Journalism and unionism: Different from terrorism

It is reported that the Sri Lankan security forces have arrested three Sinhalese men in Colombo. They have been identified as journalists attached to a trade union paper (not a known national newspaper). There is strong evidence proving their links to the Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and they were nabbed with a haul of arms and ammunition in their possession.

Soon after the arrests of these so-called journalists, politically motivated movements, going under various names, came out with their usual slogans of ’free’, ’fair’, ’abduction’, ’human rights’, etc and attempted to manipulate the situation to discredit the government on human rights issues.

During the investigation, it was found that one of the Sinhalas, LTTE terrorists was a ranked activist in one of the trade unions in the railway department. The leading figure in the gang, during his confession, had stated that their party was against ’neo imperialism’, with a different face and their main aim was to strongly act against it.

Incidentally, this new development was revealed at a time when the so-called ’ultra leftwing’, ’anti neo imperialist’ party leaders like Vickramabahu Karunrathna, called upon the Tamil Tigers to join hands with the working masses in the country and abroad to fight together to liberate the country from global capital and national oppression. According to the media reports, Karunrathna was said to have made the above comments at a public meeting at ’Krishjohn’ social club in Eastham, organised by the Tamil Information Centre, Tamil Community Forum and the World Peace Organisation in East London.

He is expected to address a series of meetings in Britain with his newly found theory, probably with the full patronage of the pro-LTTE organisations active abroad. Apparently, Karunrathna is not aware that he is calling the working masses in the country to join hand with an organisation, whose top nine leaders, including Prabhakaran, Soosai and Pottu Amman are criminals and ’wanted’ by the Interpol.

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