Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence has threatened to investigate the Tamil coalition party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), over the party's links to the LTTE, reports a pro-government newspaper The Island today.
Citing a 'senior MoD spokesman', the paper wrote that the investigation would 'focus on the close relationship between the LTTE and the TNA since late 2001, when the political grouping recognised the LTTE as the sole representatives of the Tamil speaking people. Based on the findings, legal action would be taken against TNA members'.
Responding to The Island's question on the resolutions adopted by the Tamil led Northern Provincial Council on Monday, the Sri Lankan MoD official said,
"We intend to investigate senior TNA members including those in Parliament and the Northern PC. The investigation is aimed at ascertaining how the TNA influenced the LTTE strategy leading to war in mid 2006."
The threat comes as Tamil organisations including the TNA prepare for the imminent UN Human Rights Council session in March. It also comes shortly after a threat of 'rehabilitation' was issued to the widely popular Northern Provincial Councillor, Ananthi Sasitharan, in order to curtail what the MoD official described as her separatist tendencies.
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