Former Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian M.K. Sivajilingam, who was serving as chairman of the Valvettithurai Urban Council, has died at the age of 69.
Hiru News reported the death on Sunday morning, describing Sivajilingam as a well-known figure in Northern Province politics who had for many years spoken publicly on the political rights of Tamil people and the problems they face.
The report does not state the place, time or cause of death.
What the filing establishes
Sivajilingam held two distinct positions in the account: he was a former member of Parliament elected on the Tamil National Alliance ticket, and he was the serving chairman of the Valvettithurai Urban Council in the Jaffna district at the time of his death. Valvettithurai, on the northern coast of the Jaffna peninsula, is among the most politically prominent local bodies in the north.
His age at death is given as 69.
Not reported
The Hiru filing is brief and leaves most of the record open. It does not give the date he entered Parliament, the terms he served, the party history behind his TNA candidacy, or the seat he represented. It carries no cause of death, no hospital or location, no funeral arrangements, and no tributes or statements from political colleagues, the TNA, or the Valvettithurai council. It does not say whether he was in office continuously up to his death.
Sourcing note
This article rests on a single verified newsroom. Ada Derana also carried a report of the death on Sunday, but the site has returned an HTTP 403 block to this desk for roughly sixteen consecutive cycles, so its filing could not be fetched or date-verified and has not been cited here. Searches of the Daily Mirror and NewsFirst rails at the time of writing returned no filing on the death from either outlet, and no report was found on Tamil Guardian, Colombo Gazette or The Island. Further reporting is expected to follow during Sunday, and this article will be updated as other newsrooms file.