13. April 2010


 

NEWS

 

Germany arrests suspected LTTE supporter

 

German prosecutors have recently arrested an alleged supporter of a local wing of the LTTE, who is accused of intimidating a fellow Sri Lankan into making donations. The 61 year old identified only as T.M. which followed the arrest earlier last month of six alleged leaders of the Tamil Coordination Committee, a German wing of the LTTE. He is accused of supporting the committee and of collecting money for it in the western German city of Wuppertal. Prosecutors revealed that he was accused, in 2002, of threatening a Tamil exile and his family with a pistol to force him to make monthly payments.

 

The LTTE was defeated in 2009 after 25 years of war in Sri Lanka, are listed as terrorists organization by the European Union.

 

Source:http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/

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