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Mystery of Anton Balasingham`s death in his house
Sunday, 17 December 2006 - 5:47 PM SL Time
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Was Balasingham`s death a mercy killing? Speculative rumors about his death are going round in the circles of the Tamil Diaspora in the United Kingdom.
When Balasingham was on terminal care in his South London house, Macmillan nurses ? specialists in cancer palliative care -- put him on an electric pump injecting morphine. This pump automatically administers regulated low dosages of morphine to make him comfortable. In addition to the nurses from Macmillan nursing service Balasingham was also taken care of by his wife, Adele, a trained nurse from Australia, as well as LTTE leader A. C. Santhan`s cousin, a qualified nurse.
When Balasingham was discharged from the hospital and taken home to spend his last days doctors who attended on him would have instructed the Macmillan nurses about the terminal treatment. In particular they would have prescribed 24 hour continuous low dosages of morphine according to his physical condition.
In the meantime, pro-Tiger media were carrying reports about Balasingham commenting from his sick bed when he was under heavy dosages of morphine.
TamilNet (November, 22) reported: `Commenting on his illness to TamilNet, Mr. Balasingham said that, `it is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely a pebble. I am deeply sad that I am crippled by this illness, unable to contribute anything substantial towards the alleviation of the immense suffering and oppression of my people.``
According to medical experts it was highly unlikely for Balasingham, who was almost disoriented and was in a semi-comatose condition, to have even spoken to anyone on the telephone, let alone making a coherent statement.
Normally, palliative care amounts to a balancing act between the pain and the life. Morphine is administered to keep the dying patient comfortable.
Whenever Balasingham was in pain those nurses taking care of him would have had to consult the doctors to increase the dosages to keep the patient comfortable without feeling the pain.
After his death two theories are circulating on how he died: 1) considering the deteriorating condition and his increasing pains Balasingham requested an increased dose to terminate his life and 2) the dosage was increased by others who felt that mercy killing was a better alternative to his suffering. An increased dose of morphine blocks the respiratory centre causing swift death. According to medical sources, a death caused by overdose of morphine is undetectable in a postmortem.
Euthanasia or mercy killing is illegal in Britain. Considering his condition, even a post-mortem is unlikely unless requested by the next of kin. Accordingly, the cause of his death may not be known.
Tamils in the Diaspora related his painful death terminated by an overdose of morphine to the indifference he showed to the thousands of Tamils killed by his fallacious justifications. For instance, on 13 July 1989 when TULF leader A. Amirthalingham was shot and killed by the LTTE gunmen a Tamil lady from London telephoned to check with Balasingham, who was in Colombo, whether Amirthalingam was alive or not.
Balasingham, speaking from his room in the Hilton Hotel in Colombo, told the lady: `Thangacchi (Younger Sister) I haven`t heard about it. If Amirthalingham is killed it must be the work of the Tigers. If these bastards actually had killed Amirthalingham, I will leave these bastards and go back to London.`
Later, the lady recalled that on the following day Balasingham denied vociferously to the media the allegation that Amirthalingham was killed by Tiger gunmen.
Similarly Balasingham justified thousands of LTTE killings.
Looking back on the death of Anton Balasingham, some leading Hindu Tamils have concluded privately that the karmic forces had returned to get even with Balasingham`s past of being an active partner in the killings of innocent Tamils.
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bunchi848
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17 Dec 2006 12:57:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thats what the saying goes what you do come back on you even harder.
The same law is for the killer terrorist leader. |
kiwikanga
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17 Dec 2006 13:38:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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May have been cyanide that did the trick ultimately!?!
Anyway Prabha, this was the dress rehearsel the concert will be for you!
Edited By - kiwikanga - 17 Dec 2006 13:43:04 GMT |
ravin
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17 Dec 2006 14:53:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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The ultimate price of killing the innocence would as same as Bala .................
As someone rightly pointed out the long struggle of death to VP the dracula would be worst than his predecessor. |
Thambi
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17 Dec 2006 16:10:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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We have lost a great man.He should be nominated for Nobel price for peace.It is heartening to learn that he wrote the last Prabha's Maaveerar's speech from his death bed.The Tamil nation has lost a statesman. His memorial stone should read 'Here Lies Peacefully the Proud Voice of Tamil Nation!' Yes! The Tamil Eelam has lost their voice! We have lost a true peace warier.An Irreplaceable loss to Tamil Eelam struggle.the day achieve freedom his soul will rest in peace.Let God Bless him. |
samanj
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17 Dec 2006 17:15:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thambi: You have just said a mouthfull about Late AB's
tomb stone & how it should be inscribed.....
Just hold on, Rajasingham Jayadevans narration is
yet incomplete.... probably after its completion,
you may be forced to change the wordings......
Just a minute........... save the bother.... |
magha
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17 Dec 2006 17:48:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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We have lost a great man.He should be nominated for Nobel price for peace.It is heartening to learn that he wrote the last Prabha's Maaveerar's speech from his death bed.
Ha...Ha...Ha...
I wonder these LTTE cyber Terrorist understand what peace means ?
Bala not only wrote the speech for Schizo Prabha's Maaveera's crap but also the Eulogy that Prabha puked out for him. |
Sandman
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17 Dec 2006 21:38:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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Look what happens when you get stuck with white trailor trash..
No matter how ell you treat them, they'll bite your hand..
Bala got murdered
eelam tamils are weeping
Norwegians shedding croc tears
British wondering what to do
Aussie criminal who killed him got his ill gotten gains..
What a circus..
Anyway, all this is good publicity, to make the British people aware again that terror lives among them. |
tamilcanuck
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17 Dec 2006 22:09:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Wow i tell you journalism in lanka is top notch.!! |
Gaja
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17 Dec 2006 22:16:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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According to medical experts it was highly unlikely for Balasingham, who was almost disoriented and was in a semi-comatose condition, to have even spoken to anyone on the telephone, let alone making a coherent statement.
That is as per the limits of Western Medicine. As per wise Hindus, the mind can drive the body. If Bala had felt strongly with his people - he would have had the strength that the logical mind cannot work out. That is the power of Truth which Bala indicated during the last days on this earth. I know through my own experience that it is possible to have this strength when we feel connected to our people.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam from Australia |
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17 Dec 2006 23:29:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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I disagree with certain parts of this report,
It says no person can be sane enough to make a statement under the influence of morphine. Morphine? My head, Bala is quite used to Sri Lankan Gal, Pol and Kasia, what effect Morphine can possibly have on him?
And then they go on to say that it was a mercy killing. I don't understand the idea in full context. One would say, it would have been a mercy if it happened earlier? Let's not go there anyway.
Now here is the point: there is no mention of the final will of great Bala who wanted be buried in Vanni. Apparently, his body is still in south London, thousands of Tamils who are willing to pay tribute are trapped in Vakarai. LTTE must release them so that they can line up in the streets of London to pay final respect to their great leader.
Edited By - Vishnu - 17 Dec 2006 23:30:15 GMT |
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