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Sri Lanka: 1. What role is the JVP playing as part of the ruling power in Sri Lanka? 2. Is there a succinct/recent country summary of party/ composition of the present government? 3. Is there a succinct/recent country summary of party/ composition of the opposition parties? 4. What is the present status of the UNP? 5. Is there any evidence to indicate that the JVP wants to harm UNP supporters? 6. Is the JVP against the peace process? 7. Is there a recent report on treatment of Muslim Tamils in Sri Lanka?

2 June 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Was there an intelligence brigade or President's Intelligence Unit formed within the SLFP in 1994 or after 1994? 2. If so, was it headed by a Mr Tissa Tennakoon? 3. Can I have any information about Mr Jaytissa Tennakoon? 4. Is or was he a personal confidante of the previous President, Mrs Kumaratunga? 5. What is his connection or association with the previous President and the current President? 6. Does Mr Tennakoon have any position within the SLFP? 7. Was Mr Tennakoon arrested after the 2001 elections (some time in 2002)? 8. Did Mr Tennakoon leave Mrs Kumaratunga to work closely with the current President, Mr Rajapakse? 9. Was Mr Tennakoon provided any titles by Mr Rajapakse? 10. Was he appointed Secretary or Co-ordinating Secretary to the Minister for Telecommunications and Postal Services and Chairman of two government bodies/corporations? 11. Was Mr Tennakoon given official accommodation by President Kumaratunga? 12. If so, where was it located? 13. Is it the same place of residence as Mr Karunaratne, head of the Presidential Security Division? 14. Could you look further into whether the supposed split within the SLFP was reported in the papers before the 2005 Presidential election but not after that?

21 April 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Are there any formal published reports of the Commission of Inquiry into Involuntary Removal and Disappearance of Certain Persons (All Island) April, 1998? 2. Do you know when it was established, and when it had hearings? 3. Have any charges been laid against any individual as a result of this commission? 4. Are there any reports of anyone disappearing due to his/her involvement with this Commission?

24 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Where in Sri Lanka is Kalmunai? 2. Is it in an area where both the Karuna and Prabhakaran groups have/had presence during the period May/June 2004 to mid 2005? 3. Is it correct that Karuna's rebellion was over by 14 April 2004? 4. Or was the group still exerting pressure/influence after April 2004? 5. Is there any information that the Karuna group forced civilians to work for them during the period May/June 2004 to about April 2005? 6. Does the Karuna group still have any profile in Sri Lanka?

20 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. What is the status of the JVP in the new SLFP government elected in 2005? 2. What is the nature of the JVP? Does it have a military wing? 3. What has been the effect of the civil war on the JVP influence? 4. Has the party chosen the parliamentary path or the war path? 5. How many JVP members are in the Government, and in the Parliament? 6. Is there a record over the past decade of the JVP being involved in revenge killings against Sinhalese and former members? 7. What is the JVP influence over the Army and police?

20 February 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Please provide any information you have about the physical appearance, age, background, etc, of LTTE Commander Karuna. 2. Please provide current information about Karuna. 3. Please provide information about the murder of MP Joseph Pararajasingham

16 February 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Please give an update to the Sri Lanka - Background to Security - Issues Paper of 9 December 2005 and include the LTTE response to the election of a new President and his alleged hard-line attitude to the LTTE and the peace process. (An LTTE announcement was expected on Heroes Day, 27 November.) 2. Please add material about the LTTE's current attitude to the peace process. 3. Please provide an update on the situation for Tamils in Colombo, including young Tamils from the north (or east) with no ties in Colombo

10 January 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Please provide maps showing the following areas in Sri Lanka, and details of these areas e.g. landmarks, which party is in power, the names of local politicians, etc: Trincomalee District, Irakakandy, Kokkilai in the Pulmoddai district, Nilaveli, Negombo District and Colombo. 2. Have the LTTE committed atrocities against Muslims? 3. Are Muslims members of, or aligned to, the LTTE? 4. Is there any reference in the literature to the LTTE kidnapping 29 persons on 2 July 1997 at or about 9 p.m.? 5. Is there any reference to the sea fights between the government and LTTE in the above areas? 6. Does Malaysia provide protection under the Refugee Convention? If not, is there a UNHCR presence in Malaysia where persons seeking refugee status may be assessed? 7. Did the tsunami hit the areas referred to above? 8. What is the present situation between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan authorities, particularly in the above areas? Is the Sri Lankan Army still present?

22 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Where is the LTTE camp, Puthukudiyiruppa, Killinocchil? 2. What and where is Vanni? 3. What are the procedures before someone can leave Sri Lanka, e.g. obtaining a passport and visa, going through customs, etc? Are the passports of LTTE members/ sympathisers impounded by the government? 4-6 Questions deleted 7. Is there meaningful protection by the Sri Lankan government for young Tamils from the LTTE (see Human rights "Living in Fear: Child Soldiers and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka" but also provide other information if available.) 8. Question deleted 9. Please provide information about the LTTE, particularly in Puthukudiyiruppa, Killinocchil and Vanni. 10. Is there a ceasefire at present, and if so how is it holding up? 11. Does the LTTE press-gang people to work as labourers for them? 12. Does the Sri Lankan government respect Human Rights? Does it operate according to the Rule of law? 13. Is it a democratic country? 14. What percentage of the population in Colombo is of Tamil ethnicity? 15. Is Colombo LTTE controlled?

20 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: 1. Please provide an update on the status of the JVP in Sri Lanka? 2. How close is it to the new government? 3. Does it still have a clandestine military wing? 4. Can the police be relied upon to give any protection to former JVP members? 5. Is the police force politicised?

16 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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