Pro-LTTE groups to be closely monitored:

Interpol help sought to track diaspora activists

by P. Krishnaswamy

The government is confident that the 16 pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora organisations banned last week would be closely monitored by the countries where they operate and consequently their activities will be restricted, Deputy Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera told the Sunday Observer. Although the LTTE, the world’s most ruthless terrorist outfit, was defeated militarily and now defunct, these organisations are promoting its separatist agenda and pose a regional and global threat, he said.

Members of the organisations and those connected to them will be arrested and detained when they enter the country and indicted under the law of the land, he said.

These groups and those connected to them have been identified and the Government will seek the assistance of Interpol and the national security authorities of those countries to have them arrested, Perera said.

Steps will be taken to ensure that they are identified and arrested even if they come with fake names on their passports, he said.