Twelve senior LTTE members including Lt Col Kumarappa and Lt Col Pulenthiran were remembered in Valvettithurai on the 31st anniversary of their deaths.
The twelve were captured and held at Palaly camp by the Sri Lankan navy in 1987. They swallowed cyanide and died on October 5, 1987, after finding out that the Sri Lankan army and IPKF were planning to take them to Colombo.
The memorial on Friday took place at the Theeruvil ground where there was originally a monument in their memory which was later destroyed by the Sri Lankan army.
The memorial flame was lit by the 96-year-old mother of one of the fallen cadres.