LTTE finally reveals crew of arms ship sunk by Navy months ago
defence.lk
Unable to conceal its ignominious losses at high seas any longer, LTTE finally released the names of the crew of an arms carrying ship destroyed by Sri Lanka Navy eight months ago.
A radio station operated by LTTE last week announced 13 names of the crew of the vessel 'Kiyoyi' that had been sunk by SL Navy in February this year. A senior defence official told defence.lk that the radio station IBC had announced the crew list comprising eight very senior level LTTE leaders on the 10th and 12th November 2007.
'However, the station gave out the full list in two parts, at to two separate news telecasts', he said.
When inquired of the reason for LTTE to declare the names after eight months from the attack, he said LTTE top brass has been under severe criticism for holding back information of the fate of the lower ranks from their family members.
'LTTE has been trying hard to save face from its Diaspora sympathisers by concealing its losses as much as possible. Yet, this practice has been considered as treacherous by LTTE junior ranks and their relatives', he said.
The crew list included five self styled 'Lieutenant Colonels', three 'Majors' and five 'Captains' as shown below:
Lt Col Ilamurugan (The captain of the ship)
Lt Col Kokulan
Lt Col Thennawan
Lt Col Kumanan
Lt Col Anguvendan
Major Sudarmani
Major Chelvam
Major Paralawan
Captain Vetrithambi
Captain Vidiwilly
Captain Kurumaran
Captain Shankar
Captain Thamilaranjan
The vessel Kiyoyi was sunk by the Navy on 28th February 2007 at a location 185 Nautical Miles South of Dondra head. LTTE had so far maintained silence over the losing of its floating armouries at sea while some politicians in the south and their media allies expressed cynicism over the navy's achievement in this regard
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