Vaiko calls on international community to help locate missing Tamils

MDMK chief Vaiko called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Red Cross to help locate the whereabouts of Tamils who had disappeared during the final stages of the armed conflict.

In a statement in India, he highlighted the disappearances of several LTTE leaders, some of whom had been photographed under Sri Lankan military custody. Amongst them are thought to be LTTE leaders Yogi, Baby Subramaniam and political wing leader Ezhilan.

“There is no information about them even though seven years have passed since the end of the war,” said Vaiko.

“There are reports that the captured LTTE leaders were poisoned to death by the Sri Lankan government,” he added, calling for further investigations into the deaths of 107 LTTE cadres following ‘rehabilitation’ by the Sri Lankan government.