Fate of the Displaced – Mannar
As soon as the security forces arrived at Arrippu, in September 2007, we were escorted out of our villages, some with personal belongings many with only what they were wearing. We sheltered at Nanattan School for 15 days. We made a request to the area commander through our GA Mn & DS Nananattan to resettle us in our native place.
First they said that they would allow us to go to our village with in a month. Then they said after 06 months. Finally they said that they would resettle us when The Defense Ministry would give an order only they would allow us to go. We still remain IDPs unable to go back to our villages.
Since we engage in fishing at Achankullam Nannattan, we temporarily settled down there. On 22.04.08 our sons Mr. Rongalin age 20 & Mr.Sutherson Peries age 22, went to Nannattan to take photo graphs for navy identity cards around 3.30 pm.
While they were returning from Nanattan to Achankullam at 5.30 pm, unidentified men, who came in a motor cycle shot them with a pistol at Karrunkamurrippu which is located between Achankullam & Nanattan. An army sentry point is just one km from this place.            Â
My son Mr. Rongalin was the bread winner of my (Mr. Justin’s) family. As I am a paralyzed patient I could not do any work. My family faced untold hardship. There are no words to express my untold hardship.
Mr.Sutherson Peries was the only son in Mr. Susaiappu’s family who has 03 daughters, who are yet to be married.. And the family was dependant on his earnings. We lost their properties & wealth when we were displaced. We can bear the loss of property and other materialistic things, but how are we to bear the loss of these two children. This never ending war is plucking so many youngsters and leaving the older generation in despair and worthless. When will this suffering end?
Narrated by two displaced fathers from Arrippu Mannar, Musali IDPS
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The suffering of the Tamil people has come to the point where the GOSL and its armed forces are numb to it and so is the majority of the Sinhala voters. GOSL will not stop until JR’s policy of populating each of the electorate in SL with more than 70% of Sinhalese, less than 3% of Tamil speaking people. The military, political and economic development policies are being geared to achieve this goal. Those who are in the way are being called terrorists. With Ven. Hon. Ellawella Medhananda claiming in Parliament that Madhu was originally a Buddhist Shrine has now added the religious factor in the conflict. Soon we will find Buddha’s feet imprints and parts of skeletal remains showing up in all of the GS divisions. The war in SL has now entered a new phase.
Sorry, I meant less than 30% of the Tamil speaking people.
When Adolf Hitler had his Nazi rule in Germany, the Jews were not allowed to do certain things simply because they were Jews. The German soldiers took a killing and destroying attitude towards all the Jews. The soldiers made the lives oof Jews very difficult.
This is exactly what is happening here but the world is silent.