat that was swept ashore three days later points to the Sri Lankan Navy’s involvement in their disappearance. Northeast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR) issued a report on 29 January about their disappearance.
 The NESOHR disappearance report of Soosainather and Jeyakumar stated that the two men left for their daily routine of fishing on 23 January around 3:30 pm in the Vannankulam area. Residents in the area stated that they heard gunshots at about 8:45 pm, causing them to fear that the fishermen’s lives were at risk. The next morning, when Soosainather and Jeyakumar would usually return, they did not come back. A family-organized search with local boats and the Federation of Fishermen’s Union’s search with a team of 37 boats, found nothing, except the remains of a fishing net in the sea. 
Three days after, on 27 January, people from the neighbouring village of Mullivaikal found the boat swept ashore. Attached to the boat was a severed rope and an iron cable wire, both of which residents believe are materials used by the Sri Lankan Navy. Both men and their families returned to Mullaitivu in 2003, after they displaced to India due to the Indian Army occupation in 1990. The families reported the incident to the LTTE police station in Mullaitivu and the SLMM.
30 January 2006
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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