COLOMBO - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels abducted a member of a Tamil group that opposes the guerrillas’ violent campaign for a separate homeland for the ethnic minority, the military said Sunday.Krishnaswamyy Tirunavukarasu of the Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam, or PLOTE, was abducted late Saturday from his home in Vavuniya, a Tamil-majority town 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Colombo, an official at the military’s Media Unit said. Kidnappers, posing as police, entered his house and took him away, said the official, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to give his name. Only the official spokesman can be named.
PLOTE, a former separatist armed group that renounced violence about a decade ago and joined Sri Lanka’s political mainstream, accuses Tiger guerrillas of killing dozens of its members since a cease-fire was signed by the Tigers and the government in 2002.