{"id":51955,"date":"2012-08-23T07:06:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T07:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=51955"},"modified":"2012-08-25T21:27:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T21:27:27","slug":"wikileaks-ranil-had-no-clue-how-karuna-came-to-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-ranil-had-no-clue-how-karuna-came-to-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Ranil Had No Clue How Karuna Came To Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt the request of Opposition Leader <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=4\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a><\/span>, Ambassador met him on \u2018an urgent matter\u2019 the evening June 23. Wickremesinghe wanted to discuss recent news reports alleging that United National Party (UNP) MP Ali Moulana had facilitated transport toColombofor breakaway rebel Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Karuna. After an initial denial, Moulana admitted to him that he did arrange for Karuna to come toColomboin early April, Wickremesinghe confirmed. He added that he had first learned about the events only on the morning of June 23. The papers are rife, however, with speculation that UNP leadership had been involved in the planning for Karuna&#8217;s transfer.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51956\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-ranil-had-no-clue-how-karuna-came-to-colombo\/karuna-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51956\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51956\" title=\"karuna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/karuna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/karuna.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/karuna-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karuna<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated June 24, 2004, updated the Secretary of State on breakaway LTTE) leader Karuna affaire shows Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe had no involvement re Karuna transporting issue.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\"><strong>Colombo Telegraph<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable subject is \u201cFormer PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP involved in the transfer of rebel LTTE leader Karuna\u201d and written by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead.<\/p>\n<p>Under the subheading \u201cCONCERN FOR MOULANA\u201d the ambassador wrote \u201cWickremesinghe said that his real concern was for Moulana and his family, given the danger of LTTE retribution. (Contacts said that Moulana&#8217;s and Karuna&#8217;s families have a long, close relationship.) Moulana has resigned his seat in Parliament, and was planning to leave immediately for Saudi Arabia and then Singapore. Wickremesinghe then said that Moulana would also like to get a visa to go to the U.S. and asked the Ambassador if he could help facilitate that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Karuna\/Moulana story is bizarre enough, but the Sri Lankan press and the ruling SLFP have tried to juice it up even more. The government-controlled Daily News headlined the story, &#8220;Ranil(Wickremesinghe) Stands Naked,&#8221; alleging that Moulana acted with Wickremesinghe&#8217;s approval in an attempt to win the backing of four pro-Karuna TNA MPs. The story went on that the resultant turmoil in the UNP would likely cause a split in the party and the replacement of Wickremesinghe by Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya.\u201d Lunstead further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Placing a comment the ambassador wrote \u201cRanil was adament (and fairly convincing) in his statements to the Ambassador that he knew nothing about Moulana&#8217;s involvement with Karuna. As for Karuna, the question of whether the SLA has him or not has been finally answered they do. On the visa issue,Missionhas not found any evidence that Moulana has ever had aU.S.visa. We see no reason to deny him a visa assuming there are no other ineligibilities. We can deflect any negative comments that might arise, should Moulana receive aU.S.visa and it become public: he is eligible as a Sri Lankan citizen and there are no grounds to deny him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n<pre>C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001074 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SA, SA\/INS, S\/CT, INR\/B, CA\/VO(?)\r\nNSC FOR E. MILLARD \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958:    DECL:  06-24-14\r\nTAGS: PTER PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS CE NO LTTE\r\nSUBJECT:  Former PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP\r\ninvolved in the transfer of rebel LTTE leader Karuna \r\n\r\nRefs:  Colombo 1071, and previous \r\n\r\n(U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead.\r\nReasons 1.5 (b,d). \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1.  (C) SUMMARY:  UNP MP Moulana admits to transporting\r\nrebel Tiger leader Karuna to Colombo.  According to\r\nformer PM Wickremesinghe, Karuna is now in the hands of\r\nthe Sri Lanka Army.  Wickremesinghe also requests\r\nAmbassador to help facilitate a U.S. visa for Moulana\r\nand his family.  Moulana has previously studied and\r\nworked in the U.S. and Mission supports his visa.  END\r\nSUMMARY. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par2\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par2\">\u00b6<\/a>2.  (C) KARUNA IN COLOMBO:  At the request of Opposition\r\nLeader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ambassador met him on \"an\r\nurgent matter\" the evening June 23.  Wickremesinghe\r\nwanted to discuss recent news reports alleging that\r\nUnited National Party (UNP) MP Ali Moulana had\r\nfacilitated transport to Colombo for breakaway rebel\r\nLiberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Karuna.\r\nAfter an initial denial, Moulana admitted to him that he\r\ndid arrange for Karuna to come to Colombo in early\r\nApril, Wickremesinghe confirmed.  He added that he had\r\nfirst learned about the events only on the morning of\r\nJune 23.  The papers are rife, however, with speculation\r\nthat UNP leadership had been involved in the planning\r\nfor Karuna's transfer. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par3\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par3\">\u00b6<\/a>3.  (C) Wickremesinghe had few details about what\r\nactually transpired.  Moulana told him that Karuna came\r\nto Colombo from the east in a car or van, which had not\r\nbeen stopped at checkpoints enroute.  (It is unclear\r\nwhether Moulana actually accompanied the rebel Tiger or\r\nnot.)  According to Moulana, Karuna stayed in an\r\napartment in Colombo (at the posh \"Hilton Residence\"\r\nwhere several Embassy staff live!) for several days\r\nbefore the \"Sri Lankan Army came and took him.\"\r\nWickremesinghe did not know Karuna's current\r\nwhereabouts, but was sure he was in Army hands. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par4\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par4\">\u00b6<\/a>4.  (C) CONCERN FOR MOULANA:  Wickremesinghe said that\r\nhis real concern was for Moulana and his family, given\r\nthe danger of LTTE retribution.  (Contacts said that\r\nMoulana's and Karuna's families have a long, close\r\nrelationship.)  Moulana has resigned his seat in\r\nParliament, and was planning to leave immediately for\r\nSaudi Arabia and then Singapore.  Wickremesinghe then\r\nsaid that Moulana would also like to get a visa to go to\r\nthe U.S. and asked the Ambassador if he could help\r\nfacilitate that effort. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par5\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par5\">\u00b6<\/a>5.  (C) The Karuna\/Moulana story is bizarre enough, but\r\nthe Sri Lankan press  and the ruling SLFP  have tried\r\nto juice it up even more.  The government-controlled\r\nDaily News headlined the story, \"Ranil(Wickremesinghe)\r\nStands Naked,\" alleging that Moulana acted with\r\nWickremesinghe's approval in an attempt to win the\r\nbacking of four pro-Karuna TNA MPs.  The story went on\r\nthat the resultant turmoil in the UNP would likely cause\r\na split in the party and the replacement of\r\nWickremesinghe by Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par6\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par6\">\u00b6<\/a>6.  (C) ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON MOULANA:  Seyed Ali\r\nZahir Moulana, 47, is a UNP National List MP in the\r\ncurrent Parliament.  He was a UNP MP from Batticaloa in\r\nthe 1994 and 2000 governments, but lost in the 2001\r\nelection.  He remained an adviser to then-PM\r\nWickremesinghe in the interim.  Local accounts state\r\nthat Moulana earned his B.S. degree in computer software\r\nat Bay Valley Technical College and later worked in\r\nSanta Cruz, California.  He is Muslim and his wife, who\r\nruns a school in Colombo, is Tamil. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par7\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2004\/06\/04COLOMBO1074.html#par7\">\u00b6<\/a>7.  (C) COMMENT:  Ranil was adament (and fairly\r\nconvincing) in his statements to the Ambassador that he\r\nknew nothing about Moulana's involvement with Karuna.\r\nAs for Karuna, the question of whether the SLA has him\r\nor not has been finally answered  they do.  On the visa\r\nissue, Mission has not found any evidence that Moulana\r\nhas ever had a U.S. visa.  We see no reason to deny him\r\na visa assuming there are no other ineligibilities.  We\r\ncan deflect any negative comments that might arise,\r\nshould Moulana receive a U.S. visa and it become public:\r\nhe is eligible as a Sri Lankan citizen and there are no\r\ngrounds to deny him.  END COMMENT. \r\n\r\nLUNSTEAD<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":51956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375,27],"tags":[4055,4054,1560,1262,1298,4057,4056],"class_list":["post-51955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks","tag-unp-mp-ali-moulana","tag-breakaway-rebel-liberation-tiger-of-tamil-eelam-ltte-leader-karuna","tag-ranil-wickremesinghe","tag-ranil-wickremesinghe-in-wikileaks","tag-sri-lankans-in-wikileaks","tag-u-s-visa-to-ali-moulana","tag-unp-mp-ali-moulana-visa-issue-to-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: Ranil Had No Clue How Karuna Came To Colombo  - 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