{"id":30064,"date":"2014-05-27T09:44:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T13:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30064"},"modified":"2014-05-27T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T13:44:31","slug":"penang-deputy-chief-minister-p-ramasamy-says-death-awaits-in-sri-lanka-for-three-ltte-leaders-arrested-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30064","title":{"rendered":"Penang Deputy Chief Minister P.Ramasamy says Death Awaits in Sri Lanka for Three LTTE Leaders Arrested in Malaysia."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sangeetha Amarthalingam<\/strong><\/p>\n

GEORGE TOWN:<\/strong> Death awaits the three Sri Lankan Tamils arrested in Kuala Lumpur if they were to be deported to their home country, said Deputy Chief Minister (II) P Ramasamy.<\/p>\n

He said the police have disrespected the refugee status given by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the three who fled Sri Lanka during the civil unrest.<\/p>\n

Ramasamy also questioned the police on what other grounds the three men were arrested apart from the possession of a laptop, about RM20,000 cash and alleged Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) paraphernalia.<\/p>\n

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“The UNHCR officials interviewed and provided visas for the Tamil refugees as a temporary stay in Malaysia. There is no basis for the police to say that the visas have been used for terrorist activities by Tamils.<\/p>\n

“We need UNHCR to corroborate the police story. Whether they do it remains a doubt,” he told a press conference, adding that if the police had evidence to support the arrest, they should investigate them here and tried under Malaysian laws.<\/p>\n

“Khalid said in an earlier arrest, the police detained and deported a Tamil suspect who was considered the number two in the LTTE hierachy. I wonder what has happened to him. Probably he is dead already,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They will certainly be tortured and killed when they arrive in Sri Lanka or disappear. I am disgusted that we have a police force that is totally irresponsible.”<\/p>\n

On May 15, the police special branch’s elite anti-terrorism unit nabbed three Sri Lankan Tamils, aged between 30 and 45, believed to have been in the country since 2004, in Kuala Lumpur and Klang in simultaneous raids.<\/p>\n

News reports quoting Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar stated that the trio had been hiding and conducting activities to the detriment of Malaysia and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

Khalid said the suspects are believed to be previously attached to LTTE’s air wing.<\/p>\n

Khalid also reportedly said there are about 4,300 Sri Lanka Tamil refugees here and the authorities would be screening them soon to “flush” out LTTE “terrorists”.<\/p>\n

Courtesy: http:\/\/www.fz.com<\/p>\n

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by Sangeetha Amarthalingam GEORGE TOWN: Death awaits the three Sri Lankan Tamils arrested in Kuala Lumpur if they were to be deported to their home country, said Deputy Chief Minister (II) P Ramasamy. He said the police have disrespected the refugee status given by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the three who …<\/p>\n

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