Sri Lanka’s abductions depict the insanity generated by absence of rule of law.

Summary of incidents – apart from major clashes – since 21 May

At least fourteen individuals have disappeared or been abducted from the traditional Tamil village in the East.

LTTE launched commando attacks along a broad front in Vavuniya and Mannar districts

Summary of incidents – apart from major clashes – since 28 May

Tamils in Colombo "without a valid reason" are being sent back to their villages, Sri Lanka's police chief said last Friday.

Hundreds of Tamils, many from poor rural areas, live in boarding houses in Colombo while they work, search for jobs or seek employment abroad.

Many Tamils in Colombo complain they are being deliberately targeted by the security forces, detained and searched as the military conflict with the LTTE heats up.

Sri Lankans have received with mixed feelings India's demand that Colombo avoid procuring arms from Pakistan and China, and that it should come to India instead, even though India will not provide offensive equipment.

Sri Lankan officials have reacted cautiously to the demand voiced by National Security Advisor MK Narayanan in Chennai on Thursday.

But Sinhala commentators are indignant, and the Tamil leaders are dismayed, if not angry.

Indian is to develop the KKS harbour in the Jaffna peninsula and boost Colombo’s air defences, reports quoting ministers from both countries said this week.

India will explore helping Sri Lanka patrol the seas between the countries, the reports said.

Colombo has recently inked several significant defence agreements with Beijing.

It is high time that Sri Lanka understood that India is the big power in the region.

Killings, abductions and hostages as power struggle turns bloody.