LTTE denies Sri Lanka's accusation of misuse in BP-100

by Tamiya | March 22, 2009 at 07:46 pm

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Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense has said that it had found BP-100 on a dead LTTE rebel.

Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense has decided to ban free media entirely from Sri Lanka to protect its war strategy on Tamils; consequently no independent news source can confirm the news.

LTTE has denied Sri Lankan Government's accusation of BP-100 misuse. In a released report by the rebel group, the Puthukkudiyiruppu political head said Sri Lankan Governement planiting false evidence on a dead LTTE rebel to offend their group.

UN Sri Lanka statement, 10 Mar 2009
Source: United Nations Country Team in Sri Lanka

Date: 10 Mar 2009

10 March Colombo - The United Nations said today that the high energy BP-100 therapeutic food found on a dead LTTE cadre, as reported by the Ministry of Defense, was part of a nutritional programme for Sri Lanka's severely malnourished children.

The last shipment of BP-100 was sent with all due Government authorisations by UNICEF to the Ministry of Health Regional Directors of Health Services in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu in June 2007, for the treatment of severely malnourished children in those districts.

Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Puthukkudiyiruppu political head C. Ilamparithi issued a statement to deny Sri Lankan Government's attempt intentionally slander LTTE. In his report, he urged the necessity of UN present to be in the current war zone and captured areas to clarify such misleading propaganda by the Sri Lankan Government and Defense Force.

LTTE asks whether UN abets Colombo discrediting combatants[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 March 2009, 11:04 GMT]
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Puthukkudiyiruppu political head C. Ilamparithi categorically denied Wednesday the misuse of a high energy food sent for children by UNICEF in June 2007 by diverting the therapeutic food to the use of LTTE cadres. Based on a report of Colombo alleging the 'discovery' of the said food samples in the belongings of a dead LTTE cadre, the Colombo UN office on Tuesday came out with a statement deploring the diversion of its assistance meant for severely malnourished children.

The therapeutic food in question allegedly found by the SLA in the belongings of one LTTE cadre was BP 100, which the UN claims as sent by it in June 2007 as a life saving medicine to severely malnourished children.

"The UN is coming with defamation of LTTE combatants based on a planted report of the Colombo government," blamed Ilamparithi.

"This is why we repeatedly request the UN to present itself in the conflict zone to verify itself what is actually taking place here. But the UN's Colombo office, which couldn't assert this right with the Sri Lankan government is showing its toughness only with the LTTE that too based on the false reports of Colombo," he further said.

"In June 2007, there were UN officials remaining in Vanni. The distribution of the therapeutic food couldn't have taken place without their knowledge and monitoring. It is unfortunate the UN office comes out with an accusation now which only strategically abets Colombo's international propaganda of discrediting the LTTE combatants."