Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has told the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to deport a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant arrived in the MV Sun Sea for his role in the shooting of captured Sri Lankan soldiers.
The Tamil migrant, identified only by a number, has been accused of war crimes for ordering to shoot the Sri Lankan soldiers brought to the area controlled by the LTTE. He appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board for an admissibility hearing Tuesday.
According to a report in the Globe & Mail, the man has told the IRB through a translator that the LTTE called for any Tigers carrying weapons to come forward when they brought the soldiers but he ignored the call and walked away because he feared the soldiers were about to be killed.
But Kevin Hatch, CBSA's hearing representative, has questioned his version of events and pointed out that in an interview the man had with Canadian officials he has said that he told people behind him "to go," suggesting he ordered others to heed the call, the report said.
During questioning by his lawyer, the migrant has denied that he ordered anyone to shoot the soldiers. The hearing is to be resumed on Thursday Morning.