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"The
cowardly act of the Sri Lankan government has taken away
Kousalyan and his colleagues from us. Kousalyan came back
to Batticaloa with many dreams. He came back with
ambitious plans to rebuild this land, devastated by the
Tsunami and impoverished by the war imposed by the Sinhala
chauvinist state", said Mr. S. P Thamilchelvan, head
of LTTE's political division on Thursday, speaking at the
funeral of Mr. E. Kousalyan, at Thandiyadi Martyr's
Memorial in Batticaloa.
"We thought the Tsunami disaster
which killed Tamils, Muslims and Singhalese, regardless of
their race and class, would have driven some sense into
Sinhala political leaders. Kousalyan's murder shows they
have not changed. They are still intent on crushing the
Tamil nation by foul means", said senior LTTE leader,
Mr. V. Balakumar in his address.
Col. T. Ramesh, Ms. Thamilini, head of
LTTE Women's wing, TNA MPs and Mr. A.L.A Abdul Javath,
President of the Federation of Mosques in Batticaloa
also spoke before Mr. Kousalyan's last rites.
LTTE leaders Mr. S. Karikalan, Mr. E.
Pararajasingham, head of Tamil Eelam Judiciary and Mr.
Thamilenthi, head of LTTE's finance division were present
at the last rites. Thousands of mourners thronged the
Thandiyadi martyr's memorial for the funeral.
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