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| Southeast Asia |
| Malaysia arrests 4 suspected Tamil Tigers |
| 2014-07-05 |
[ARABNEWS] Malaysian police on Friday said they have locked awayDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! four more suspected Tamil Tiger separatists, including a man allegedly involved in the attempted liquidation of a former Sri Lankan president. The four are believed to be senior members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, also known as the Tamil Tigers, crushed in 2009 after a 26-year civil war over their bid to carve out a independent state in the north of the Indian Ocean island. The arrests come after three Sri Lankans, including two refugees, were deported in May amid a crackdown on suspected bad boys, prompting criticism from the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... refugee agency. Federal police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the latest arrests happened in raids around the capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The suspects "were planning to reactivate the group by making Malaysia as their base of operations." Some activists, he said, had exploited their status as refugees to pursue illegal activities. One of them is believed to have been involved in the attempted liquidation of former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 1999, while another is a suspected bomb expert, Khalid said. A large number of passports of various countries and fake Malaysian immigration rubber stamps were also recovered in the raids. Khalid said half of the 14 suspected Tamil Tiger separatists arrested since 2009 had held refugee cards. A spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Malaysia said Friday she had "no further information" on the latest arrests. |
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