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LTTE
reopens ‘courts’, ‘police stations’ in east
Thambirajah Ramesh, who has succeeded Karuna as the Special Forces Commander for Ampara and Batticaloa, last evening told journalists that the courts and police stations were being reopened to maintain law and order in the LTTE-controlled areas of the east. At least six police stations and the courts in the east were closed down by Karuna and dozens of people in detention were released. Meanwhile, LTTE's Ampara-Batticaloa political wing leader Kaushalyan met Batticaloa-based northern businessmen and told them that the LTTE would suspend collection of taxes until its 'financial section' was restructured. He said the businessmen would also be given a grace period to pay 'taxes' as their business activities had been affected. Hundreds of northern businessmen operating in Batticaloa had fled the east on the orders of Karuna after a Tamil Alliance candidate, Rajan Sathyamoorthy, believed to be a loyalist of Karuna, was shot dead. |
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