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Mud-war
within LTTE leadership The Sunday Times learns that the Wanni leadership is to make charges against Karuna, relating to misuse of funds for family purposes, an attempt to buy a ship from Thailand and trying to forge direct links with the Army. In response, Karuna's faction is throwing counter-allegations of the LTTE's Wanni leadership misusing funds to have luxury lives while neglecting the cadres in the Eastern Province. According to Wanni sources, the charge is that Karuna attempted to purchase a ship while he was in Thailand for peace talks. The charges against Karuna are seen as an attempt by the Wanni leadership to make him unpopular among his cadres. Meanwhile, attempts by Batticaloa Bishop Kingsley Swampillai to resolve the crisis apparently failed with Karuna reportedly refusing to send a delegation for talks with the leaders in the Wanni. Karuna told The Sunday Times he was not willing to accept any amnesty from the LTTE leadership and wanted to function as a separate group in the east. He said he would no longer have LTTE 'courts' and 'police stations' operating in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts and instead would have reconciliation boards. He said he planned to maintain close co-operation with the security forces and would ensure that no abductions, killings or extortion took place. |
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