SP Thamilchelvan said that the liberation struggle has emerged victorious, but the enemy has failed to recognise this victory.

He spoke at a meeting held before last rites of Kousalyan and four others were performed at Thandiyadi Marty’s Memorial in Batticaloa.

The Sri Lankan government and other forces that condemn the Tamil struggle will recognise the future, stability, strength and truthfulness of the movement soon, said Thamilchelvan.

LTTE carders killed

Top LTTE leaders including S Karikalan, E Pararajasingham, head of Tamil Eelam Judiciary and Thamilenthi, head of LTTE’s finance division attended the funeral. They were escorted by ceasefire monitors and Sri Lanka army personnel on their trip from Kilinochchi.

The corteges of the deceased LTTE members were taken to several locations for the public to pay their last respects.

A large number of people including political readers, religious leaders and Muslim leaders paid their last respects to the deceased LTTE members.

Meanwhile, the cortege of Chandraneru Ariyanayagam, former Parliamentarian of the Tamil National Alliance, was brought to Batticaloa from Colombo and placed with the bodies of the other deceased LTTE members for public respect at the Devanayagam Hall in Batticaloa.

All coffins were draped in the LTTE flag and Ariyanayagam was posthumously declared a national hero by the LTTE leadership.