News from Tamil Eelam - 4 December 1997
	
	
19-YEAR OLD GIRL MISSING A WEEK AFTER ARREST
	Nageswaran Sujitha, a 19 year old Tamil girl, was arrested
	exactly one week ago by Sinhalese army at Neerveli (Jaffna) and
	has not been seen since. Her parents are deeply worried for her
	safety as the occupying Jaffna army has a track record of
	torturing and killing its captives. Tamil women are particularly
	known to suffer rapes while in custody.

LTTE CASUALTIES
	One LTTE Lt. died in Batticaloa at 3am after being bitten by
	poisonous snake, while last Saturday an LTTE major was killed in
	an unexpected clash with Sinhalese armed forces in Vavuniya town.
	
5 TAMILS MISSING AFTER 'REVENGE' ARRESTS
	The Sinhalese army has arrested 5 innocent young Tamils in
	revenge, after a Sri Lankan paramilitary policeman was killed in
	Kalawanchikudi (in the east). Parents of the arrested Tamil youth
	went to Kalawanchikudi special forces camp and the other camp in
	the area to make enquiries, where they were told that security
	forces have no knowledge of the young people's whereabouts. The
	relatives of the missing fear that their family members are being
	tortured, if not already killed.

LANDMINE KILLS TWO MEN
	A 67-year old Tamil man and a co-worker were tilling a field at
	Neerveli when a landmine buried by the Sri Lankan army exploded,
	killing both. One of them was killed on the spot while the other
	died after being taken to hospital.

TEEDOR OFFERS LOANS MARKING HEROES DAYS
	In celebration of Mahveerar Day, TEEDOR offered loans to help
	develop agriculture and income-generating businesses in Tamil
	Eelam's Kilinochchi district. 40 people (in total) recieved loans
	to the value of 227,500 rupees
	
(English translation of the news released by LTTE International Secretariat,
211 Katherine Road, London E6 1BU, United Kingdom.Tel:0181- 503 4294)