After 20 years of fighting, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Government have ceased hostilities and are trying to forge peace and rebuild their war ravaged country. Looking at the history of the struggle and the on-going peace process, some Malaysian Tamils share an affinity for the Tiger's fight for an Eelam - a homeland, writes SHAHANAAZ HABIB.
JUST a little over a year ago, women in the LTTE controlled areas had to smuggle in even sanitary napkins. Because of the war between the Tigers who are a Tamil minority and the Sri Lankan Government who are Singhalese, there was a Government blockade of goods into the Tamil areas.
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