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NGO porn scandal shocks Batti, Ampara
Sunday, 23 April 2006 - 7:46 AM SL Time
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A sex abuse tsunami has hit the Batticaloa district following allegations that women working for local and international NGOs have been forced into appearing in pornographic video films.
The crisis has reached such serious proportions that Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Batticaloa district MPs have requested District Secretary S. Puniyamoorthy to summon an urgent meeting with heads of both local and international NGOs in the district to probe the charges and take remedial action.
Batticaloa and Trincomalee Bishop Kingsley Swamipillai told The Sunday Times he believed such abuse had been going on for some time and he welcomed the probe.
Batticaloa`s Senior Police Superintendent Maxi Proctor said no formal complaints of such sexual abuse had been made yet but he had read about it in leaflets distributed by an organization.
These leaflets were issued by an organization believed to be an LTTE front and they urged women working in NGOs to resign before Tuesday and disclosed details of the abuses.
The Sunday Times learns the matter has not been officially reported to the police because the victims are afraid to come forward apparently due to the stigma attached to it and possible reprisals.
Meanwhile, the LTTE`s Batticaloa political wing leader Daya Mohan summoned a meeting of NGO representatives on Friday and told them the Tigers had evidence of sexual abuse of women. He warned there would be serious consequences if such abuse was not stopped.
Batticaloa district TNA Parliamentarian K.Thangeswari said they also had taken up the matter with some local and foreign NGOs and told them they need to respect local customs and traditions if they wished to work in the area.
The sexual abuse had allegedly taken place mainly in some of the worst tsunami-affected areas such as Nawaladi and Thiruchenthur in the Kalladi area.
The women had been subjected to abuse after they were taken to distant places on the pretext of being taken for training, according to UN project officials in Batticaloa district.
The training programmes which lasted more than a week in some cases were held in hotels and women employees were allegedly coerced into posing for pornographic videos in exchange for cash handouts. The names of four leading INGOs operating in these areas have been linked to these allegations.
More than 10,000 women are employed in nearly 300 NGOs and INGOs in these districts. Many of them were set up after the tsunami in December, 2004.
Some of the pornographic CDs are reported to be on sale or rent at video shops in the district.
The racket came to light when a lady doctor who allegedly performed some 75 abortions on the affected women made a confession. As a preliminary move to stopping the abuse, women workers have been told not to work in the NGOs or INGOs after 5 p.m. and to attend seminars only in the main offices instead of going to distant places.
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AnuD
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23 Apr 2006 03:28:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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I think as the Police inspector says, it does not need to have a formal complaint.
AS soon as they found it, some one from Criminal division should have begun the investigation and talk to women.
Probably some foreign perverts used owmen and videoed them. |
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23 Apr 2006 03:40:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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A video tape is circulating in Vavunia where a Tamil woman working for an NGO is seen having sex with multiple male and female European partners close to a famous waterfall in SL.
I recommend not to send these Tamil women to work for NGOs. Most Tamil women are decent women as most Sinhalese women who end up in the middle east. Its just a few who sully the name of all Tamils and Sinhalese. Please do not make this a race issue because most Tamil women do not behave this way.
-thanks-
Edited By - Athos - 23 Apr 2006 03:54:36 GMT |
kanthun
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23 Apr 2006 04:07:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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| LTTE should find those responsible and execute them all.. no matter foreign or local!! |
REPEFO
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23 Apr 2006 05:00:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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No Problem Kanthan,
If, LTTE takes a soft stand the RPF will jump in! |
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23 Apr 2006 14:34:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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No Problem Kanthan,
If, LTTE takes a soft stand the RPF will jump in!
lol
The 'peoples force' should start claymore-ing busloads of tourists as revenge/warning for this. I'm surprised they haven't done so already. |
AnuD
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23 Apr 2006 17:34:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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Whether it is tamil or sinhala, it is sri Lankan.
Sl culture goes down the drain.
Foreigners spread diseases. |
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24 Apr 2006 01:06:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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This is one issue on which all Sri Lankans without exception see eye to eye. A couple of months back this surfaced in the Ampara district and Muslims were advised through the mosques NOT to send girls to work in NGOs. Strange that authorities didn't bother about it then.
As 4 culprit INGOs have been identifiied, why not ban them and take punitive actions against them to start with? |
Gaja
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24 Apr 2006 07:19:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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The PROCESS through which we do Service work is far more important than the outcomes. The weakness is not only in relation to sex but also in the way the projects are managed - the excessive enjoyment especially in Batticaloa district about which I also heard complaints. The excessive use of vehicles and other facilities. The International doctors came to Mankerni - dispensed medication as if the people were numbers and then packed up and went. That is also abuse - influencing the people to think they had diseases for which these International experts had the medication. I asked the local Public Health Officers about it - and they said they were just carrying out instructions. If the government puts its hands out for money then it is likely to get the problems that come with it. Only the needy are protected from infection from such sins - by their need.
Also, with the Kalladi area, the Hindu temple visited by Prince Charles was still looking lost and abandoned. If priorty had been given to temples and the values promoted by religions - there would have been no time and resources for this kind of pleasure seeking.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam from Australia
Edited By - Gaja - 24 Apr 2006 07:21:47 GMT |
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