Truth is the first casualty of war. Sri Lanka's civil war waged by the Tiger separatists has been anointed with very many, noble, high sounding names, such as war of liberation, oppression of the minorities, genocide of Tamil etc. The world's most ferocious band of killers battened on the unsuspecting world, leaving a trail of death, mayhem and disaster. The forgotten victims of this war are the innocent Sinhala and Muslim civilians who are killed and injured by constant attacks on civilian villages by the LTTE to drive them out of Northern and Eastern areas of the country to justify their claim of a ‘Purist Home Land for Tamils’. Unlike the Tamils, who have a well organised propaganda network to show to the world the "plight of the Tamils", these innocents they massacre, have no such sophisticated propaganda machinery to bring their butchery to the attention of the World.
Duminda Kumara from Kalyanipura, Weli Oya, Padaviya was badly injured during the LTTE attack on his village a month ago. Both his parents were massacred during the attack. Here at left some RASS counselors comforts the child at the Anuradhapura hospital. At right his aunt, Bisomenike who was also injured talks to head sister of the ward. If any one wishes to help, he can do so through RASS, (Telephone: +94 25 - 2356) or his aunt at this address.
Duminda Kumara,
C/o. L. Bisomenike,
Stage - 3 Kalyanipura,
No. 137 Weli Oya
Padaviya
Sri Lanka
Repeating an Appeal in Daily News on 9 October 1997.
Lance Corporal Nishantha Trust Fund
LANCE Corporal Nishantha Samarasinghe of the 17th Brigade of the Sri Lanka National Guard died in confrontation with Tiger terrorists who entered Lake House immediately after the Fort bomb explosion on October 15.
The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL _ Lake House) has initiated a Trust Fund to help the family of the young corporal who lost his life.
Nishantha was a native of Kotambule in Polgahawela. His father is dead and his mother, brother and sister live in an unfinished wattle and daub hut on the edge of the village cemetery, which was his home. ANCL employees have volunteered to contribute towards building a suitable house for the family on a plot of land in Polgahawela.
The interest accruing to the Trust Fund will be for the maintenance of the late corporal's dependents. He was the principal breadwinner of the family.
Those who would like to help this worthy cause could send in their contributions to
the:
Lance Corporal Nishantha Trust Fund,
A/C No. 3501-6
Bank of Ceylon
Lake House Branch
D.R. Wijeyewardene Mawatha
Colombo 10
Sri Lanka.
Repeating an Appeal in Daily News on 24 November 1997.
