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SLA activities in the Northeast on 30 April 2006

On 30 April 2006 at 7.30 pm, SLA shelled the LTTE area of Poonagari from the SLA camp located in Mandaithivu.

SLA search increase in Jaffna

SLA cordon and search operations have increased in Jaffna in recent times. In particular it is very intensive in the Jaffna town areas. Shoppers and workers in the town are constantly subjected to heavy checking.

On April 30, SLA arriving in large numbers in heavy vehicles conducted cordon and search in Inuvil, Karaikal and Nalamkaddai. Young men were subjected to threats during these operations.

SLA increases number of ill conceived road blocks

SLA has placed large number of road blocks along the roads in Jaffna. These road blocks placed at close intervals is causing inconvenience to the dirvers and cyclists. Some of the road blocks are made of sand bunds that are too high.

In Jaffna, many people earn a living by transporting heavy material on bicycles. These cyclists find it extremely difficult to manage these sand bunds across roads.

Many of the road blocks are constructed after narrowing the roads with wooden material first. If drivers accidentally knock the wooden structures that narrow the roads, the SLA nearby is beating the drivers.

Jaffna residents ordered to remove fences

SLA is ordering residents in Ponnalai High Securiy Zone, Suruvil, Puyankoodal, Naranthanai, Karapon, and Kytes areas to remove the fences on the both sides of the rad. In many places SLA is destroying the fence itself.

These fences protect the plants that are cultivated and animals that are reared by the land owners. Without the fences stray animals pose a threat to the plants and animals that are reared in private lands.

Trincomalee still tensed, schools not functioning

Trincomalee has not returned to normalcy for the last 15 days. Following the attacks by Sinhala mobs on Tamil civilians as SLA looked on, the tensed atmosphere is persisting.

Many business outlets are closed after 1.00 pm. Many foot wear shops and clothes shops have not yet opened after the violence by Sinhala mobs. Many of the streets are viod of people except SLA personnel. Transport services remain affected. Many cinema theatres remain closed.

Many of the schools in Trincomalee remain closed as parents are too fearful of sending their children to school. In schools with an enrolment of 2000 children, only 20-30 children are in attendance. Even these are children who live adjacent to the school.

People in the education sector in Trincomalee say that schools can return to normal functioning only when the tense situation in Trincomalee is eased.

SLA building new camps in Manalkadu region

SLA has begun building a new military camp near the Manalkadu-Kudathanai region. The camp being build is in a large scale that can accommodate tanks, and armoured vehicles.

The SLA is also strengthening its posts at the Forward Defense Lines in Jaffna. Coconut and Palmaraj trees are being chopped for this purpose.

Two decades of felling without replanting of Coconut and Palmarah trees by the SLA, to build SLA security posts, has depleted these trees in the Jaffna peninsula where these tress have sustained the environment for millenniums.

Head and body of the same person found at two separate locations in Vavuniya

A human head was found near a EPDP paramilitary camp in Kurumankadu area in Vavuniya. Brother of the dead man has identified the head as that of his brother, Lasar Tharmasekaran (24). His body was later located near Paddaikadu lake in a different area.

150 civilians arrested by SLA handed over to Karuna paramilitary group

On 29 April, 150 civilians who were at the market in Valaichenai for shopping were arrested by SLA and the Sri Lankan Police. The 150 civilians were taken in police vehicles to the Valaichenai Police Station.

At the police station all 150 civilians were subjected to interrogation by the Karuna paramilitary group. Many were tortured during the interrogation. 140 of those arrested in the morning were released in the afternoon. Ten of the arrested are still being detained.

Seven young men arrested from Pesalai refugee camp in Mannar

SLA searched the Pesalai refugee camp situated on the Thalaimannar-Mannar road inside the building belonging to the Pesalai Fishermen Cooperative. The search lated from 5.00 am in the morning till 8.00 am. Everyone inside the refugee camp was subjected to full body search.

Seven young men in the camp were arrested by SLA. A complaint was lodged with SLMM regarding the arrest.

01 May 2006

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