I refer to the Malaysiakini report Tamil Tigers surrounded, rebel chief may have fled .

The above report is hardly an appropriate one to capture the present dynamics of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.

Apart from gross factual errors, it underestimates the fighting spirit of the Tamil national liberation force under the leadership of Vellupillai Prabhkaran.

Knowing the Tamil supremo, he would fight to his death rather than take the cowardly route of fleeing his homeland for his own safety.

The Sinhala armed forces might have captured the ghost town of Killinochi but the fact remains that they have not reckoned with the main fighting arm of the Tamil national army yet.

The Liberatio Tiger of Tamil Eelam fought the Indian forces in the late 1980s from the dense forests of Mullaithivu and the same feat would be repeated again for the murderous Sri Lankan armed forces.

To the outside world, the LTTE seems weak, disunited and in disarray. But they are a guerilla fighting force and it would be a short while before the Sinhala armed forces are bled and be forced to retreat from the Tamil homeland.

The chief minister of Tamil Nadu might have betrayed the cause of Tamils, but Malaysian Tamils, in particular, and global Tamils in general would never forsake their brothers and sisters in Tamil Eelam.

Jayalitha of AIADMK Tamil Nadu might think that the Tamils in Sri Lanka might not have cause, but her inability to fathom the historical and contemporary nature of the quest of Elam merely mirrors the narrow-mindedness of the Brahmin community in India.

N Ram, the editor of The Hindu has nothing but venom for the Tamil fighting force, but by supporting the devilish aim of the Sri Lankan armed forces and its bloodthirsty president, Mahinda Rajapakse, he has played a role in the killing and maiming of innocent civilians, women and children.