KP, of the government, still official leader of LTTE

It is revealed that Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, who became the leader of the LTTE after Vedlupillai Prabakaran died, still remains as the leader of the outfit. He has not resigned or given up the leadership of the LTTE.

KP, who was apprehended in Malaysia immediately after the war ended, became the leader of the LTTE while he was the international leader, the chief procurer of arms for the outfit and ran a network of LTTE offices which were engaged in its weapons procurement, logistics and money laundering operations.

After KP was arrested by ‘Interpol’ he was brought to Sri Lanka and was kept under direct supervision of Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Meanwhile, his wife too was brought down from Thailand.

During the last election for Northern Provincial Council his civil rights were restored, was settled down in the North and acts as the unofficial representative of the government for the North. However, he is still the official leader of the LTTE.