TIC quoted in Outlook India magazine

 

Around 195 files including documents relating to relations between India and Sri Lanka at the peak of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) led civil war have been destroyed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), sparking concern among archivists and researchers.

 

Vairamuttu Varadakumar, founder of the Tamil Information Centre, said: "Removing or destroying historical records from public custody at the National Archives hurts all of us and is an illegal act. It appears that the Foreign Office's action is designed to cover up the involvement of the SAS and MI5 in the training of Sri Lankan security forces that might be potentially embarrassing to Her Majesty's government."