KP was reportedly arrested in Malaysia and brought to Sri Lanka. Amnesty International has accused Malaysia of violating international law by handing over new Tamil Tiger leader to Sri Lanka.
Amnesty International's Asia Pacific Director Sam Zarifi commenting on the recent arrest of new LTTE leader, Selvarasa Pathmanathan in Malaysia, told BBC Sandeshaya that if any country arrests LTTE members the detainee should face charges in the country that they had been arrested.
"International law prohibits sending someone, including a criminal suspect, back to a country where they face real possibility of torture and ill-treatment and Sri Lanka does have a poor track record of torturing and poorly treating detainees," Mr. Zarifi said.
"So there are some real questions about how KP was taken to Sri Lanka."
Malaysian authorities have neither confirmed nor denied reports that he was arrested in the country.
The Amnesty International also calls on Sri Lanka produce and charge, if appropriate, nearly 10,000 former LTTE cadres currently held in detention camps.
Not only the new LTTE leader, says Sam Zarifi, but Minister Karuna (Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan) should also face a fair trial for his alleged human rights violations.
"We want to see proper justice with proper due process for KP, for any of the LTTE members detained, for Karuna as well as for any member of the government accused of human rights violations," he told BBCSinhala.com.
Minister Samarasinghe, however, says that in regard to Minister Karuna not only Sri Lanka but also international community has failed to take action.
Karuna Amman, who served a short prison sentence in UK, was appointed a parliamentarian and later a minister by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.(Courtesy: BBC)
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