posted June 07, 2002 01:21 PM            

[TamilNet, June 07, 2002 16:44 GMT]

The body of Mr. Murugesu Sivasithambaram, the leader of the Tamil
United Liberation Front, was taken to Kilinochchi Friday afternoon. The
head of the LTTE's political division Mr.S.P.Thamilchelvan and other
members of the organisation paid their last respects to 'Siva' at the
Thooyavan College for Political Studies where the cortege lay this
afternoon for homage by the public.

Mr. Thamilchelvan read out a message of condolence on behalf of the Liberation
Tigers. White flags were flown along the road in Kilinochchi. The LTTE flag was
flown at half-mast. The cortege arrived in Jaffna later in the evening.

Around Friday noon, Liberation Tigers led by Parthipan received the body of Mr.
Murugesu Sivasithambaram at the border of the Omanthai Sri Lanka army check point
from the members of the Tamil United Liberation Front. The body was then taken in a
motorcade to Kilinochchi. All the arrangements were made by the LTTE's
headquarters in the Vanni, sources said.

Earlier the body of the TULF leader was kept on a specially erected dais in the
Vavuniya Urban Council grounds. Local leaders of Tamil political parties and leading
citizens of Vavuniya including the Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh, Vavuniya
Magistrate Mr. M.Illancheliyan and High Court Judge Mr.N. Ramachandran paid their
last respects to 'Siva'.

A condolence meeting followed.

Mr. M. Kulathevarajah, TULF's Vavuniya organiser, presided. Mr.Ranee Mainthan,
student leader of the Liberation Tigers said in his Condolence speech that the late Mr.
Sivasithamparam had exhorted the world that the LTTE is the sole representative of the
Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Vavuniya district parliamentarians Mr. Sivasakthi Anandan and Mr. Rajaguhaneswaran
also spoke. TNA parliamentarians Mr. R. Sampanthan, Mr. Joseph Pararajasingham
and Mr. V. Anandasangaree accompanied the cortege to Kilinochchi and Jaffna.

(Photo:TamilNet)

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posted June 07, 2002 11:38 PM            

A Great Leader. Very Greately missed. After 1983 Riotes, in aroung 1984-85, Sihala Buddhist Army carried out series of Massacres in Jaffna. One of the most famous one was still known as the Valvettiturai Massacre. One early in the morning in 1984, Sons of the Greate Buddha rounded up, Valvetty, Valvettiturai & Uduppiddy Areas, did house to house searches for Koddia throughout the day, arrested a lots of youngsters, lined them up at Poligandy Library at the end of the day, shot & killed all of them cold bloodly. Rest of them were taken to POOSA Jail in the south. Right after that massacre, after seeing many of my highschool friends, whom I grew up from Nursary Years and two relatives got killed that day, I esacped to Madras, India.

At that time, TULF Tamil Leaders, including Amirthalingam & Sivasithamparam(as well as Tigers, Prabaharan, TELO, TELA, EROS, EPRLF, PLOTE etc.), resigned their seats in SL Parliament, lived in Madras as well. Before I came to Canada as a refugee, I personally visited Mr. Sivasithamparam to get a letter from him stating I was affected by SLA in VVT, in order to help me get ASYLUM in the west. He was very helpfull and I still have the hand written letter he gave me.

HE WAS A VERY NOBLE POLITICIAN. HE FIRST ELECTED in Uduppiddy Electorate, later he was elected in 1972 at Nallur, elected with highest margin in the Ceylon history.

HE WOULD BE GREATELY MISSED!! THANK YOU SIR, FOR THE JOB WELL DONE!!! He has now passed the torch to the Tigers. He would live peacefully in Heaven knowing, we will be well taking care of in the hands of the Tigers.