Nediyavan

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Nediyavan
நெடியவன்
Born
P. Sivaparan

(1976-08-28) 28 August 1976 (age 48)
Vaddukoddai, Sri Lanka
Other namesNedi, November India
Years active1994–
Organization Liberation 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.

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Early life and family

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

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]

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