Tamil Genocide / Mullivaikal Massacre Remembrance Day In Auckland – Stirring Up Communal Strife In New Zealand Based On A Disproven Allegation
Posted on August 7th, 2021
Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM
Spokesperson , United Sri Lanka Assn, Wellington NZ
Rt Hon Jacinda Arden
Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Dear Prime Minister,
Tamil Genocide / Mullivaikal Massacre Remembrance Day In Auckland – Stirring Up Communal Strife In New Zealand Based On A Disproven Allegation
The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA) of Wellington and it’s members are both frustrated and distraught at learning of a planned Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day” meeting on 18th of May at 6.30pm at 202 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough , Auckland. This allegation of Tamil Genocide” , during the final weeks of liberation of Sri Lanka from three decades of Tamil Tiger Terror, on the 19th of May 2009 at Mulivaikal, was first levelled by the international funders of the Tigers, within days of their defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan security forces , to discredit the latter. The allegation was that in these last few weeks the civilian casualty rate was of the order of 40 to 120 thousand , disproportionately high suggesting directed shooting at civilians by the SL forces and hence justifying the charge of Genocide,
However, this claim has now been shown to be clearly false through a impressive volume of evidence . Most notable among them were the war time dispatches in May 2019,from UK Defense Attache Lt Colonel Anton Gash from Colombo, first tabled by Lord Naseby in the UK House of Lords in September 2017 and many times thereafter, having obtained them with great difficulty using the official information act. The heavily redacted 39 dispatches Lord Naseby tabled , showed clearly that the civilian casualties were of the order of seven thousand , quite proportional to the scale of the fighting. This number was also similar to the estimates of US Defense attache Lt Col. Lawrense Smith, estimates of Sir John Holmes the UN resident representative in Colombo in May 2019 and the findings of the SL Tamil University Teachers census carried out a few months later.
Sir Desmond de Silva QC of UK, a former United Nations Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in Sierra Leon, providing a legal opinion to respond to these Tiger allegation, following examination of extensive information provided on the conflict concluded that the great mass of civilian deaths which occurred in the final stages of the war were regrettable but permissible collateral damage.”
Additionally , it is recognised that in war the number of injured would be two to three times of the fatalities. Ten years after the end of the war those found injured were not anything like the 120 to 300 thousand that should have been found. Nor have any sites of burial for the 40 to 120 thousand allegedly killed , even ten years after the event.
The claimed support for this Tiger allegation from the UN , their only significant support, was in fact not from the UN and the basis of their support was of questionable credibility. It came from a panel of three experts, all with recent adverse interactions with SL ,appointed by the UNSG against the wishes of the UNSC , to advice UNSG on accountability provisions in SL. Going beyond their brief, they indicated the presence of credible allegations” of disproportionate civilian loss of life, but refused to reveal their sources for thirty years, so bringing in to question the credibility of this observation.
Despite this volume of evidence against Tamil Genocide” ,importing this claim from Toronto Canada where this claim is rife will inevitably import also the consequent inter communal discord and even violence within the Sri Lankan community, that is commonplace there , to hitherto peaceful New Zealand.
This prospect is horrifying to contemplate for Sri Lankan New Zealanders , especially to those of us who came to New Zealand fleeing Tiger Terror and have enjoyed decades of peace. This is a flagrant misuse of the democratic freedoms of New Zealand to spread what are now clearly falsehoods, with no regard to the discord it would lead to. It’s aim is to avenge the defeat of the Tigers they sustained with funds and propaganda for decades .
It is for these reasons that USLA seek your help and urge you to use the power and resources at your disposal to prevent this agenda of Tamil Genocide” being pursued as planned, in NZ.
On the other hand if it is to be a Remembrance of Tamil Victims of the Three Decade Long Conflict” , then we would have no objection and would be happy to even support.
Thank you very much for your help as requested.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM
Spokesperson , United Sri Lanka Assn, Wellington NZ
5.5.21
August 7th, 2021 at 5:35 pm
Thank you Chula for representing the interest of Sri Lanka in New Zealand doing the job of our ambassador. Sri Lanka is paying the price at UNHCR and in many countries by sending incompetent political goons to represent the country as ambassadors and high commissioners and am really disappointed at the present government for continuing that practice. Every Sri Lankan must be thankful to the patriots like you, Asoka Weerasinghe, Shenali Waduge etc for continuing to defend Sri Lanka at this forum when our governments have failed to do so.
August 9th, 2021 at 1:20 am
Thank you Dr Chula for this effort. Very sorry to see that USLA Auckland is silent on this issue. Dr Manukulasuriya is very much missed at times like this. It is my understanding that USLA was formed earlier in the eighties to counter LTTE / Separatist agenda, propaganda and to keep the Sri Lanka community undivided as Sri Lankans. However this effort has been hijacked since his passing away and original objectives forgotten. It is a sad situation.
August 10th, 2021 at 4:12 am
After murdering, men, women, children, armed forces personnel, police, including Buddhist monks these ungrateful, shameless, never Sri Lankan ever South Indian, never enough, never happy COLONIAL IMPORTS should be sent back to where there hearts, minds and loyalties are along with the other foreigner menace fastest breeding religion aka religion of violence before the traitors annihilate the Sinhalese!
The ungrateful foreigners have shown their intent of annihilating the Sinhalese haven’t given up dismemberment and annihilation of us. So why or why or why wait? Sinhalese are the only race on the planet grooming their future annihilators on their soil.
Oldest building in the north and east dutch fort. There are no tamil Anuradhapura or Polonnaruwas in the country. Their mythical kingdoms exist in books and www. Simply put no Anuradhapuras no 1000s of years history! It’s a bogus claim being promoted since the Sinhalese are divided thanks to Sinhalese Buddhists murdering, minority worshiping, Mother Lanka dismembering anti Buddhist, anti Sinhalese UNPatriotic_rats party party thieves spear headed by traitor alugosuwas thambi mudiyanselage JR@, lk porisada R@, then the traitor chief die hard cathlic token Buddhist Batalande Wandakaya.
Start an online petition now to send these traitor foreigners to where they came from before the Sinhalese race get annihilated.
As soon as the traitors see the petition they will become Sri Lankans and will plead to keep them on our soil. Start the Petition NOW and save the Sinhalese race and our country!
August 10th, 2021 at 4:24 am
Also don’t forget traitor alugosuwa (to Sinhalese Buddhists only) thambi mudiyanselage jr@ abolished Sirima-Shasthri Pact and gave citizenship to 650,000+ estate workers who volunteered to go back for their votes. Today they must be numbering 4 million. Thanks to jr@ up country also gone to the traitor foreigners who are waiting quietly until a corridor is developed to connect to a greater drealam.
No writing will get any notice since all the deshapaluwas in diasporats countries worship them for the tamil block vote. So it’s a beeri aliyata veena gayanawak only. Online petition is the only way to save the Sinhalese race and Sri Lanka!