Law will deal with KP: Minister Keheliya

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says the Sri Lankan Defense officials will deal with LTTE Head Selvarasa Pathmanathan (KP) in accordance with domestic laws and international norms.

According to informed sources Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias “KP” was abducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday and brought to Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Pathmanathan had gone to ‘Tune Hotel’ in Kuala Lumpur on wednesday afternoon to meet late B. Nadesan, LTTE Political head’s son and brother who had come from London and staying in that hotel.

While he was with them in the hotel room, he had received a call on his mobile phone. Pathmanathan had signaled to his visitors that he was going out and walked out while conversing on the phone.

He had not returned for a long time and when the worried visitors went out in search there was no sign of Mr Pathmanathan.

Meanwhile the friend who had been talking to KP on the phone had heard a sudden thud and some noise while chatting. The phone went dead and repeated calls were not successful.

The friend then alerted some assistants of KP in Malaysia who went in search of KP to the place where he was staying in KL. The place was empty but KP’s insulin and syringes and other medical stuff was still there.

According to DBS Jeyaraj, KP seized in Malaysia was taken to Bangkok in Thailand.

Sri Lankan authorities were contacted and a team from the Police Terrorist Investigation Department flew to Bangkok in the early hours of Thurasday August 6th.

The team returned with Pathmanathan alias KP on a special flight on the same day.

KP was handcuffed and had a mask covering his head and face when disembarking from the plane at Katunayake Airport.

He was whisked away in a vehicle with tinted glasses to a high-security , secret location run by the terrorism investigation division personnel.