Shadowy para military groups torture and execute Tamils
"Shadowy
Tamil militant death squads are once again on the rise in Batticaloa. The
Mohan group aligned to PLOTE has terrorised Batticaloa for several years and
has been linked to former intelligence officer Richard Dias alias Captain
Munas, implicated in the disappearance of 158 Tamils from the Vantharumoolai
refugee camp in 1990. The Raziq group associated with EPRLF has recently
surfaced. Observers believe EPRLF, which kept aloof from military activities
for several years, has decided to throw in its lot after the fall of Jaffna
and the apparent weakening of the LTTE. The Tamil militant cadres ostensibly
provide translation service to the military and act as scouts and spotters
during security operations. Both EPRLF and PLOTE deny that they have links
with death squads. But reports from Batticaloa say these two groups are
involved in detention, torture and execution of people suspected of links
with the LTTE. Observers say that at least ten incidents of torture
and execution in the last three months are known to human rights groups."
(Sri Lanka Monitor, published by British Refugee Council, June 1996)
INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA