Nediyavan

Nediyavan
நெடியவன்
Born
P. Sivaparan

(1976-08-28) 28 August 1976 (age 48)
Vaddukoddai, Sri Lanka
Other namesNedi, November India
Years active1994–
OrganizationLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Perinpanayagam Sivaparan (Tamil: பேரின்பநாயகம் சிவபரன், romanized: Pēriṉpanāyakam Civaparaṉ; born 28 August 1976; commonly known by the nom de guerre Nediyavan) is a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.

Early life and family

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Sivaparan was born on 28 August 1976 in Vaddukoddai in northern Sri Lanka[1][2] His family were from Sangarathai near Vaddukoddai.[3][4] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.[2]

Sivaparan married to Sivagowry Shanthamohan (Gowry), niece of Captain Ranjan Lala, on 30 October 2005.[2][3]

Career

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Sivaparan joined the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1994 aged 18.[2][3] Sivaparan, who was 6 feet tall, was given the nom de guerre "Nediyavan" (tall man).[2][3] After initial training Nediyavan studied at Kittu's police college.[2] He was sent by the LTTE to Russia to study political science but did not complete the course.[2][3]

Nediyavan then joined the LTTE's political wing under S. P. Thamilselvan and took part in various Norwegian mediated peace talks with the Sri Lankan government.[2][3][5] Nediyavan later worked at the LTTE's International Co-coordinating Centre (ICC) headed by Castro (Veerakulasingam Manivannan).[2][3] He was entrusted with managing LTTE's finances and front organisations abroad.[2]

Nediyavan was sent to Norway in 2006 to co-ordinate the LTTE's activities abroad.[3][4] When war resumed between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan military in 2006 Castro appointed Nediyavan to be in charge of the LTTE's international branches.[3][4] In early 2009, as the war escalated, Nediyavan's predecessor KP re-established control over the LTTE's international branches, a move resented by Castro.[3][4] KP took over the leadership of the remnants of the LTTE after it was militarily defeated in May 2009 and its leader V. Prabhakaran killed.[3][4] Castro, Nediyavan and their supporters opposed KP's leadership.[3][4] Nediyavan is believed to have taken over the leadership of the LTTE following the arrest of KP in August 2009 though his wife Gowry as denied this.[6][7][8] Former Sri Lankan diplomat K. Godage has alleged that KP's arrest was the result of betrayal by Nediyavan.[9]

Nediyavan worked in a nursery school in Norway.[6] He was head of the Tamil Coordinating Committee (TCC) in Norway.[7] He was questioned by the Norwegian police in August 2009 for unspecified reasons.[7]

Nediyavan was arrested by Norwegian police on 18 May 2011 in connection with financing LTTE activities in the Netherlands.[6][10][11] After being interrogated for two days by a Dutch judge and five state attorneys he was later released on bail.[12][13] The police warned Nediyavan not to engage in or promote violence whilst living on Norway.[3] Nediyavan left Oslo and moved to a place 240 km away.[3]

Nediyavan was amongst 424 individuals designated as terrorists by the Sri Lankan government in February 2014.[14] In April 2014 the Sri Lankan police issued international arrest warrants (Interpol red notice) for 40 LTTE members including Nediyavan.[12][15]

References

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  1. ^ "SIWAPARAN, PERINBANAYAGAM". Interpol.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nathaniel, Camelia (13 April 2014). "Nediyavan: On A Mission For LTTE". The Sunday Leader.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (4 February 2017). "Will Norway handover diaspora Tiger leader "Nediyavan" to Sri Lanka?". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  4. ^ a b c d e f Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (4 April 2014). "Nediyavan, Vinayagam, Rudra and Fr. Emmanuel Described by Govt. as formidable foes from the Global Tamil Diaspora". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  5. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 March 2010). "LTTE fund raising in Germany led by cadre trained in Vanni He visited Lanka during CFA, accompanied LTTE 'peace' delegation to Thailand". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  6. ^ a b c Sethurupan, N. (20 May 2011). "New LTTE Leader Nediyavan arrested in Norway and held in custody". Sri Lanka Guardian.
  7. ^ a b c Jayawardhana, Walter (16 August 2009). "New LTTE leader is questioned by Norwegian Police". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
  8. ^ "Nediyavan not be new LTTE leader : Nediyavan wife". CNN iReport. 16 August 2009.
  9. ^ Godage, K. (11 August 2009). "KP yes, but it's the LTTE that is in the dock" (PDF). The Island (Sri Lanka).
  10. ^ "Nediyawan arrested in Oslo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 20 May 2011.
  11. ^ Bell, Stewart (6 June 2011). "Police discover Sun Sea's link to Norway". National Post.
  12. ^ a b "Red notice on Nediyavan: Norway still evaluating the request". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2014.
  13. ^ Kamalendran, Chris (19 June 2011). "Dutch officials question KP and 12 others". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  14. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE UNITED NATIONS ACT. No. 45 OF 1968 List of Designated persons, groups & entities under paragraph 4(2) of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 20" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1854/41: 33. 21 March 2014.
  15. ^ "Nediyawan'sRed Notice Goes Online". The Sunday Leader. 27 April 2014.
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