Karuna phones party supporters

November,18, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)Vinayagamoorthi Muralidharan alias Karuna, Leader of T.M.V.P, who is in custody in the United Kingdom over a charge of possessing an illegal passport is alleged to have contacted his party supporters including Pilleyan over the telephone last Wednesday(14).

The Ockington Refugee Camp authorities, where Karuna Amman is presently detained, have given permission to Karuna to use his personal facilities including the cellular phone.

According to reliable sources, Karuna is alleged to have instructed his senior party members to give wide publicity in the Eastern Province regarding the death of former Karuna faction political leader, T.V.Thileepan, once his death was confirmed. His instruction was to paste posters throughout the province.

Over the telephone he is alleged to have also told his party seniors “I told the British Police the truth and asked for political asylum. If I attempted to enter the UK with my real name, the LTTE would have rounded me up. The British police were aware of this. Due to certain pronouncements made by Human Rights Watch, I was even denied the use of my telephone.”

Karuna is said to have told his agents that he would be deported from the UK and prevented from entering the country.
(LN)