“The Tamil community is facing a silent but deadly crisis from within — the alarming rise of drug use among Tamil youth. These young people, instead of pursuing education and building our nation, are falling into the trap of narcotics. By dealing and consuming drugs, they are destroying their own futures and dragging down an entire generation. This addiction has eroded the educational excellence Tamils once proudly held, weakened our social fabric, and left our homeland vulnerable to exploitation. If this trend continues, the Tamil nation will lose not to its external enemies, but to decay from within.”
We strongly condemn the killing of any person, including drug smugglers, by the Sri Lankan Army. Such actions are a serious crime and must be investigated through transparent legal processes. No armed force has the right to execute individuals outside of the judicial system.
However, we must also be clear — drug smugglers and dealers are not innocent victims. They have destroyed the future of thousands of Tamil youth. It is because of them that Tamils, who once led in education in Sri Lanka, have fallen behind. These individuals have profited from addiction, ruined families, and robbed our children of opportunities.
It was the Rajapaksa government that deliberately introduced these so-called Kerala drugs to Tamil youth in order to weaken our community. Tamil youths who engage in the drug trade must be punished — but under a Tamil justice system, not by extrajudicial killings. Unfortunately, we do not have any power to enforce such justice today. In Tamil, we say: Karma will take care of it.
If there were a Tamil government in our homeland, these criminals would face strict justice. They would be jailed, and if found guilty of murder under Tamil law, they would be sentenced to death by hanging, in accordance with a fair trial and the decision of Tamil justice.
The recent incident in Muththujayankattu, Mullaitivu, where Sri Lankan Army soldiers allegedly attacked five youth, resulting in one being killed and his body later recovered from a lake, is deeply troubling. Three soldiers have been arrested in connection with this case. The full truth must come out, and the army must be held accountable.
While the Sri Lankan Army’s extrajudicial killing is a crime that cannot be excused, we must not turn these drug smugglers into heroes. Both the Sri Lankan military and the narcotics network are enemies of the Tamil people’s future, and both must face justice.
