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Peter Wonacott WSJ correspondent Peter Wonacott and the new chief minister of Sri Lanka's eastern province known as Pillayan, a term of endearment meaning baby.
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The current leader of the TMVP and the Chief Minister of Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan yesterday blamed his former leader and the founder of the party, Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, saying that Karuna is attempting to kick him out of the government.
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The current leader of the TMVP and the Chief Minister of Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan yesterday blamed his former leader and the founder of the party, Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, saying that Karuna is attempting to kick him out of the government.
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One faction is aligned with him and another with the new chief minister Pillayan, a former Tamil Tiger child soldier whose real name is Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan.
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Pillayan is a former Tamil Tiger child soldier whose real name is Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan.
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Karuna Amman who was the former leader of the Eastern Command of the LTTE and the Person behind of creating the Suicide Squads split LTTE in 2004 along with large number of LTTE Cadres in the East including the Pillayan the current Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council.
LTTE Breakaway Faction Leader Karuna Amman Appointed As A Minister 2009
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Pillayan is no longer a rebel -- now he's the government-backed, democratically-elected chief minister of the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
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The council Pillayan heads has achieved one success, simply by managing to recruit and retain officials while under a continuing threat of revenge from the remaining Tigers.
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Who the extortionists actually are isn't clear (Pillayan blames Tamil Tigers masquerading as his party members).
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There's also a picture of Col. Karuna, but not of Pillayan, who the workers refuse to recognize as their leader.
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