07-06-2025
Wrangles, Impugns, and Commotion over
The term Genocide in Sri Lanka
By Kanthar
Balanathan
1. Genocide:
Quote
AI; Genocide is considered an international crime and is defined by
the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(1948). It involves acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Article II
https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition: UN article II defines “Genocide” as the following:
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts
committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
- Killing members of the group.
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to
members of the group.
- Deliberately inflicting on the group
conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in
whole or in part.
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births
within the group.
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to
another group.
2. LTTE
Firstly,
before discussing the LTTE war aspect, let us dissect and analyze whether the
act of genocide of Tamils transpired in SL over the past 77 years. Tamils lived
and lived in all parts of the island, doing business, carrying out professional
work, carrying out legal work etc.
Can
we quote the British conquest of India and Ceylon as genocide or invasion? It
was an invasion. Similarly, the Indian Kings of the South also invaded Ceylon. Did
history quote in its text as genocide? Therefore, foreign powers coming into
another country are referred to as invasions.
Was
any of the above from Article II committed by the military?
We
Tamils, particularly the Tamil diaspora, have confused ourselves with the
intent of destroying the Sri Lankan reputation or with some malicious intent
spreading the word, “Genocide” all over the world. The reason is
that we are selfish, powerful wealthy hungry humans.
The
question of racism and racial riots has to be addressed on a different
platform. Ref: quote; https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/combating-racism-and-racial-discrimination-europe
3. Racism
Racism
is universal. In any country, people are faced with “Racism”. In
Sri Lanka, “racism” prevailed before 2024, and racial riots occurred in
1956,1958, 1977, 1983. Every racial riot had a particular reason for kicking off. The killing of 13 army soldiers on the main road at Tirunelveli Road in
Jaffna kicked off a racial riot in 1983, which was a serious concern for all. The
bombing was organised by the LTTE, which was a cowardly act. The
inner secret of bombing the army staff at Tirunelveli must be addressed in a
different chapter.
Before
2024, and even now, Tamils were and are still in government jobs, doing
business all over the country. The only difference is that the Tamil
politicians were involved in protests and caused damage to the economy and the growth of the country.
The
writer can prove that the LTTE group caused serious destruction to the Sri
Lankan people and assets (movable & immovable) worth millions of dollars.
What is the root cause of this destruction?
The
author of this article grew up in the Southern village of “Kamburupitiya” from
1950 to 1956. This village had no electricity, water, sewage disposal system,
no good roads etc. However, even in this village, Tamils were owning shops and doing business. Therefore, the writer cannot conclude that Tamils were isolated, oppressed and discriminated against. However, the North had good colleges, good
roads, etc.
The
writer’s letter to MA. Sumanthiran addresses all these shortfalls.
The
main driver here is that the Tamil elites are greedy and fond of wealth and
power. Tamils wanted to hold all government jobs. Apartheid prevailed in the
North & East. The elites who controlled the N&E politics were practising
apartheid. The Tamil politicians were not fond of joining the governing party
to govern SL. They wanted a separate state or a federal structure so that they
could govern themselves. The main driver here is that” Tamils are Racists”.
Not only that but also practice apartheid within their own Tamil community
oppressing and discriminating against their own Tamils of non-elite groups. The
elite Tamils think that non-elites have no brain, perception or intelligence.
This is considered a severe weakness in the Tamil race.
SJV
Chelvanayagam, a Tamil politician who was born in Malaysia was elected the
Tamil leader. He was in the state assembly in 1947 during the British time.
However, after receiving independence, SJVC demanded a federal structure from
the Sri Lankan government, not before independence during the British time.
A
proper study and analysis will aid us in concluding who the racists are in SL.
4. Post-1987
Post-1987
period: LTTE was instrumental in the murder of most of the leaders of other
groups. The question of establishing their base at Mullaitivu, (Mullivaykal) is
a different matter with in-depth studies. They planned cunningly to kill
political opponents. Uma Maheswaran was the leader of PLOTE and was an
educated honest person. He was a surveyor in the government department.
He was eliminated by his opponents. The purpose of LTTE moving to Mullaitivu was
to develop a deep political strategy by anti-socialists.
Quote: The construction of the Hambantota
Seaport began in 2007 and was completed in multiple phases in November 2010. Sri Lanka in a
controversial move signed an agreement in 2017 wherein a Chinese state-owned
enterprise, acquired a 70% stake in the port on a 99-year lease.28 Mar 2024. Also known as: Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) Port. Why did SL allow China to build a port in the South? Is it to
safeguard its territory from the West, India and the LTTE?
It is an opinion that
the day the port commenced construction, the LTTE was stamped out by the West. The
West and India did not want China to encroach into the Indian Ocean. We can
conclude as to why LTTE established its base on the East Coast. India was
already against LTTE for the murder of Hon Rajiv Gandhi. When MR knew LTTE was
manufacturing heavy weapons at Mullivaykal and they (LTTE) bombed Colombo, MR
decided to commence offensive operations against LTTE. LTTE had already kept
civilians as human shields at Mullivaykal. What occurred at Mullivaykal was a
war between the so-called LTTE and the military. It is known that the military
did not start operations to kill civilians, but the LTTE cadre. Death occurs
in a war anyway. We Tamils are cashing in on this situation that SL carried out
genocide. Most Tamils migrate to the West and, after some time, enter
politics and claim genocide. Although they move in as refugees or something,
and after some time, they enter politics. This is Prabakaran’s theory.
5.
Conclusion
Tamil diaspora are only
interested in avenging SL for their defeat (LTTE). In the name of LTTE, a
significant number of Tamils have become rich and are having a rich life. Even
now one joker in Tamil Nadu claims that Prabakaran is alive and his daughter
will rise to leadership. The root cause is that the LTTE (leftovers) are running
out of money and want to collect money. The Tamil diaspora and the leftover
LTTE are influencing the West to support their cause. The LTTE guy known as
Kumaran Pathmanathan is alive in SL and could be contacted to know the truth.
The government currently holding power is not a communist government, but is
interested in the welfare of its people and is against bribery and corruption.
We, the Sri Lankans, request the West and the world not to interfere with the
affairs of Sri Lanka; however, they could help SL in any way to improve its
relations with the rest of the world and improve in technological advancement.
The world should punish
those who claim what happened in SL is genocide. Sri Lanka shall enact a law in
its constitution that anyone who claims falsely that there was a genocide in SL
should be debarred from entering SL and punished.
This is an overview of Sri Lankan Buddhism, including its theory and practice.
Cc:
United
Nations
Brampton
Council Mayor
Executive President of Sri Lanka
