{
  "id": 19573590,
  "title": "Ex-VVT member questioned over bid to erect statue for TELO founding leaders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/ex-vvt-member-questioned-over-bid-to-erect-statue-for-telo-founding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:58:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/ex-vvt-member-questioned-over-bid-to-erect-statue-for-telo-founding-leaders/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in Jaffna questioned former Valvettithurai Urban Council member Kandasamy Satheesh about his alleged attempt to erect a statue for Kuttimani and Thangathurai, the founding leaders of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO). The TID officers inquired about the source of funds for the statue and the individual's detention is the second time Satheesh has been questioned over the proposal. Kuttimani and Thangathurai were arrested in 1981 and were among the Tamil prisoners killed in the Welikada prison massacre of July 1983. The questioning is the latest instance of Sri Lankan security forces targeting Tamil remembrance in the North-East, with former LTTE cadres also summoned for TID inquiries over memorial events.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}