Background
Jeyanandamoorthy was born on 16 September 1965.
Jeyanandamoorthy was born on 16 September 1965.
Jeyanandamoorthy had been a correspondent for Virakesari and TamilNet. Jeyanandamoorthy was selected by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be one of the Tamil National Alliance"s (TNA) candidates in Batticaloa District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.
Jeyanandamoorthy and his relatives were repeatedly threatened by the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, a Sri Lankan government backed paramilitary group.
He subsequently fled to the United Kingdom. In May 2010 he was elected to the Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam.