Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te wa o te 1987 ki te 1989, i te kaha haere o te pakanga i te raki, he rereketanga nui i roto i te ariā me nga whaainga o te roopu Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) i Sri Lanka. I hurihia mai i te whakahaere Marxist ki roto i te whakahaere a-iwi Sinhalese e whakahe ana ki tetahi whakataunga ki te tutu Tamil. Nā tōna tūranga i roto i ngā tutu anti-Tamil o Hōngongoi 1983
, ahakoa kaore i tukuna e te kawanatanga he taunakitanga hei tautoko i tenei whakapae, i aukatia, a, i haere tona kaiarahi ki raro.