Incidents and Statments involving LTTE

2012

• December 28: UNP MPs Jayalath Jayawardene, Ven. Dambara Amila Thera and Mannar Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph are to visit the LTTE detainees at the Welikada prisons in Colombo to provide them a Christmas treat.

• December 26: At least 45 former LTTE cadres, who were hiding since long period without surrendering to the SFs, were arrested in the Jaffna Peninsula (Northern Province) by the TID.

• December 21: Three more LTTE cadres are moving around in Tamil Nadu, said investigators questioning the four LTTE operatives arrested on December 19.

• December 19: Tamil Nadu 'Q' branch investigator arrested four militants of LTTE, including their 'electronics expert' from Nallathambi Street in Pammal near Pallavaram of Kanchipuram District.

• December 18: The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms has made arrangement to release another batch of former terrorists of the LTTE to the society.

  Another batch of 48 former fighters will be released on Christmas Eve and on December 30.

• December 17: Army spokesman said the LTTE Diaspora and other interested parties are making a "hue and cry" on the issue since they seem to be worried that the success of the process would mark the end of their campaign for false propaganda.

• December 14: Canada's Supreme Court ruled that Canada can proceed to extradite two alleged LTTE terrorists from USA.

• December 13: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said its review of its actions and inactions in Sri Lanka will be finished in the second quarter of 2013. He also claimed that it had no power over, and could not stop, General Shavendra Silva of the Sri Lanka Army, depicted in Ban's report on Sri Lanka as engaged in war crimes, from "inspecting" UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

• December 12: Three days of digging of the coast near Pooneryn in Northern Province has not been successful in locating any remains of 31 passengers of a Lion Air Flight 602 aircraft shot down by the LTTE terrorist group on September 29, 1998.

  Sri Lankan Government has paved way for 46 former LTTE cadres to take the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level examination.

• December 10: President of the Jaffna University Students' Union V. Pavanandan together with another student activist surrendered to the HRC office in Jaffna. The HRC is to study their case before presenting them before courts.

  Seven of the eleven Jaffna University students in TID custody were released.

• December 8: The high level UN delegation in the Sri Lanka to observe the progress on the implementation of LLRC recommendations visited the former LTTE terrorist stronghold of Kilinochchi in Northern Province.

  A special team of officials has been dispatched to Kilinochchi to probe the tragedy of Lion Air flight 602. The Lion Air flight 602 from Palaly (Jaffna District) to Ratmalana, Colombo carrying 48 civilians and 8 crew including two Ukrainian pilots went missing on September 29, 1998 over the northern seas. Flight allegedly targeted by LTTE.

• December 6: Leader of the DPF, Mano Ganeshan said the Tamil people have been deprived of the right to commemorate their dead on the Martyr's Day also known as Mahaveer Day.

  Sri Lanka Government has made arrangements to employ 400 rehabilitated cadres of the LTTE as pre-school teachers. These pre-school teachers are to be put in service in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts.

• December 5: TID has arrested 25 former LTTE cadres in Northern Province, BBC News reported on December 6. Police are also reportedly hunting several students.

  10 former LTTE cadres were taken into custody by the TID in Jaffna on the basis of intelligence reports. Most of the information was gathered from fellow cadres currently in custody with the Police.

• December 2: TID arrested four students of Jaffna University (Jaffna District), Northern Province on suspicions of terrorist activities while an unknown Jaffna-based Tamil movement planned to stage a massive demonstration on December 3. The four students are being interrogated over a petrol bomb explosion at the TELO political party office in Jaffna and over the pro-LTTE activities.

• November 30: Students at Jaffna University (Jaffna District) in Northern Province started a two-day boycott of classes after clashes with SFs on November 28.

• November 29: TNA said in the Parliament that steps should be taken to immediately release the political prisoners in the country. The TNA says that there are 810 political prisoners in the country. He said why can't these people, who were arrested for minor offences like giving water or food to the LTTE cadres, be released.

• November 28: Students at Jaffna University (Jaffna District) in Northern Province clashes with security forces SFs. The tensions arose as some students marked the death of LTTE guerrillas at small candle-lit memorials, while well-produced pro-Tiger posters appeared in various parts of the formerly Tiger-held territory.

• November 27: Five suspects distributing pro- LTTE hand bills to mark the 'LTTE war heroes' day were arrested by the Police in Akkaraipattu from Ampara District.

• November 26: Some pro-LTTE posters which were pasted by an unidentified group in two places in Uppuweli area of Trincomalee city have been removed by the SF.

• November 21: A large LTTE flag was hoisted by an unidentified pro-LTTE group at Velvettithurai in Jaffna, the hometown of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. The Valvettithurai Police said the flag that had been hoisted at the Valvettithurai main junction in Jaffna town was removed later and a group of suspects were taken into custody. They said investigations were being carried out to arrest those behind the incident. LTTE heroes' week used to be celebrated from November 21 to 27.

• November 16: Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa said that thousands of Tamil-speaking Muslim people languishing in refugees camps for 22 years after their forcible eviction from their homes in Northern Province by the LTTE will be re-settled in their original places of residence immediately.

• November 15: Sri Lanka Army spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said the Army has taken steps to recruit 100 female LTTE soldiers to the force. The Army will hold a special ceremony in the former LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi District on November 17 to select 100 women in the age group of 18-22 to undergo training as soldiers. The women will be recruited from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts. The female Tamil soldiers are to be mobilized in peace building and reconciliation programs conducted by the security forces in these areas.

• November 6: The remains of nearly 2,500 vehicles, burnt or damaged by the LTTE during the final stages of the battle in Pudukudirippu in 2009, were handed over to their owners by the Government following the authentication of ownership. The ownership of another 900 vehicles was identified to hand over to the claimants in due course. The process of handing over the vehicles to the owners is being coordinated by the RMV and the Government Agent. Sixty Eight Brigade Division Commander Major General Jagath Wijethilake said a small number of vehicles cannot be identified and remain unclaimed. The Major General said almost all vehicles belonged to civilians and most had been used by the LTTE. "The vehicles had been taken by the LTTE forcibly and they were dumped or set on fire at the tail end of the battle." He said however none of the vehicles were in working condition.

• October 31: The Army recoverd five artillery guns -130 mm and 152 mm- and a boat fitted with two powerful boats hidden by the LTTE at the Vellamullivaikkal beach in Mullaitivu District.

• October 28: Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the Sri Lankan Government is looking at seeking legal means of stopping existing illegal operation of the LTTE, operating from the overseas. Rajapaksa said "Most of the hierarchy of the LTTE was killed at the final stages only a few low rung cadres have managed to escape and are now engaged in false propaganda operations in order to collect funds from the Diaspora. They were engaged in illegal operations like gun running and human smuggling using their shipping fleet various organizations and front offices in many parts of the world. The government is looking at seeking legal means of stopping existing illegal operation of the LTTE rump".

• October 22: Three rehabilitated former LTTE cadres have been selected as best shooters to national shooter pool representing Sri Lanka at the SAARC games next year. The Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage presented Kanakasanthuram Rajeevan, Thayabaran Thaventhiran, and Sellamuttu Sureshkumar, who have been selected for the shooting event, with Air Rifles at the Sports Ministry. They will be part of the national pool of the Shooting Federation that will represent Sri Lanka at the SAARC sports festival to be held in New Delhi in 2013.

• October 21: The Sri Lankan Government commenced hearing cases of former LTTE members in two of the four special courts set up for that purpose. Justice Ministry Secretary Kamalini de Silva said that two courts have been established in Mannar and Vavuniya Districts to expedite the hearing of cases against LTTE suspects. She noted that two more courts are to be established in Anuradhapura and Colombo Districts for the purpose. The Government in May had informed parliament that there were some 359 LTTE suspects in local prisons and 309 cases have to be heard.

• October 17: The Sri Lankan Government said the former international wing leader and chief arms procurer of the LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP is free from prosecution as there was no evidence against him. Lakshman Hulugalle, the head of the MCNS said the 58-year-old former LTTE leader is free to carry out work for a charity he founded for the welfare of the conflict-affected people in the North. Hulugalle said KP was no longer in detention and he is running a non-government organization and doing work for the benefit of the people during the last few months.

• October 12: The Sri Lanka Navy said that it has found the wreckage of a passenger plane believed to have been shot down by LTTE 14 years ago. The Navy searched the seabed on the request of the TID and located the wreckage of the 'Lion Air' domestic passenger plane. The Lion Air flight 602 from Palaly to Ratmalana carrying 48 civilians and 8 crew including two Ukrainian pilots went missing on September 29, 1998 over the northern seas. It was believed that, the LTTE terrorists in a missile attack shot down the Antonov 26 over the Iranativu Island just ten minutes after it took off from Palaly.

• October 8: Sri Lankan Government has recruited another 2,000 former LTTE combatants from the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi Districts to the country's CSD. The Government aims to utilize the service of the former LTTE members who have received vocational training in development activities. The Sri Lankan Government has said that it will recruit 5,000 former LTTE combatants to the country's Civil Defense Force.

• October 6: Sri Lankan Government announced that it will initiate legal action against some former hardcore LTTE cadres. A committee of legal council appointed to look into the pending cases under the PTA has announced that it has finalized the prosecution process. Additional Solicitor General Suhada Gamlath told the media that the Government would file cases against 60 former LTTE cadres in the next few weeks. He said that the TID was investigating into 80 more former LTTE cadres based on new evidence received on their involvement in the war.

• September 28: Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that no other country in the world has achieved rapid post war development like Sri Lanka. He explained that the government had also taken steps to rehabilitate former LTTE cadres to re-integrate them to society while also assisting their families. According to Rajapaksa, 80 percent of the de-mining work in the North has been completed. Referring to the construction and renovation of houses, he noted that over 6,000 houses have been constructed and an estimated 7,000 houses repaired or renovated for use.

• September 26: Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya said that 11,500 ex-LTTE combatants out of the 12,000 surrendered or in the custody of the state have been reunited with their families after rehabilitation. He said that out of the 500 that remained around 320 would be reunited with their families soon. Brigadier Wanigasuriya said that the main reason for the delay to reunite them with their families is that the vocational training courses they are following have not yet been completed.

• September 19: Konstantin Dolgov, Russian Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law said in Colombo that the Sri Lankan government is making serious efforts in rehabilitation of former LTTE combatants, their reintegration into society and reconciliation with the minority. Dolgov expressed his view that the Human Rights situation in the country is improving rapidly following the end of war.

• September 2: Resettlement Minister Gunaratne Weerakoon said Sri Lanka Government will welcome more Tamil refugees who fled the country to India and want to return home after nearly three decades of war with the LTTE. He told "They have been returning from time to time, in small groups. My ministry along with the defence ministry would jointly welcome them if more want to return. They could be resettled in their places of origin". According to statistics more than 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees are in Tamil Nadu, out of which some 68,000 are housed in 112 government-run camps. More than 5,000 Lankans have returned to the island nation under a UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation scheme. They are the Tamils who fled fighting in the north and east during the separatist military campaign of LTTE.

• August 15: Former LTTE Chief Arms Procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan said a group of 22 members of the Tamil Diaspora from Canada, Australia and five European Countries had visited Sri Lanka last week and held talks with Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo. Pathmanathan said that Rajapaksa had assured the delegation that the rehabilitation of ex-combatants would be expedited. He also said that the government was deeply concerned about the rehabilitation of ex-combatants, and that this was a rare phenomenon in a situation like this. The delegation had also visited rehabilitation centres in Poonthottam, Welikanda, Kaththankudi and Senapura to gather first-hand information on the situation prevailing there.

• August 12: External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris said it is incorrect to think that all challenges before the country ended with the defeat of LTTE. He said some segments of the diaspora were very keen in investing in the North and East areas to uplift living standards of people in the post war scenario. The minister said the objectives of pro-LTTE groups among the diaspora are the same, even though their methods are different. He said these groups possess a mammoth wealth and possess a highly effective communication network with latest technology and their aim is to isolate Sri Lanka amidst the international community.

• August 10: Janatha Party president Dr. Subramanian Swamy said in Colombo that India was a major beneficiary of Sri Lanka's decisive military victory that ended the three-decades long terrorism unleashed by the Tamil Tiger terrorist group LTTE.

• August 8: Another LTTE suspect, who was transferred from the Vavuniya Prison to the Mahara prison of Gampaha District after the June unrest died at the Ragama Hospital in Colombo District. The deceased, identified as Mariyadas Nevil Dilrukshan (36), was arrested by the security forces in 2009. He was injured during a hostage rescue operation at the Vavuniya prison where a police STF operation was launched on June 29 to rescue three prison officials who were taken hostage by the LTTE suspects in the prison when the police tried to remove a detainee from the prison under a court order.

• July 31: Country Reports on Terrorism 2011, an annual report mandated by the US congress noted "The government of Sri Lanka, although not immediately concerned over a possible resurgence of the LTTE, remains concerned over its overseas financial network." The report said that in 2011, there were no incidents of terrorism in Sri Lanka and most counterterrorism activities undertaken by the government targeted possible LTTE finances as the government remained concerned that the LTTE's international network of financial support is still functioning. The State Department noted that despite the military defeat of the LTTE, the Sri Lankan government is of the belief that sympathizers and organizational remnants continue to raise funds in many countries.

• July 30: A batch of 1,250 rehabilitated ex-LTTE cadres reintegrated into main-stream society received livelihood loans at a ceremony held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees in Colombo. The former combatants from Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mullativu and Kilinochchi districts, who have undergone a year of vocational training at rehabilitation centers, received the loans to start self-employment of small industries, agricultural projects and other vocational training programs. The loans with a maximum limit of Rs. 250,000, administered through the Bank of Ceylon, People's Bank and National Savings Bank will carry a 4 percent interest rate with a 10-year repayment period. Only the interest is required to be paid back during the first year.

• July 28: Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada Gamlath said some 20 hardcore LTTE cadres who are alleged to have committed war crimes will be prosecuted within the next six months under the PTA and Emergency Regulations, thus bringing to a closure the uncertainty over the fate of the detainees. He said the remaining group was believed to have participated in LTTE military activities because they had no other option but to carry out the dictates of the LTTE under severe threat. He said the investigations were not easy or simple because many LTTE cadres maintained links with the LTTE network and refused to grab the opportunity offered by the government to be rehabilitated.

• July 25: Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, who presented credentials as new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva last week urged the UN not to allow overseas-based rump elements of the defeated Tamil Tiger terrorist group LTTE and some Tamil Diaspora groups to "'hijack multilateral processes" to serve their narrow agendas.

• July 24: Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said low interest loans will be provided to the rehabilitated former LTTE cadres to start self-employment, small industries, agricultural projects and other vocational training programmes. He said over 1,200 rehabilitated ex-LTTE cadres reintegrated into mainstream society will receive the loans on July 30. The loans with a maximum limit of SLR 250,000 will be administered through Bank of Ceylon, People's Bank and National Savings Bank. It will have a four percent interest rate with a 10 year repayment period. Only the interest is required to be paid back during the first year.

• July 17: Sri Lanka Police arrested Sinnatambi Pathmanathan, a former LTTE leader for the Batticaloa area in the Eastern province, at the Colombo airport upon his return to Sri Lanka. Pathmanathan was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Bureau when he returned to Sri Lanka after staying abroad. Pathmanathan had fled the country in 2002. He had reportedly led several terrorist attacks in the East.

• July 12: A memory card containing a six minute LTTE war video was seized and two suspected former LTTE cadres were arrested by the Muthur Police in Trincomalee District. The memory card was seized while the suspects were watching the video. In addition to the memory card the suspects had in their possession cash to the value SLR 50,000. The arrested were residents from the Pathanapuram area in Muthur.

  Sri Lankan prison authorities at the Magazine prison in Colombo recovered 32 mobile phones in the possession of LTTE detainees at the prison. According to the Ministry of Rehabilitation & Prison reforms, five amongst the 32 recovered mobiles were sophisticated in nature.

• July 7: President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that despite the country having a concise foreign policy the threat of the pro- LTTE Diaspora in the West remains to be a massive challenge and asked the country's diplomatic envoys to counter them. The President said the Sri Lankan diplomats in overseas missions, especially in countries where, the pro-LTTE Diaspora is active, to be aware of the relentless campaign carried out by them to discredit Sri Lanka.

• July 4: A LTTE suspect who was transferred from the Vavuniya Prison to the Mahara after the unrest died, a prison spokesman said. The deceased has been identified as a 29 year old resident of Nelumkulama in Vavuniya.

  The CID informed the Colombo Magistrate Court that the Attorney General's advice has not yet been received regarding the two former leaders of the LTTE. The two former leaders are Velayuthan Dayanidhi alias Daya Master, who was the media spokesman of the LTTE, and Velupillai Kumaru Pancharathnam alias George Master, who was the translator for slain LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran.

  Security Forces on clearing operations discovered a massive cache of weapons and ammunition, including some anti-aircraft missiles, belonging to the LTTE in Kilinochchi District.

• July 3: The recent unrest in the Vavuniya Prison in Northern Sri Lanka is a well-planned conspiracy of the LTTE international network, Prisons and Rehabilitation Minister, Chandrasiri Gajadeera said. He noted that the LTTE suspects at the prison have had in their possession satellite mobile phones and various communication equipments and added that some of the suspects transferred to Colombo following the incident were prepared to confess to that effect.

• July 2: The Government is to take measures to recruit another 5,000 former LTTE combatants to the country's Civil Defense Force. Director General of the Civil Defense Department Rear Admiral Ananda Peiris said that steps will be taken to recruit 5,000 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres to the Department. The Government earlier recruited 1,500 former cadres, 300 each from the five districts in the Northern Province.

• June 29: Vavuniya Police arrested three persons, two men and a woman, who the Police believe are LTTE spies. They were alleged of passing information on STF movements to the LTTE suspects detained in the Vavuniya prison.

  Police STF rescued the three prison officials taken hostage by the LTTE inmates at the Vavuniya prison in Northern Province of Sri Lanka. No reports of threats or assaults on the hostages have been reported. The inmates at the Vavuniya prison who were engaged in a hunger strike have been transferred to the Anuradhapura Prisons Complex.

• June 28: A group of LTTE suspects at the Vavuniya Prison have taken three jailers hostage, demanding the authorities to recall the LTTE suspects who had been transferred to Boossa. Three jailers are forced into a cell and locked up by the LTTE suspects.

• June 6: Swiss Director of Prosecutions revealed that the LTTE had taken fraudulently substantial funds as loans from financial institutions on the basis of false documents. Funds were channeled to LTTE for purchase of arms through S. Ramachandran, a leader in the LTTE overseas front. The Swiss investigators had proceeded to Netherlands to question S. Ramachandran. Similarly, the Netherland's intelligence services have collected information going up to 6000 giga bites. It was made clear that the new fund raising was to finance the activities of some of the LTTE fighting cadres still hiding in Sri Lanka. Ramachandran had been controlling a fund Euro 136 millions. The Netherland's intelligence agencies have found out the names of the banks where the money had been deposited. It was found that Ramachandran had even fraudulently taken $104000- from two leading Swiss banks .At present 12 leading Tamil Tigers are in custody and the authorities have confirmed that they have enough evidence to prove their acts of fraud. The Netherland's intelligence agents have now discovered that a new fund has been set up to start a new war in Sri Lanka. Ramachandran had purchased gold from some of the funds and exported to a number of countries to sell through their agents.

• June 22: A Sri Lankan court ordered the authorities to rehabilitate former female political wing leader, Subramaniam Sivathai alias Thamalini of LTT. Thamalini has been in remand custody since her arrest by a special Police team on May 27, 2009 at the IDPs camp in Vavuniya District of Northern Province. She was charged with training LTTE cadres and establishing connections with LTTE members overseas.

  The Sri Lankan Government has taken steps to recruit the rehabilitated cadres of the LTTE into the country's Civil Defense Force. The Civil Defense Department is to recruit 300 rehabilitated LTTE cadres from each of the five Northern Province Districts - Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya.

• June 18: Sri Lanka's Representative at the 20th session of the UNHRC in Geneva, Manisha Gunasekera, said that Sri Lanka remains committed to implement the recommendations of its LLRC. Highlighting the developments in the reconciliation process, Gunasekera said there are only 6,022 IDPs remaining to be resettled from a 290,000 displaced by the war at the end in May 2009. 10,949 former LTTE combatants have been rehabilitated and reintegrated, from approximately 12,000, while 629 are undergoing rehabilitation, and 403 are under legal procedure or remand. Among the reintegrated were 594 LTTE child soldiers, who were rehabilitated and returned to their families within one year. Among other measures implemented by the Government were the recruitment of 1,133 officials of Tamil ethnicity in the Sri Lanka Police Department and 436 of them in the North, and 377 in the East, and establishment of a database containing details of arrested suspects including detainees in order to facilitate their next of kin to obtain details.

• June 17: Belgium Government said that it would continue to remain vigilant against any activities by the LTTE on its soil. Sri Lankan Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha expressed Sri Lanka's appreciation to the Belgian Government for the continued vigilance maintained to prevent LTTE rump elements from using Belgian soil. He welcomed the recent conviction by the Criminal Court of Antwerp of a Belgian national of Sri Lankan Tamil origin, who was accused of being a member of the LTTE, on charges including human smuggling, money laundering and providing forged documents.

• June 13: According to Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, President Mahinda Rajapaksa ran the risk of being physically attacked by the UK-based LTTE activists during his recent visit to London.

• June 11: Swiss prosecutors have planned to interview the head of finance of the LTTE who is imprisoned in Netherland. They have also planned to question some 25 senior ranks LTTE members; some of whom are currently imprisoned in Sri Lanka. They are investigating into suspected money laundering by 12 members of the Swiss LTTE to the Netherlands and Sri Lanka. The prosecutor office suspects that the Tamils used fake pay slips of Sri Lankans resident in Switzerland to obtain loans of $73,000 - $104,000.

• June 8: The murderers of Andrew Mahendrarajah Anthonipillai, a Canadian of Sri Lankan origin, who was killed at Kaagncheepuram lane, near Paranthan junction, on May 3, have been arrested. Police have arrested five persons, including a former LTTE militant, identified as A. Akilan. All five were produced before the Kilinochchi Magistrate's Court on May 24 and remanded pending further inquiries

• June 7: Sri Lankan minister Reginald Cooray had to cancel his participation in a function and leave due to a planned protest by the LTTE supporters in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

• June 6: President Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to cancel his speech at the Commonwealth Economic Forum in London, amid demonstrations by hundreds of Tamil and human rights activists protesting against human rights violations in his country. Hundreds of Tamils and human rights activists carrying LTTE flags gathered outside Marlborough House in central London protesting Rajapaksa's presence at a lunch for Queen Elizabeth.

• June 5: Sri Lanka military said that it had further reduced the number of military personnel deployed in the former war zone of Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province by almost 60 percent.

• June 4: Canada Revenue Agency has fined two Hindu temples in the Toronto area for sending money to TRO for Sri Lankan rebels following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The Richmond Hill Hindu Temple and the Hindu Mission of Mississauga, both registered charities, have been hit with $140,000 and $300,000 fines over money they sent to "non-qualified donees," the CRA said.

  British Sri Lankans in London held a Peaceful demonstration against violent methods adopted by the LTTE rump in UK.

• May 24: Over 200 suspected LTTE prisoners have called off their hunger strike, after authorities promised to address their issues. They had started their hunger strike on May 17.

• May 23: Government will establish three new High Courts in Anuradhapura, Vavuniya and Mannar within a month to expedite the prosecution of LTTE suspects. Steps would also be taken to expedite the judicial process with regard to LTTE suspects who voluntarily sought rehabilitation from the Government.

• May 18: TNA held a commemoration of war victims in Vavuniya of the Northern Province.

  Another 100 former LTTE in remand prison joined the hunger strike launched by 80 of their colleagues on May 17, demanding that the authorities either expedite their court cases which according to them had been dragging on for years or in the alternative to release them.

• May 17: TID to rehabilitate K.P. Lankasewaran, who had acted as the legal draftsman for the LTTE organization. The former cadre had also worked as a lawyer and later as a judge in the LTTE courts. He had performed duties as a legal draftsman during the period of 2007 to 2009.

  A group of 80 ex-LTTE prisoners who are being held at the Colombo Remand Prison in Welikada have commenced a hunger strike, urging authorities to hasten court hearings or to release them.

• May 16: Sanmugalingam Suriyakumar, who had been in remand custody for more than 6 years in connection with the assassination attempt of Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in a suicide bomb blast was further remanded till May 30. He had been charged with aiding and abetting to carry out a suicide bomb blast at army headquarters on April 25, 2006.

• May 13: The largest C4 explosive stock of 6250 Kilograms was recovered from the Pudukuduirippu area by the military. Pudukuduirippu town lies in Mulathivu District in Northern Province.

  A man identifying himself as Jeeva Ratnam and claiming to be a LTTE suicide bomber, who requested asylum at US embassy in Colombo, was handed over to Sri Lankan Police on November 7, 2005. The man had claimed that he was assigned to kill either Karuna Amman or Douglas Devananda, leader of EPDP. He claimed that he had voluntarily joined the LTTE when he was fifteen; however, he wanted to leave the LTTE and requested assistance going to the United States.

• May 11: United States federal judge in New York sentenced a top Tamil Tiger, who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, to time served in jail and freed the man. The defendant, Karunakaran Kandasamy (55), had pled guilty to among others, a charge of conspiring to provide material support to LTTE. A District Court document says Kandasamy was the director of the American branch of the LTTE, which operated through charitable front organizations, including the TRO and oversaw and directed the LTTE's various activities in the U.S, including raising millions of dollars for the LTTE and laundering it through the TRO. According to a court document, a single spreadsheet of priority items to purchase, totaled $20 million in arms and equipment, and included, among other things, 25mm Anti Aircraft Guns, 30 mm Twin Barrel Mounted Naval Guns, thousands of automatic rifles, grenade launchers, 50 tons of C4 explosive, and other weapons, were found from his colleague Vijayshanthar Patpanathan, another LTTE suspect, who pled guilty at the same time as Kandasamy, has assisted him and others in these fundraising and money laundering activities. They were pleaded guilty on June 9, 2009. The court, while announcing sentence expressed doubts that Kandasamy was involved in raising money for terrorism and believed the defendant's activities were humanitarian and not military.

• May 5: Sri Lanka Defence intelligence has found that the LTTE operates 428 schools in the main countries of Europe, reports Colombo Page. These school functions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and provide education to 22,500 students across the Europe. Germany has the highest number of such schools with 145 and there are 133 schools in Switzerland, and 65 schools in Denmark. Sri Lanka's defense authorities have complained to the authorities of such countries.

• May 3: Colombo High Court ordered the Prison Commissioner to transfer Sarath Fonseka to the NHC from the private hospital where he is receiving treatment for security reasons. The court observing the fact that there is a threat to Fonseka from the LTTE and other organisations and the prison authorities are unable to provide maximum security for Fonseka while at the private hospital, ordered his transfer to NHC.

• May 2: Former Trincomalee LTTE leader Sivasubramaniam Waradanadan alias Pathuman, who was remanded on charges of having attacked Army camps and attempted to kill Army personnel, will be further re remanded till May 21.

• May 1: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has issued deportation orders against two more of the 492 Sri Lankan refugee claimants who arrived in 2010 aboard the smuggling ship MV Sun Sea. One had been a member of a Tamil rebel group in between 2005 and 2006, when he was in his mid-20s. The cases bring to 19 the number of Sun Sea migrants who have been issued deportation orders to date. All have been declared inadmissible to Canada due to their involvement in terrorism and crime.

• April 30: The United States Department of Justice is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Canadian Tamil man, Mylvaganam, who pleaded guilty in a United States district court to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the LTTE, a proscribed organization in the US. Mylvaganam, a Canadian citizen who previously lived in the US, was arrested by Canada's RCMP officers in Toronto and extradited to US in 2009.

• April 26: Unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines Allan Poston has claimed. Poston is the technical adviser for the UN Development Programme's mine action group in Sri Lanka. Small bombs from the weapons were discovered in the North. The Government has denied that it ever used cluster bombs during the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

• April 22: A major search operation by TID and other State Intelligence bureaus is in progress in the eastern region in search of ex-LTTE cadres, who had not gone through Government rehabilitation programs as well as cadres, who had returned from overseas.

• April 17: A group of four persons was arrested showing and viewing a video film containing scenes of the past LTTE victories in the warfront and its training programmes in an attempt to promote LTTE organisation. They were taken into custody during a raid on a house at Mohontuwarama in Eechalanpattu area in Trincomalee District. The suspects were residents of the same area and two of them are believed to be former LTTE cadres. Police are conducting further inquiries into the suspects' involvement in LTTE activities and to detect the origin of the video.

• April 8: Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command had recovered 12.7mm anti-air craft gun and a Multi-Purpose Machine in the seas off Kuchchaveli from a LTTE attack craft in the seas during a salvage operation.

• April 1: State intelligence services have received information that around 150 terrorists who underwent a special arms training at three secret camps in Tamil Nadu, have returned to Sri Lanka and are hiding in the North and the East to carry out a destabilization campaign. According to the report the information was revealed during an interrogation of three suspects arrested for the March 17 killing of an Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) member in Trincomalee District.

• March 27: A special team from the Trincomalee Police arrested a LTTE armed gang, which was allegedly responsible for extortions and crimes in the Northeast. The extortion team was lead by former LTTE doctor. The suspects had in their possession forged rubber stamps and seals of police officers. They had printed and circulated forged documents earning large sums of money. Police also took into custody live bullets and ammunitions, rifles, binoculars, documents and police uniforms. The arrest was made at the time when the group, posing as policemen, attempted to extort money from a vegetable seller framing him with keeping two hand grenades and live Johnny mines in his possession.

• March 17: The EPDP member, identified as Ragu Nadanalias Muttu, a resident of Muttu, was killed after his throat was slit at Periyakulam in the Kuchchaveli area of Trincomalee District. The police found a note with the word 'LTTE' placed near the body.

• March 29: Another 384 former combatants of the terrorist group LTTE in Sri Lanka got the opportunity to rejoin their families. With this new batch, the government had successfully re-integrated 10,490 former LTTE combatants, including 2,170 females into civil society after the end of the war in May 2009. The last remaining group of former LTTE cadres will be released by mid-2012 after providing them the mandatory 12 months training.

• March 26: The TID of Sri Lanka Police reopened a case pertaining to a plane crash that happened 12 years ago. The Superintendent of Police Ajith Rohana said the plane crash, earlier suspected as an accident, was a result of a missile attack by LTTE. He said that two LTTE cadres arrested recently from Kilinochchi have confessed to firing missiles at the aircraft causing the AN-26 to crash. The suspects were produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate. The case will be heard again on April 23.

• March 8: Activists of various pro-LTTE movements disrupted an international conference and forced the organisers to send away a Sri Lankan academic. The members of Naam Tamizhar Iyakkam May 17 Movement, Sri Lankan Tamils Protection Federation, as well as MDMK cadres barged into the conference venue at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) in Tamil Nadu and protested against the participation of Jeeva Niriella, faculty of law, lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This is the second such incident of a Sri Lankan visitor facing a protest by pro-Tamil outfits. In January this year, Thirukumaran Nadesan, husband of Nirupama Rajapaksa, niece of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's suffered an even harsher treatment when slippers were hurled at him in Rameswaram where he visited to offer prayers in the temple.

• February 26: Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Dharshana Hettiarachchi said that 931 former LTTE cadres undergoing rehabilitation would be reunited with their families before the end of this year. According to the Rehabilitation Ministry, of the 11,700 cadres who had surrendered, 10,375 have been reunited with their families after the completion of the rehabilitation process.

• February 14: The Criminal Investigation Department has arrested a man with Sucide Kit in Galle. According to the police, the suspect is an ethnic Tamil resident of Badulla. He was a former cadre of the terrorist group LTTE and has been posing as a Muslim while working at the resort where the suicide kit was found.

• January 25: A suspected LTTE cadre alleged to have been involved in a bomb blast in Wilpattu National Forest on May 27, 2006, that killed seven people, was arrested by the Police. Police said the suspect has been identified as a resident of Mannar and he was involved in LTTE activities during the war.

• January 22: The Government ceremoniously reintegrated another batch of 78 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres to the society. Another 750 ex- LTTE cadres are currently being rehabilitated and over 800 more cadres will be rehabilitate on the orders of courts, according to the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Chandana Wanaguru. During and immediately after the final phase of the war 11,700 LTTE cadres had surrendered to the Government Security Forces (SFs) or arrested by the SFs.

  Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that even after the end of the war, LTTE elements were still trying to act from behind some political parties. Rajapaksa also said that the Government could not be held responsible for the persons who go missing due to terrorist activities.

• January 21-22: Sri Lanka Navy on January 21 arrested two people, including a former Sea Tiger [cadre of the Se Wing of the LTTE] attempting to enter the island illegally under cover from the northwestern coast, the Navy reported on January 22. The two ethnic Tamils were dropped off by a hired Indian boat at the 9th Sand Bank off the coast of Thalaimannar and were swimming to the 8th Sand Bank when the naval personnel attached to the North-western Naval Command spotted them and arrested.

• January 18: Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that Government can overcome political extremism. The Minister said the LTTE operated a propaganda and fund raising network in nearly 230 countries and is one of the richest terrorist organizations found in the world.

• January 16-17: Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command recovered a stock of LTTE arms and ammunition hidden in Devapura and Chilawatte areas s. The recoveries included one T 56 weapon, one T 81 weapon, two T 56 magazines, one T 56 magazine, eight 81mm motor bombs, two 60 mm motor bombs and two hand grenades were also found. A number of identity cards of LTTE militants were also recovered.

• January 16: A suspected sympathizer of the LTTE was arrested by Kochi city Police from Chengalpettu in Chennai in connection with a human trafficking case involving Sri Lankan Tamils.

  Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli said that the court is expecting the advice of the Attorney General regarding legal action against two surrendered leaders of the LTTE. The duo, former LTTE media spokesman Daya Master and translator George, surrendered to State Military in the last phase of the war against LTTE.

  Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said that foreign forces are behind some of the protests held in the country. Jayaratne said that such foreign forces were behind the protests against the setting up of private universities. He observed that he has received affidavits stating such facts. According to the Prime Minister, certain foreign elements including the Tamil Diaspora were hopeful of resurrecting the LTTE organization.

• January 15: The US granted President Mahinda Rajapaksa immunity from a law suit filed in a US court against him by the pro- LTTE Tamil Diaspora. The US filed a "Suggestion of Immunity" at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on January 13 for President Rajapaksa recognizing him as the "sitting head of state of a foreign state."

  The External Affairs Ministry has directed the country's missions in Europe to keep a close watch on the activities of LTTE front organizations in their respective countries.

  The We Are Sri Lankan (WASL) organization led by the dissidents of JVP said the rehabilitated former LTTE members should be given equal rights and not be sidelined. WASL Convener, Udul Premaratne said that the Government was critical of organizations that stood and fought for ethnic harmony.

• January 13: The overseas LTTE groups trying to revive the vanquished terror group in Sri Lanka have used the personalized services offered by the postal authorities in Britain, France and Canada to make a mockery of those States where the terrorist group remains as a banned organization.

• January 10: Sri Lanka plans to strengthen security in the country to prevent any resurrection of the vanquished LTTE, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. He observed that the LTTE, although defeated in the country, is still active overseas and groups sympathetic to the LTTE cause are attempting to revitalize their movement at international level. Though many LTTE-friendly groups and individuals function overseas separately, they have one common objective of dismembering Sri Lanka and establishing a separate State.

  Higher Education Ministry Secretary Sunil Jayantha Navarathna said that on the advice of LTTE supporters, a Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) faction led by Kumar Gunaratnam is engaged in hampering the university system.

• January 9: Around 74 LTTE cadres who have been rehabilitated on court orders, are to be released shortly on a decision by the Rehabilitation Department. According to Rehabilitation Commissioner General Major General Chandana Rajaguru this group will be released on January 22 at a ceremony in Batticaloa. He said that 11,375 out of around 12,000 former LTTE cadres had been rehabilitated and integrated into society to date, while another 750 are being rehabilitated and will be released in batches.

• January 8: The Sri Lanka Police Department will create opportunities for former LTTE cadres who are well educated to join the Police, Inspector General of Police N. K. Illangakoon said. He said if the former LTTE cadres were willing to join the Police after fulfilling the requirements, the Department would recruit them.

• January 3: Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris called in the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka, Christine Robichon, to express Sri Lanka's concern over the issue of four stamps by the French mail service La Poste depicting images of LTTE. Professor Peiris pointed out that when Governments, especially in the West allow the pro-LTTE groups to operate in such a manner, the Sri Lankan public will question those countries' bona-fides and the Sri Lankan Government has to consider the public opinion since the pro-LTTE groups overseas are still seeking to achieve their objectives through different means.

  French Ambassador confirmed the publication of 360 stamps by La Poste. However, after the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed La Poste that LTTE is a terrorist group banned by the EU in 2006, the mail service has assured that no such stamps will be printed further.

  Peiris urged the French Government to ensure that publications like the four stamps issued by La Poste of France, depicting images related to the LTTE, including its insignia, should not happen and their publication be cancelled.

• January 1: A large stock of weapons, explosives and other war like equipments buried by the LTTE, while they were fleeing after their defeat in 2009, was unearthed by Naval troops in Narantanai West in Kayts.

2011

• December 12: Authorities expect to release all remaining former LTTE by the middle of 2012 following the completion of their training program. The last remaining group of 700 former LTTE cadres will be released by mid-2012 after providing them the mandatory 12 months training, Secretary for the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms, A. Dissanayaka said on December 9.

• December 9: The TNA asked the Government to reveal the list of ex-LTTE cadres and supporters who are detained or in custody. The TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said, "The government needs to give details about the people being detained.

  According to Premachandran, persons like Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who were directly involved in the LTTE's decision making and fighting machinery are being entertained by the Government while the poor people who followed their orders are being detained since the end of the war.

  The Government has repeatedly said that during and immediately after the final phase of the war in May 2009, 11,664 LTTE cadres surrendered to the Government Security Forces.

• December 6: The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested two local government members from North on December 6 for having links with LTTE militants. The TID said that the two local government members were arrested following information received of their alleged links with the LTTE organization during the period of the war.

• November 27: A clash took place in the premises of the Anuradhapura Prison following an attempt by several incarcerated LTTE suspects to celebrate the Maveerar Day (Heroes Day) inside the prison.

• November 20: The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), appointed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the three-decade long armed conflict with the LTTE militants, handed over its final report to the President.

• November 11: Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its place", a Norwegian Government sponsored study titled, "Pawns of Peace: Evaluation of Norwegian Peace Efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009" revealed.

• November 3: The Royal Norwegian Government has provided assistance to the International Organization for Migration to contribute to the Sri Lankan government's efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate former cadres of the militant outfit LTTE.

• October 21: A Dutch court convicted and sentenced five Dutch citizens of Sri Lankan Tamil origin accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils to fund the terrorist activities of Sri Lanka's terror outfit LTTE.

• October 17: A Sri Lankan Government Minister urged the Norwegian Government to ban Sri Lanka's defeated militant outfit LTTE.

• October 7: Ivo Opstelten, the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands Government said that the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) was considering to take action against the Saturday schools run by the front organizations of the militant outfit LTTE in the country.

• October 5: Front organizations of the defeated Tamil militant outfit LTTE are running private Saturday schools in the Netherlands, Radio Netherlands reported citing a recent report by the Dutch national Police.

• October 3: Sri Lanka's elite STF Police recovered a huge arm cache hidden by the LTTE rebels in Mullaitivu area.

• September 30: Sri Lankan-born American hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, who was found guilty on all counts in the high-profile insider trading trial and awaiting sentencing in the United States, also financed the Tamil militant outfit LTTE, in its decades-long war of the Sri Lankan Government.

  President Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed that former LTTE combatants who were rehabilitated by the Government would be integrated into the development process of the country.

  Sri Lankan Government released 1,800 former cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) after their completion of a two-year rehabilitation program following the end of the war in May 2009.

• September 28: Dutch prosecutors trying five Sri Lankan Tamil nationals, (who are all naturalized Dutch citizens now) accused of extorting money from other Dutch Tamils in the Netherlands are seeking long prison terms. The prosecutors have demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 16 years for the five ethnic Tamils accused of organizing illegal lotteries and extorting cash from Tamils in the Netherlands with all proceeds going to Sri Lanka's militant outfit LTTE, to finance its terrorist war.

  Nine persons who were arrested in Kerala in India on September 26 on the charge of cheating 34 Sri Lankans at refugee camps in Tamil Nadu are suspected by the Police to have links with the LTTE.

• September 27: Senior American counter-terrorism official warned Canadian authorities that two Sri Lankan migrants who arrived off the British Columbia Coast in 2009 aboard a smuggling ship were suspected cadres of the militant outfit LTTE.

• September 25: Scores of cadres of the militant outfit LTTE are likely to be prosecuted for crimes committed during the three decade conflict that ended in 2009.

• September 17: A domestic Dutch criminal court, trying five Sri Lankan Tamils for supporting Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit LTTE, will screen Britain's Channel 4 documentary "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields" on a request made by the defence counsel.

• September 15: Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) officials said that six cadres of the militant outfit LTTE were among the 44 suspects who were arrested by the Navy in the Kalmunai high seas while attempting to leave Sri Lanka illegally for Australia during early September, 2011.

• September 10: The Sri Lankan Government strongly condemned the international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) for prejudging the country's own investigative mechanism that looked into the last seven years of war against militants of the LTTE.

• September 6: The Sri Lanka Government reiterated its commitment to reply queries raised in any quarter in the international arena in respect of the humanitarian operation launched by the Security Forces to free over 300,000 people who were held hostage by the LTTE militants.

• September 1: Sri Lankan Parliamentarian and Adviser on Reconciliation to the President Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha denied a report from the Indian newchannel NDTV which said he had admitted that some army personnel might have been guilty of alleged war crimes during the last phase of the war with the LTTE militants.

  Sri Lanka media sources reported that an attempt was underway to impose travel bans on Sri Lankan media persons who supported the war against the, LTTE militants on the grounds of alleged war crime charges.

• August 31: About 1,200 alleged cadres of the LTTE in Sri Lanka will be released, with the end of emergency rule imposed 28 years ago to deal with the separatist movement.

• August 27: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Ravinatha Aryasinha said that the EU was yet to respond to a request from Sri Lanka on listing LTTE front organizations in Europe as terrorist entities.

• August 23: The People's Front of Liberation Tigers (PFLT), the political party formed by the LTTE in 1989 when it began peace talks with the then Government of late President R. Premadasa, will be removed from the electoral register in terms of the new procedure introduced for the recognition and registration of political parties in Sri Lanka.

  Professor Rohan Gunaratne, a specialist in terrorism research while addressing the fifth annual symposium of the Sir John Kotalawela Defence University said that despite LTTE being wiped out in Sri Lanka, their international presence still posed a threat to the country.

• August 21: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the US Jaliya Wickremasuriya said that the US State Department were given a copy of the report prepared by the Defence Ministry on the military operation to defeat the LTTTE.

• August 18: LLRC of Sri Lanka said that its final report would be submitted on November 15 and not before the set date due to any kind of pressure.

  The overseas cadres of LTTE continued to procure weapons while the LTTE Diaspora continued to support the organization financially, a report released by the (US) Department of State on August 18 said. It said that despite its military defeat in Sri Lanka at the hands of Government Forces in May 2009, the LTTE's international network of financial support persists.

  The 'Country Reports on Terrorism', a US state department report on terrorism released said that Sri Lanka showed a high level of commitment to counter terrorist financing and money laundering.

• August 9: Sri Lankan authorities are making arrangements to release another batch of 150 rehabilitated LTTE cadres on August 12 in Vavuniya District upon their completion of the rehabilitation program. The former combatants were given training vocational, language and communication training to improve their skills and their educational knowledge. Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said the cadres to be released are currently undergoing a final test in mason skills, handicraft work and paintings.

  Prime Minister of Sri Lanka D.M. Jayaratne said that the Government was considering abolishing the emergency regulations soon following consultations with the National Security Council. Jayaratne said the proposals have already been made to the National Security Council and that they would be presented to parliament shortly. He added that since the end of the war against the LTTE in May 2009, most of the clauses in the Public Security Ordinance have been abolished. He said a few of the clauses under the ordinance that were placed since August 2005 remained since the LTTE continues to be active overseas.

• August 1: The Sri Lankan Government updated a request to the EU to list front organizations of the LTTE as terrorist entities. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Brussels, Belgium said the request was made on July 28, 2011 as the EU re-listed the LTTE as a terrorist entity through a regulation implemented by the Council on July 18 and published in the official journal of the European Union on July 19.

  Secretary of Sri Lanka Defence Ministry Gotabhaya Rajapaksa denied the allegation that the Sri Lanka Army killed LTTE cadres when they tried to surrender. Releasing the report titled "Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 - May 2009", Rajapaksa said the Government had no intention of killing LTTE leaders when they surrendered to the military since the Government directly looked after families of LTTE leaders.

• July 27: Radio Netherlands claimed that Rehabilitated (LTTE) cadres are ready to fight again if life doesn't improve. A (RNW) team who visited Sri Lanka recently interviewed a group of nine rehabilitated combatants, six men and three women, in a walled-compound of an unnamed NGO in the Eastern city of Batticaloa. The group complained to the RNW team about lack of freedom referring to many military checkpoints they have to go through in the North. The ex-fighters told that they have to sign a monthly 'good behavior report' and the Police are suspicious of them.

• July 21: Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that the Rehabilitation Authority has taken steps to integrate former LTTE cadres into society with immediate effect. A number of rehabilitated cadres and those who are ill have been released by now. Around 2,700 former cadres are being rehabilitated in six rehabilitation centres in the country. The ministry has taken steps to conduct this rehabilitation programme successfully, he said.

  Minister of Human Resources D.E.W. Gunasekera said that international groups looked at the situation in the country from the viewpoint of the LTTE. He said that since the international groups view the situation in Sri Lanka like the LTTE, their viewpoints would be different from the real situation.

• July 19: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is touring the conflict-affected Northern Province pledged to rebuild everything the public in the North lost during the three-decade long war with the separatist LTTE). The President said he was ready to serve for everyone in the country as their President without any discrimination.

• July 18: Sri Lanka Police CID produced the leader of the women's political wing of the (LTTE), Subramaniam Shivathai alias Thamilini, before Colombo Magistrate Court on July 18 and informed that the investigations regarding Subramaniam Shivathai are still underway. The CID requested more time for investigations and further detention. The Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli accepted the appeal and directed to produce the suspect in court again on August 01. Subramaniam Shivathai alias Thamilini, the leader of the women's political wing of the LTTE surrendered to the Security Forces in May 2009 following the annihilation of the Tamil rebel movement.

  The detained LTTE cadres who started a hunger strike in Vavuniya prison in Vavuniya District demanding their legal procedures quickened, suspended their hunger strike.

• July 9: The Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom and British Conservative Party parliamentarian Dr. Liam Fox met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on July 9 at the Temple Trees in Colombo. The British Defence Minister arrived in Sri Lanka to deliver the annual Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture in memory of the Sri Lankan foreign minister who was assassinated by the LTTE in 2005. Dr. Fox and President Rajapaksa discussed the post-war developments in the country including concerns raised in Britain over alleged human rights allegations committed by Sri Lankan forces during the last stage of the war against Tamil Tigers.

• July 8: SFs discovered a boat manufacturing centre in the Kilinochchi District, suspected to be operated by the LTTE.

  Sri Lanka Ministry of Prison Reforms and Rehabilitation said that 302 former LTTE will sit for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination in August from the places where they are detained now.

• July 5: The Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratna said that some LTTE cadres, who fled during the final stages of the war, are still at large and search operations are underway to locate them. Jayaratna told the parliament that even though the war against the LTTE was over there are attempts by some groups to revive the conflict once again. The Prime Minister also expressed fear that separatist groups may attempt to convince the rehabilitated ex-combatants to take up arms again.

• July 2: Former international wing leader and chief arms procurer of the LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said on July 2 that his main aim was to help the war affected Tamil community in the North and that an Eelam State was not the need of the hour. Pathmanathan said that priority would be given to helping the war affected Tamils through his new humanitarian agency and that he would not discuss politics or think about it at present.

• June 27: SFs are investigating a terrorist style killing of a 30-year-old man, identified as, Balachandran Sathkunaraja, an ex-militant of (LTTE), who was found hanging on a goal post of a football court in Puttur in Jaffna District on June 26. Investigations revealed that he was hanged after beaten to death.

  Commissioner General of Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka, Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 108 former members of the LTTE are preparing to take the GCE Advanced Level examination in August this year. Ranasinghe has observed that all former LTTE members currently undergoing rehabilitation will be re-integrated to society by the end of the year.

• June 26: The detained senior leader of LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said that he knew where the money of LTTE was kept after their defeat in May 2009 by the Sri Lankan Government. "I know who is having the large sums of money belonging to the LTTE. I know this will be a difficult job but I will try to find that money in order to help Tamil people," a PTI report said quoting a statement made by KP to the BBC.

• June 20: David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, the former Foreign Ministers of Britain and France respectively, called for action on the basis of the report by the United Nations Secretary-General's Expert Panel appointed to probe the accountability of Sri Lanka during the war with LTTE militants.

  The Defence Ministry said that Issipriya the lady who is alleged to have been a journalist and a news presenter in the Channel 4 documentary (which allegedly showed a footage of Sri Lankan soldiers massacring Tamil prisoners of war), was a LTTE cadre. The Ministry also released a photograph of the identity card issued by the LTTE to Issipriya, in which she was clad in combat attire, confirming her military involvement with the LTTE. According to the reports Issipriya was born in 1982 in Jaffna and was subsequently recruited by the LTTE and underwent military training in the Vanni.

• June 19: Sri Lanka Rehabilitation Commissioner General, Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 500 more rehabilitated ex-cadres of the LTTE will be released by the end of June.

• June 18: Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa requested all communities of Sri Lanka to stand up against elements attempting to revive the remnants of the defeated militant outfit LTTE who were involved in tarnishing the country's image in the aftermath of the Government's victory over terrorism.

• June 16: In the wake of a documentary aired by Britain's Channel 4 on Sri Lanka's war, the United Nations renewed its call for Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged violations of human rights during the last phase of the three-decade long conflict with the LTTE militants.

• June 15: Following the broadcasting of a documentary on Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE militants by the Channel 4 TV, the United Kingdom pressed Sri Lanka to investigate the alleged war crimes or face an international inquiry.

  A team of Dutch officials investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands arrived in Sri Lanka to interrogate former and current LTTE leaders in the country.

• June 14: Sri Lankan Government intends to use the detained leader of LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan, alias KP, as a State witness to discover more information about the LTTE's overseas operations.

• May 29: The name of former LTTE international wing head and chief arms procurer Tharmalingam Shanmugam Kumaran also known as Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has reportedly been re-included in the Interpol list of wanted persons.

• May 25: Dutch authorities investigating the financial network of the LTTE leaders in the Netherlands plan to interrogate former and current LTTE leaders in Sri Lanka and are in the process of seeking permission from the Sri Lankan authorities.

• May 23: A top leader of the LTTE Kumaran Pathmanathan apologised to India for V. Prabakaran's (the slain LTTE chief) "mistake" of killing the former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.

• May 16: In response to an allegation made on the basis of a newspaper report that Norwegian authorities had been secretly assisting cadres of the militant outfit LTTE out of the country, the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo said that the Norway had never indulged in such activities.

• May 6: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vadaliappu, Kaithady, Meesalai, Omanthai, Maligai, Naddankandal, Madhu, Monarawewa and Wahalkada areas in the North recovered three T-56 weapons, eight T-56 magazines, three T-56 oil bottles, two T-56 tool kits, one 40 mm grenade launcher bomb, two 81-mm mortar bombs, one 60-mm mortar bomb, 19 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs)and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  De-mining groups recovered 175 APMs, three 81-mm mortar bombs, eight electric mines, two 120-mm mortar bombs and 351 rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu, Parasankulam and Panikkulam areas.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs and one hand grenade from Welikanda in Polonnaruwa District and Vandaramulla area in Batticaloa District.

• May 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Wahalkada and Kilinochchi areas in the North recovered two Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 79 APMs and nine electric mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu.

  Troops in the East recovered one 81-mm mortar bomb, four APMs , one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), one 60 -mm mortar bomb and one 82-mm mortar bomb from Pankulam, Muttur and Mukaral areas in Trincomalee District.

• May 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Madhu, Periyamadu, Monarawewa, Wahalkada and Kilinochchi areas in the North recovered two 60-mm mortar bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb and eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 114 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and six electric mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs from Muttur and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• April 30: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa, Wahalkada, Unchalkaddi, Iranamadu, Visuamadhu West and Olumadu areas in the North recovered 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one 81-mm mortar bomb, two hand grenades, 819 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one paddle gun round, one electrical mine and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  Demining groups recovered 350 APMs, 14 electrical mines, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Marathamadu, Gajabapura and Kokutoduvai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one hand grenade from Sittandi area in Batticaloa District.

• April 29: Troops on their search and clear operations in the general areas of Periyavilan, Semmanthivu, Vattapalai and Nallur areas in the North recovered one Anti Personnel Mine(APM), 20 60-mm mortar bombs and two hand grenades.

  Troops in the East recovered nine APM from Punani and Miraodei areas in Batticaloa District.

• April 28: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa and Nayaru areas in the North recovered four Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and four 81-mm mortar bombs.

  Army troops combined with Air Force recovered 18 hand grenades, 170 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 14 rounds of 12.7-mm ammunition, 210 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition and four T-56 magazines from Wellamullivaikkal area.

  De-mining groups recovered 181 APMs, six electric mines and four anti tank mines from Thammennakulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Kokkuthuduwai areas.

  April 27: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chenkanai, Allari and Kilinochchi areas in the North-recovered one Self Loading Rifle (SLR), two magazines, one 81-mm mortar bomb and one hand grenade.

  Army troops combined with Navy recovered three 60-mm mortar bombs, six 60-mm mortar bomb fuses, three rounds of T-56 ammunition and 44 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links from Akkarayankulam area.

  De-mining groups recovered 188 Antipersonnel Mines and three electric mines from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Kalyanapura areas

• April 26: Troops on their search and clear operations in Jaffna Town, Omanthai and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPGs), six 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and two 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered one hundred and two anti personnel mines and eight electric mines from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  On information received from a civilian troop recovered one 120-mm mortar bomb from Paranthan area..

• April 25: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa and Mankulam areas in the North recovered three Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 60-mm mortar bombs, 225 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 80 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition.

  Demining groups recovered 73 APMs and nine electric bombs from Mahilankulam, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai.

• April 24: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops in Monarawewa area in the North recovered 19 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 136 APMs and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduval areas.

  Troops in the East recovered15 APMs, one HF base station, hand grenades and six 40-mm grenade launcher bombs from Poonagar, Soruwila and Thiraimadu areas in Trincomalee District.

• April 22: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Periyakulam, Omanthai, Monarawewa and Kokkutuduvai areas in the North recovered one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), 28 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine, one 85-mm pounder bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 246 APMs, two RPG bombs, 13 electric mines and two anti tank mines from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  In the East troops recovered one 60-mm High Explosive (HE) bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and three APMs from Komari, Mawadivembu, Kokkadicholai and Pump House Camp areas in Batticaloa District.

  Navy troops in the East recovered six T-56 weapons, 20 T-56 magazines, one T-81 weapon, five T-81 magazines, one 40-mm grenade launcher, 56 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, six hand sets, one I-com set with antenna, three handset antennas, one claymore blasting device, 1500 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, 1100 rounds of M-16 ammunition, 1500 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 163 rounds of 9-mm pistol ammunition from Madurankulam area.

• April 21: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Periyamadu area in the north recovered one Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 226 Anti Personnel Mines 9APMs, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb from Thammannakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Former TNA Member of Parliament S. Kanagaratnam alleged that over 600 innocent Tamil civilians were shot and killed like stray dogs from October 1, 2008 to May 18, 2009 in the Vanni region by the LTTE militants.

• April 19: Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe stated that 480 former LTTE cadres would be released on April 23,. According to the Brigadier Ranasinghe over 7000 rehabilitated former-LTTE cadres have been released so far and some 4100 cadres are still in the rehabilitation centres.

• April 17: Troops on their search and clear operations in Katkidangu, Kokkutuduvai and Visuamadu areas in the North recovered three T-56 weapons, eight T-56 magazines 256 rounds of T-56 ammunition, six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) fuse.

  Police Special Task Force and Army troops on a joint operation recovered one T-56 body group and two RPGs from Wellamullivaikkal area.

• April 15: Troops on their search and clear operations in Pankulam and Pump House Camp areas in the North recovered one claymore mine and three Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 49 APMs from Thampanaikulam and Mahilankulam areas.

  The report of the Panel of Experts appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to investigate accountability issues during the later stages of the Sri Lanka's war against the LTTE militants was leaked to the local media before its official publication.

• April 13: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kanakarayankulam, Kokeliya and Paramankirai areas in the North recovered one Anti Personnel Mine (APM), one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one hand grenade.

  Troops in the East recovered one claymore mine, six 60-mm mortar bombs, two T-56 magazines and three APMs from Kadavan and Kalladi in Puttlam District.

  The Sri Lankan Government rejected the report that was handed over to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12 by the Panel of Experts appointed by him to inquire into Sri Lanka’s accountability issues during the final phase of the war against the LTTE militants.

• April 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Katiadi, Vavunikulam and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), 15 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm illumination mortar bombs and one 60-mm mortar bomb.De-mining groups recovered 144 APMs from Mahilankulam and Kokkutuduwai areas. Further, de-mining groups recovered 40 APMs from Kokkutuduvai area.

• April 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Tachchaadappan and Monarawewa areas in the North recovered 24 81-mm mortar bombs and 15 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 211 APMs, two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 82 mm mortar bomb and 11 electric mines from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Palampiddi, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Monarawewa and Maruthamadu areas.

  Police recovered 23 fiberglass boats belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Mankulam town in Vavuniya District of Northern Sri Lanka.

• April 1: Troops on their search and clear operations in Babypuram, Nawatkuli, Periyathampanai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Mankulam and Alaikallupoddakulam areas in the North recovered three 60-mm mortar bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb, 21 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), five hand grenades, one I-com set, one claymore mine, one T-56 weapon body, 253 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 41 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG).

  Police recovered one hand grenade from Thambuttegama area.

  De-mining groups recovered 410 APMs, one anti tank mine and eight electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluwarayankaddaiadampan, Palampiddi, Kokkuthuduwai and Maruthamadu areas.

• March 31: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Nawaladi, Iranamadu, Kalmadukulam, Olumadu and Alampil areas in the North recovered 18 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 60-mm mortar bomb, 21 hand grenades, 1445 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one booby trap, one 122-mm artillery shell and one Improvised Explosive Device explosive.

  De-mining groups recovered 305 APMs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade and six electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Malluwarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan and Maruthamadu areas.

  The Interpol issued an arrest warrant against a Sri Lankan national in the United Kingdom for his alleged involvement in human smuggling (Sri Lankan Tamils to Canada), trafficking, illegal immigration, and terrorism. The accused, identified as Shanmugasundaram Kanthaskaran, is originally a Sri Lankan Tamil from Silavathurai region. According to a confidential Sri Lankan Government report, Kanthaskaran, also known as "Peg Leg Shankar," holds a British passport and operates from the U.K., Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.

• March 29: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kopay, Tamil Primary Rehabilitation Centre, Poonthoddam Co-Op Training Rehabilitation Centre, Technical College Rehabilitation Centre, Pampaimadu Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, Vavunikulam, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Mankulam, Ampakamam, Otiyamalai and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered two hand grenades, 22 hand phones, forty-one batteries, 13 sim cards, ninety chargers, 28hand free sets, 22 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one anti tank mine, 12 60-mm mortar bombs, one 130-mm artillery round, three anti personnel mine fuses, 4500 rounds of T-56 bolt ammunition, one 81-mm mortar bomb and two 40-mm grenade launcher bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 211 APMs, one hand grenade and three electric mines from Thampanaikulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Palamoddai, Madhu, Marathamadu And Gajabapura areas.

  Troops recovered one T-56 weapon from Udappuwa in Colombo District.

• March 28: Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha cautioned against those advocating mono-ethnic separatism in Sri Lanka while espousing the ideology of the LTTE, using its money and being manipulated by its surviving military leaders.

• March 27: Troops on their search and clear operations in Velarchinnakulam, Monarawewa, Alankulam and Vannivilankulam areas in the North recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), seven 81-mm mortar bombs and one hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 192 APMs, one anti tank mine, one 81-mm mortar bomb, nine detonators, one 60-mm mortar bomb fuse and one T-56 magazine from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu and Otiyamalai.

  In the East, troops recovered 18 APMs from Miraodei and Camp Defence Line Pump House areas in Batticaloa District.

  The Army denied an online pro-LTTE propaganda report of a ‘terrorist attack on a military convoy’ on March 24 as killing five personnel while injuring a senior officer. According to a pro-terrorist online portal, a military convoy had come under a possible ‘LTTE terrorist attack’ deep inside the Habarana jungle enclave. A spokesman for the Army said the story was a complete fabrication and no such incident had taken place.

• March 25: Troops on their search and clear operations in Mullaiyadi, Manthai, Maligal, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai and Paramankirai areas in the North recovered one hand grenade, 12 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), two anti tank mines and one unidentified hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 611 APMs and three hand grenades from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallawarayankaddaiadampan and Marathamadu areas.

• March 23: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduwai and Adampan recovered one anti tank mine, 12 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), four Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 60-mm mortar bomb, two unidentified bombs, two hand grenades and one booby trap.

  De-mining groups recovered 319 APMs, one anti tank mine and one 122-mm artillery shell from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluyarayankaddaiadampan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduwai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb and 10 APMs from Kiran, Pudur and Stanley Base Camp areas.

• March 22: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vathirayan, Manthai, Madhu, Kokkuthuduwai and Udayarkattukulam areas in the North recovered a top cover of an anti tank pressure mine, nine anti tank mines, 25 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), 27 hand grenades and five Bangalore torpedoes .

  De-mining groups recovered 424 APMs and two hand grenades from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyapandivirichchan, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered three 60 -mm mortar bombs, nine APMs , one hand grenade, one T-56 weapon, two magazines and sixty rounds of T-56 ammunition from Muttur, in Trincomalee and Aiyankerni, in Batticaloa District.

• March 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in Mantai, Nochchikulam, Vilathikulam, Kilinochchi, Iranamadu and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 17 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, one T-56 weapon, six hand grenades, nine Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 355 APMs, two hand grenades, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) from Thammannaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Omanthai, Periyapandivirichchan, Malluyaraykaddaiaddappan, Madhu, Marathamadhu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 20: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduvai area in the North recovered five APMs and one anti tank mine.

  De-mining groups recovered 133 APMs , four hand grenades, two T-56 weapons, one tool kit, three rounds of T-56 ball ammunition, one magazine and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Maruthamadu and Kokkutuduvai.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered 14 APMs from Kiran and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• March 19: India’s Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad arrested a Sri Lankan drug peddler, with suspected links to the LTTE from a hideout in Navi Mumbai.

• March 17: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kokkutuduvai, Pallikudah and Udayarkaddu South areas in the North recovered seven Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one round of 130 mm unexploded Artillery projectile, one unexploded armour projectile, seven RPG, seven hand grenades and one claymore mine.

  Canadian authorities ordered the deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant who had entered Vancouver in August 2010 aboard the Thai ship MV Sun Sea on the charge of being member of the militant outfit LTTE.

  De-mining groups recovered 360 APMs, 11 electric mines, one booby trap and one hand grenade from Thammannaikulam, Mahilankulam, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Marathamadu, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi and Adampan.

  Police recovered five RPG bombs, one hundred and ten hand grenades and one shot gun from Puthukudiyirippu, Kendawattha and Monaragala areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered one RPG bomb, one 60-mm mortar bomb and two T-56 weapons from Kulaththamadu, Pulipanchikal and Thiuchenai areas.

• March 16: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kudamian, Saliyapura, Semmanttivu, Omantai and Miraodei, areas in the North recovered seven hand grenades, 175 APMs, 145 APM fuses, six 60-mm mortar bombs, three anti tank mines, one claymore mine, two IEDs,one trapping and three 81 mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 260 APMs, nine hand grenades, one RPG, four electrical mines, one T-56 Magazine, one 40-mm mortar bomb, one anti tank mine and four jumping mines from Thampanaikulam, Wankalai, Navathkualam, Mahilankulam, Mulluyarayankaddaiadappan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 15: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Maligai, Monarawewa, Mallavi and Olumadu areas in the North recovered 18 APMs, one 81-mm mortar bomb and two hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 315 APMs, 151 hand grenades, two 60-mm mortar bombs, one claymore mine, four electric mines and one anti tank mine from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduvai areas.

• March 14: Troops on their search and clear operations in Maligai, Monerawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Udayarkattu and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered 15 APMs, seven claymore mines and 30 hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 312 APMs, 61 hand grenades, three 60-mm mortar bombs, seven electric mines and one anti tank mine from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malluyarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu and Kokkutuduwai areas .

  Troops in the East recovered two T-81 magazines and forty-five T-56 magazines from Thannipalai area in Batticaloa District.

• March 13: Troops on their search and clear operations in Vellamullivaikkal area in the North recovered 750 rounds of T-56 ammunition, 15 hand grenades and seven T-56 magazines.

  De-mining groups recovered 132 Anti Personnel Mines(APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, 12 electric mines, from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Maruthamadu and Eranapalay areas.

  Troops in the East recovered two hand grenades from Kathiraveli area in Batticaloa District.

  Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Government was still trying to use the LTTE to win votes.

• March 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chava, Manthai, Monarawewa and Kokkuthuduwai areas in the North recovered 26 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine and three 81-mm mortar bombs.

  De-mining groups recovered 249 APMs, one claymore mine, two 60-mm mortar bombs and three hand grenades from Mallavarayankaddaiadampan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Kokkuthuduvai, Thampanaikulam, Vankalai, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam and Periyathampanai areas.

  Troops in the East recovered three hundred and twenty-five anti personnel mines, two hand grenades, two trap guns and two 40 mm grenade launcher bombs from Punanai, Narakamulla, Mylambaveli, Kinniady, Thiraimadu and Kanchikudichchiaru areas in Batticaloa District.

  Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that over 70 percent of former LTTE cadres were rehabilitated and integrated to society and the rest is being rehabilitated by the Government.

• March 10: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai, Nallur, Mullattivu, Lakbone and Kinnady areas in the North recovered 33 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one hand grenade and one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) on March 10.

  Troops at Entry Exit Point in Omanthai recovered 200 gm of C-4 explosives, 15 feet long detonator code and two electric detonators left unattended under the rear seat of a bus.

  De-mining groups recovered 193 APMs and one RPG from Vankalal, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan and Kokkutuduwai areas.

• March 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Karuvalpuliyankulam, Monarawewa and Kulamurippu areas in the North recovered 13 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81 mm mortar bombs and three claymore mines.

  Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said in Parliament that the LTTE cadres are being trained in secret training camps in Tamil Nadu in India.

  De-mining groups recovered 427 APMs, five hand grenades, 8500 rounds of General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) ammunition, five 81-mm mortar bombs, 54 rounds of 5.0 mm ammunition, four Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), three 60-mm mortar bombs and one Arul bomb from Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan, Kokkutuduvai, Elephant Pass and Shivanagar areas.

• March 8: Troops on their search and clear operations in Naganchole area in the North recovered 14 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  Troops recovered 48 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition from Pawakkudichenai area.

  De-mining groups recovered 496 APMs from Thampanaikulam, Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallavarayankaddaiadampan and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Plantation Industries Minister and Presidential nominee on Human Rights Affairs Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the members of pro LTTE elements in the countries where the LTTE has been banned are holding the pictures of LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran, LTTE flags and their emblem during demonstrations.

• March 7: Troops on their search and clear operations in the general areas of Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Putiyampkkari, Kariyalvagal and Iranamadu recovered 45 anti personnel mines, one 60 mm mortar bomb, 39 hand grenades, two 122 mm Artillery shells, one 130 mm Artillery shell, one 81mm mortar bomb, one 40 mm bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and ten Jonny mines.

  De-mining groups recovered 800 anti personnel mines and nine 60 mm mortar bombs from Thammennakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Mallawarayankaddaiadappan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled that the mere association with the LTTE is not enough to constitute its membership.

• March 6: The groups working under the aegis of the LTTE is plotting again at the UN Human Rights Council sessions to destabilise Sri Lanka but their efforts will not succeed as it had failed during more difficult times earlier, said Plantations Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe who led the Sri Lankan delegation to Geneva.

• March 3: A Sri Lankan court refused to grant bail to 17 suspected LTTE cadres who were arrested when they were trying to flee the country in February.

• March 2: Sri Lanka Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe said that 106 rehabilitated former LTTE cadres were released.

• March 1: Sri Lanka noted that remnants of the LTTE international network continued its criminal activities and its secessionist agenda.

  Government of Sri Lanka on its own must investigate the killing of thousands of civilians in the final months of its separatist war with LTTE or else may risk an international probe into the alleged war crimes, said Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South, and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department said in an interview to the AFP news agency.

• February 25: The Canadian Government is mulling over the confiscation of all LTTE banking and fund raising activities in Canada. Minister for External Affairs G. L. Peiris said that Canada was already in the process of crafting the necessary legislation. The Minister said that Jason Kenny, a Canadian Minister had taken the lead in this respect.

• February 22: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Omanthai, Alagallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai and Poonakary areas in the North recovered 41 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm mortar bombs and one trapped 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 168 APMs, four electricAPMs , two 81-mm mortar bombs and one hand grenade from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Thambanaikulam, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Troops recovered one anti personnel mine from Bakmitiyawa area in Amapara District.

  Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that despite the nations physical war with the LTTE militants being over resulting in their elimination from the land, the warfare has not come to an end as the 'cyber war', the war on information highway, is still continuing. Delivering the keynote address at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on "Strategic Dimensions of Cyber Warfare", at the 'Cyber Warfare Workshop - 2011,' the Army Commander said the Cyber Warfare was an emerging threat to the entire world. The General also warned of activities of anti-Sri Lankan forces and pro-LTTE activists around the world.

• February 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in Poowarasankulam, Kollapuliyankulam, Mahilankulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Mailwanpuram and Nayaru areas in the North recovered 45 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), eleven hand grenades, six 81-mm mortar bombs, ten 60-mm mortar bombs, 205 detonators, 320 rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, two pouches, one claymore mine and one RCL bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 241 APMs, one 81 -m mortar bomb and three anti tank mines from Thammanakulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Malawarayankaddaiadappan, Marathamadu and Kokkuthuduwai areas.

• February 20: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kalambam, Omanthai, Navatkulam, Kilinochchi and Visuamadu areas in the North recovered four hand grenades, six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) bomb, two parts of RPG bombs and one Arul bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 126 APMs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai and Marathamadhu areas.

  Police special operation unit recovered one claymore mine weighing about 15 Kg and one disposable RPG from Ulukkulama area.

  Troops in the East recovered seven APMs from PUNANI area in Batticaloa District.

• February 17: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Ariyalai, Army Watta, Allarai, Kanagarayankulam, Alankulam, Mahilankulam, Kilinochchi and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 33 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 60-mm mortar bombs, five hand grenades, one 30-mm ammunition, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one 82-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 316 APMs, one hand grenade, one anti tank mine and four 81 mm mortar bombs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kumakulam, Iranamadu, Adampan and Kokkuthuduwai.

• February 15: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Meesalai, Chundikkulam, Manthai, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Iranamadu, Visuamadu, Olumadu and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered one Outboard Motor (OBM), 61 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), three 81-mm mortar bombs, nine 60-mm mortar bombs, three hand grenades, 11 130-mm artillery projectiles, one local made hunting weapon, 300 gms of unidentified explosives, one iron coil, seven photo albums, one VCD dice and ten Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) documents.

  De-mining groups recovered 331 APMs and one 60-mm mortar bomb from Katteladppan, Mahilankulam, Navathkulam, Periyathampanai, Malawarayankaddaiadappan, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kokkuthuduwai and Shivanagar areas.

  Troops in the East recovered ten 81-mm mortar bombs from Aliyaodei area.

• February 14: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Alakallupottukulam, Omanthai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai, Iranamadhu, Wisumadu, Alankolam, Mulative Town and Puthumattalan areas in the North recovered 57 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, two pistols, six pistol magazines, 18 pistol ammunition, one pistol belt order, one pistol pouches, two radio communication sets, one switch knife, two hand cuff, two small torch, one 210 liters of petrol barrel, nine 60-mm mortar bombs, one hand grenade, 11 Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), five RPG fuses, three 12.5 kg claymore bombs, six 60-mm mortar fuses, six Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links, 33 MPMG ammunition and six anti personnel mine fuses.

  Meanwhile, de-mining groups recovered 272 APMs, five 60-mm mortar bombs, three 81mm mortar bombs, five hand grenades and six anti tank mines from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Marayankaddiadappan, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Marathamadu, Kokkuthuduwai, Ramanatpuram and Shivanagar areas.

  Also, troops in the East recovered twoAPMs , one misfired hand grenade and one 12 bore shotgun from Kaddamurivukulam, Kayankerni and Monarawewa areas in Batticaloa District.

  Also, troops recovered one repeater gun and one 12 bore local weapon from Kiribathgoda and Balangoda areas in Colombo District.

• February 13:Troops on their search and clear operations in Vannivilankulam, Periyamadu, Iranamadu, Akkarayankulam, Uralapotamaddaikulam, Mallavi, Kokavil and Kumulamunai areas in the North recovered 36 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 18 gas bombs, 51 hand grenades, one 60-mm mortar bomb, 22 81-mm mortar bombs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one T-56 weapon.

  De-mining groups recovered 118 APMs from Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Periyapandivirichchan, Sinnapandivirichchan, Kokkuthuduwai and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered two APMs, one 60-mm mortar bomb and one RPG from Unnachchiya and Kiran areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Alakallapottukulam, Periyamadu, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Iranamadu, Amutankulam and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered 52 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 21 60-mm mortar bombs, one 60-mm mortar charger, one mobile phone, one sim card, two mobile batteries and two mobile battery chargers.

  Meanwhile, troops in the East recovered five APMs and one 12 bore gun from Kiran and Arebalangoda areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 10: Troops on their search and clear operations in Madduvil East, Manthai, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Iranamadu, Mulliyavelai and Tannimurippu Kulam areas in the North recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, one hand grenade, 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), 21 i tank mines and one Rocket Propeller Grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 25 APMs from Mahilankulam and Marathamadu areas.

• February 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Monarawewa, Kokkutuduwai and Iranamadu areas in the North recovered 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APM), one 120-mm Artillery shell, one hand grenade and one 60-mm mortar bomb

  Troops in the East recovered one hand grenade and four APMs from Salpitigama, Damanewela and Punani areas in Batticaloa District.

• February 8: Troops on their search and clear operations in Erupalaikopay, Manthai, Kokkuthuduwai, Arasapurkulam and Mankulam areas in the North recovered two 81-mm mortar bombs, nine Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, one claymore mine, two hand grenades and one 9-mm Browning pistol.

  Troops in the East recovered four APMs and one hand grenade from Punani and Salpitigama areas in Batticaloa District.

  Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne said that the Tamil Diaspora and LTTE sympathizers in Europe were trying to raise allegations of war crimes against the country.

• February 6: Troops on their search and clear operations in Chava, Madduvil, Kokkutuduwai, Kilinochchi and Madupulthottam areas in the North recovered one 81-mm mortar bomb, one 152-mm Artillery shell, one 60-mm mortar bomb, one Anti Personnel Mine (APM) and five hand grenades .

  The Navy recovered one hand grenade from Wellawatta area in Colombo District.

• February 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Thondamanaru, Visuamadu and Punani areas in the North recovered two 120-mm mortar bombs, 13 40-mm grenades, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and six Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

• February 3: Troops on their search and clear operations in Thanniyattu area in the North recovered one hand grenade.

  Police recovered two hand grenades from Rathnapura District in the South.

• February 2: Troops on their search and clear operations Iranamadu, Visuamadu, Maduvilnadu West and Udayarkaddu areas in the North recovered three hand grenades, 47 Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made hand grenades, one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb, 247 leaf springs, one tool kit box with 12 spanners, one drilling machine, one vise and two steel taps.

  De-mining groups recovered 98 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Kattaiadampan, Malluwarayankattaiadampan and Kokkutuduvai areas.

  Police recovered one T-56 weapon and one T-56 magazine along with five rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mulleriyawa in Colombo District.

• February 1: Troops on their search and clear operations in Eralai, Manthai, Gajabapura, Kokkutuduwai, Vishuamadu, Alampil and Mulliyavelai areas in the North recovered three Arul bombs, nine Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 81-mm mortar bombs, two hand grenades, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 59 APMs from Kattaiadampan area.

• January 30: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kevil, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi, Alankulam, Mankulam and Madurankarnikulam areas in the North recovered two claymore mines, 114 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar bomb and one T-56 weapon.

• January 28: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Monarawewa, Alankulam and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered 84 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar trapping, 11 hand grenades, 16 60-mm mortar bombs, 16 81-mm mortar bombs and ten 60-mm mortar fuses.

  De-mining groups recovered 16 APMs, one Jonny mine, three anti tank mines, three 81-mm mortar bombs, eight hand grenades and eight electronic mines from Mahilankulam, Maruthamadu and Mahavalanpaddamurippu areas.

  Troops in the East recovered one T-56 weapon, five T-56 magazines, 186 rounds of T-56 ammunition, one pack and eight APMs from Mangauththu and Punani areas in Batticaloa District

  A Sri Lankan court issued open arrest warrants against six prominent cadres of the LTTE believed to be living overseas. The court order will be implemented through the Interpol.

• January 26: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kopai North, Kaithadi, Chava, Sarasalei, Nagarilluppaikulam, Manthai, Thirukethishvaram, Maligai, Mahilankulam, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduvai, Mullaittivu and Puthukkuddiyiruppu areas in the North recovered two T-81 Arul bombs, one 152-mm mortar bomb, one 81-mm mortar bomb, one 122-mm mortar bomb, one claymore mine, two electric detonators, 103 Anti Personnel Minesn(APMs), one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and two hand grenades.

  De-mining groups recovered 29 APMs, two hand grenades and one RPG from Periyathampanai, Maruthamadu, Iranamadu and Shivanagar areas.

• January 24: Troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Thiruketheeswaram, Maligai, Monarawewa, Kokkuthuduwai, Visuamadu, Mankulam and Vellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered 60 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one anti tank mine, one hand grenade, 166 rounds of 12.7-mm ammunition, one torpedo, ten claymore switches, seven claymore stands, one 81-mm mortar bomb and 4000 unidentified pellets.

  De-mining groups recovered 140 APMs, four anti tank mines, one 60-mm mortar bomb, three Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one hand grenade and 661 rounds of T-56 ammunition from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Madhu, Marathamadu, Gajabapura, Kokkuthuduwai, Shivanagar and Visuamadukulam areas.

  Troops in the East recovered ten 81-mm mortar bombs from Kiran area in Batticaloa District.

• January 23: Troops on their search and clear operations in Paleivadi, Arasapuram, Alampil and Kombavil areas in the North recovered two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG) and 18 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  De-mining groups recovered 113 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Madu, Marathamadu and Iranamadu areas.

• January 21: Troops on their search and clear operations in the Vidattaltivu, Manthai, Palaivady, Puliyankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduvai, Kilinochchi And Akkarayankulam areas in the North recovered 15 60-mm mortar bombs, 23 60-mm para bombs, one 81-mm mortar bomb, three 82-mm mortar bombs, 41 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), four hand grenades and a body part of a T-56 weapon.

  De-mining groups recovered 95 APMs and six electric mines from Mahilankulam, Maruthamdu, Kokkutuduvai and Iranamadu areas.

• January 20: Troops on their search and clear operations in Oddukulam, Manthai, Maligai, Madhu, Monarawewa, Ranabapura, Otiyamale, Kokkutuduway, Wellamulliwaikkal and Koddamunal areas in the North recovered one claymore mine, 65 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two 60-mm mortar bombs, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), two hand grenades, 5250 rounds of 7.62 x 17-mm pistol ammunition and one 60-mm mortar barrel.

  Troops on their search and clear operations in Koddamunai and Kerativu in Ampara District in the East recovered two suicide jackets.

• January 19: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Olumadu area in the North recovered one hand grenade.

  De-mining groups recovered 128 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and two 60-mm mortar bombs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Marathamadu, Gajabapura, Kokkuthuduwai, Anuradhapura Town and Adampan areas.

  Troops in the East recovered 14 APMs from Kinniyadi area in Trincomalee District

  President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed a four-member committee to study the cases of detained Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspects and recommend suitable action to expedite the cases against them, Colombo Page reported on January 18. The committee was appointed following a recommendation made by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LRRC) in its interim report.

• January 18: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Manthai, Teirukethiswaram, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Monarawewa, Kokkutuduway and Vellamulliwaikkal areas in the North and recovered 45 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 60-mm mortar bomb, five 40-mm grenade launcher bombs, five T-56 magazines, three hand grenades, one pistol, three pistol magazines and forty-five rounds of pistol ammunition.

  De-mining groups recovered 115 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyathampanai, Maruthamadhu and Iranamadu areas.

• January 16: Troops on their search and clear operations in Visuamadukulam and Mulliyavelai areas in the North recovered one Mobil phone battery, one piece of Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) round and eight Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG).

  De-mining groups recovered 52 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Mahilankulam, Iranamadu and Maruthamadhu areas.

• January 14: Troops on their search and clear operations in Babypuram, Kokkuthuduway and Nanthikadal recovered one 60-mm mortar bomb, one anti tank mine, one Anti Personnel Mine (APM), one hand grenade, one Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG) and two pieces of RPG.

  De-mining groups recovered 17 APMs mines from Mahilankulam and Maruthamadhu areas

• January 12: Police in Switzerland arrested 10 suspected cadres of the LTTE from various locations in Switzerland.

• January 11: Troops on their search and clear operations in Achchelu, Kollankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Ranabapura, Kokilay, Vattapali and Oddusuddan areas in the North recovered one 40-mm grenade launcher bomb, 29 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), one 81-mm Para bomb, four 81-mm mortar bombs, 750 rounds of T-56 ammunition and one 60-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 32 APMs and one hand grenade from Mahilankulam, Periyapandivirichchan and Marathamadhu areas.

• January 10: Trops on their search and clear operations in Kankasanthurai and Valayapariththikulam areas in the North recovered one hand grenade and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  De-mining groups recovered 16 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Iranamadu area.

• January 9: Troops on their search and clear operations in Menik Farm and Wellamullivaikkal areas in the North recovered one hand grenade, one T-56 weapon, one T-56 magazine and 29 rounds of T-56 ammunition.

  De-mining groups recovered 22 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) from Mahilankulam and Maruthamadhu areas.

• January 7: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Thiruketheeswaram, Alakallapottukulam, Madhu, Monarawewa and Mankulam areas in the North recovered 11 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one 60-mm mortar bomb and one electric mine.

  De-mining groups recovered 91 APMs from Mahilankulam, Navatkulam, Periyapandivirichchan, Marathamadhu and Kokkuthuduvai areas.

  Troops on their search and clear operations recovered one T-56 weapon, twenty-eight rounds of T-56 ammunition and one T-56 magazine along with twenty rounds of T-56 ammunition from Gandara Police area in Colombo District in the South.

• January 6: Dinesh Gunawardena, the Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister, told the Parliament that the members of the LTTE possessed at least eight vessels and these ships are being used for illegal activities overseas, including human trafficking.

• January 5: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Kokkuthuduvai and Mulliyavalai areas in the North recovered 11 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs) and one Shot Gun.

  De-mining groups recovered 21 APMs from Veppankulam and Marathamadu areas.

  Troops recovered 95 60-mm mortar bombs, fourteen 81 mm mortar bombs, three 81 mm Para bombs, two 120 mm mortar bombs, seven Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), six 84 mm bombs, ten anti personnel mines, four Arul bombs and ten 60 mm mortar fuses from Aliyaode area in Batticaloa District in the East.

• January 4: Troops on their search and clear operations in Kollankulam, Alakallapottukulam, Monarawewa and Kumulamunai areas in the North recovered 24 Anti Personnel Mines (APMs), one 81-mm mortar bomb and two 60-mm mortar bombs.

  red 12 Anti Personal Mines (APMs), two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), one hand grenade and one 81-mm mortar bomb.

  Police recovered one hand grenade from Negambo in Gampaha District in the West.

• January 2: Sri Lanka Army reports that troops on their search and clear operations in Oddankulam, Kokkuthuduvai and Katkulam areas in the North recovered eight 60-mm mortar bombs, one unidentified Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bomb and eight Anti Personnel Mines (APMs).

  Troops on their search and clear operations in the East recovered one APM, two T-56 magazines and six rounds of T-56 ammunition from Punani and Uriyankaddu in Batticaloa District.

  Troops found remains of a skeleton suspected to be of human along with few parts of military gear from Oddusudan area in Mullaithivu District.

  Colombo Magistrate Court ordered to further remand 55 former LTTE cadres suspected of committing serious crimes against the State during the war with the Government.