A fearless crusader

Sir, - The assassination of the All-Ceylon Tamil Congress leader, Kumar Ponnambalam, is another sad development in the bloody history of Sri Lanka. The junior Ponnambalam carried on his illustrious father's legacy of speaking his mind fearlessly. Often his was a lone voice of passion and reason for the Tamil cause. In his death, colleagues, friends and acquaintances like me have lost a valuable friend and Sri Lanka has lost one of its proud sons. Despite his gruesome death, the assassins will never succeed in their designs to suppress the quest for peace and equality.

R. Kannan,

Deputy Head, U.N. Liaison Office,

Zagreb, Croatia

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