India must probe its MPs,says Lanka envoy

In an interview to The Indian Express,Kariya-wasam claimed that the video that has surfaced of a 12-year-old boy shot five times,said to be the son of LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran,was “morphed and concocted”. “LTTE-sympathetic Tamil groups living in western countries are primarily responsible for generating such propaganda against Sri Lanka.”

Asked if that includes Indian political leaders,and whether they would go to the extent of morphing pictures,Kariyawasam said: “If they are sympathetic to LTTE,they would.”

“If they are sympathetic to the LTTE cause,the Indian authorities should investigate into the matter,” Kariyawasam added.

The High Commissioner said that the “friendship” of some of the DMK,AIADMK MPs and MDMK’s Vaiko with the LTTE may have led them to carry on a campaign against Sri Lanka. “If they are sympathetic to those unrealistic ideas of separatism,then they might have been (part of the campaign).”

About the video of the boy’s death,Kariyawasam said he was not denying that the child could have died during the war. “In a combat situation,deaths can occur… Among the combatants,there could be family members of Prabhakaran… In a situation like that,who has died and how has he died,we have no record regarding that.”

Asked whether he had got an assurance from India on the UN resolution,the envoy said: “India is a very responsible country. They will take a responsible decision.”

India must support resolution: DMK
Chennai: An unfavourable Indian stand on the resolution against Sri Lanka in the UN Human Rights Council would be considered as a “betrayal of Tamils”,said DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday,hardening his party’s stand on the issue. “India should vote in support of the resolution,or else the DMK will consider it as a betrayal of Tamils,” he said.

— ENS