Rs. 42 million to kill a Tiger

by admin
Nov 11, 2008

UNP parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake ridiculed the war expenditure of the Rajapkse administration saying that the government has spent over forty million rupees to kill one member of the LTTE since 2004.

 

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) commander, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka announced on Monday that at least 13,000 Tamil Tigers were killed by the security forces.

 

Quoting government estimates, Karunanayake said 583 billion rupees were spent for the war since 02 April 2004.

 

If the Sri Lankan military chief's estimates are to be trusted, Karunananayake said, 42 million rupees were spent to kill one Tamil Tiger.

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