Anthony Emmanuel Silva (died 14 September 2002) was a

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...

politician and Member of Parliament. Silva contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to

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. He later

defected In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...

to the paramilitary

Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda. Background Douglas Devananda was one of the founding members of the Eelam Re ...

. He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as an EPDP candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected. Silva was burnt to death at his house on 14 September 2002 under mysterious circumstances.

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Eelam People's Democratic Party politicians Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front politicians Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Politicians from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Tamil politicians 20th-century births Year of birth missing 2002 deaths {{NorthernLK-politician-stub