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Slaying of 17 ACF workers – the evidence

1. ACF Director-General Benoit Miribel said the group wanted to send a team to the area but was prevented from doing so by soldiers.

2. A journalist from international news agency said that he was among those taken to the area by the SLA. Although the SLA was keen to discuss alleged killings by the LTTE, it did not mention the killing of the 17 ACF employees.

3. Father of one slain man Richard Arulraj said, “We believe it was the SLA”. Father-in-law of another slain man, S Navaratnaraja, said that his son-in-law called and said that the LTTE told them to leave because the LTTE is leaving the area and therefore cannot protect them.

4. People of the area speak of one employee who escaped and has told the story but is hiding out of fear for his life.

5. There were previous threats and attacks on INGOs operating in Trincomalee.

Names of those killed and some information about them:

Father and daughter
1. G. Kavitha (Female, Age 27, Hygiene Promotion Officer)
2. S. Ganesh (Male, Age 54, Driver )- Kavitha's father

3. K.Kovarthani (Female, Age 28, Hygiene Promotion Officer)
4. S.Romila (Female, Age 25, Hygiene Promotion Officer)
5. V.Kokilavathani (Female, Age 29, Hygiene Promotion Officer)
6. G. Sreethraran (Male, Age 36, Advanced Field-Officer)
7.Primus Anandarajah (Male, Assistant Promotion Manager)
8. Matahavarasa Ketheeswaran (Male, Age 36, Supervisor)
9. M. Narmathan (Male, Age 24, Field officer)
10. R. Arulraj (Male, Age 24, Field officer) (Started work at 17 at ACF due to poverty)
11. P.Pratheeban (Male, Age 27, Field officer)
12. M. Rishikeshan (Male, Age 28, Field officer)

13. Kodeeswaran Y. Kodeeswaran (Male, Age 31, Field officer), is the brother of one of the five Trincomalee students shot dead near the beech by the SLA on 2 January 2006 while the students were just spending time together before leaving town to attend their University sessions

14. Muraleetharan (Male, Age 35, Driver I.)
15. K. Koneshwaran (Male, Age 24, Driver )
16. Abdul Latif Mohamed Jauffer (Male, Age 31)
17. A. Jaseelan (Male)

09 August 2006

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