Shavendra takes on ‘Wathsala’

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka at the United Nations, Major General Shavendra Silva today said that ‘Wathsala’ should pay compensation to the Tamils who suffered and lost their loved ones on behalf of her husband and her brother Soosai, who was the leader of the LTTE’s black sea tiger wing. “The court case filed in the United States by ‘Wathsalsa’ the wife of the former LTTE Eastern leader Ramesh is a good opportunity for the rest of the people living the US on how these terrorists whitewash themselves,” he said.

“This can also be another way in financing the LTTE international network. Wherever it may be I am ready and I will safeguard the dignity of my country and my men who fought along with me in defeating the LTTE and rescuing thousands of innocent civilians from their clutches,” he said.

Major General Shavendra Silva made these comments while speaking to the Daily Mirror by phone from New York.

“According to the information I have gathered she had fled the country during the last days of the war to South Africa and is currently living there,” Major General Silva said.

“She should pay compensation to the Tamils who suffered and lost their loved ones on behalf of her husband and her brother Soosai, who was the leader of the LTTE’s black sea tiger wing,” he added.

“They lived from money robbed from their own Tamils. Now she has run out of money therefore she is taking me on is a way of making some money,” he said while speaking exclusively to the Daily Mirror.

“Her husband was a well known terrorist for his ruthlessness and was responsible in the massacre of the clergy in Aranthalawa and the killing of more than 600 policemen,” he said.

“This is a complete joke to ask me to pay compensation to her. She is charging a military officer who was involved in defeating the LTTE by leading the 58th division, the largest division involved in the military operation that defeated the terrorists in 2009,” he added.

The wife of former LTTE commander Ramesh filed a law suit in the US against Major General Silva as he received summons on Saturday in this regard. The wife of Ramesh was formerly a member of the LTTE female wing. (Supun Dias)