Pararajasingham was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO / TULF alliance 's candidates in Batticaloa District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the alliance candidates . However , he entered Parliament in 1990 following the assassination of Sam Tambimuttu on 7 May 1990 . The early 1990s were a difficult period for the civilian population of eastern Sri Lanka , caught in the middle of fighting between the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan military . There was rampant human rights abuses by the military and police . Batticaloa District witnessed many massacres including Kokkadichcholai and Mylanthanai . Many people turned to Pararajasingham for help . Pararajasingham would telephone , fax and write to ministers , civil servants , the military and the police to seek assistance for the civilians . When Pararajasingham took up the case of Murugesapillai Koneswary , who had been gang raped and murdered by the police , an enraged police officer " summoned " Pararajasingham , a Member of Parliament
Mylanthanai
Mylanthanai massacre
Joseph Pararajasingham