ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka today in a decisive measure signed the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373, which sets out strategies to combat terrorism and to control terrorist financing.
With the signing of the Resolution 1373, the Sri Lankan government has banned the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and 15 other Tamil diaspora groups that are alleged of having terror links and involved in reviving the terrorist movement in the country.
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs signed the order and it will be published in the Government Gazette shortly, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
According to the Ministry statement, the order is based on the recommendation by the Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Urban Development, as the Competent Authority regarding the identification of persons, groups and entities, believed on reasonable grounds to be committing, attempting to commit, facilitating or participating, in the commission of acts of terrorism.
Under the Regulation all funds, assets and economic resources belonging to or owned by the designated persons or entities will remain frozen until the organizations are removed from the designated list.
In terms of the Regulation moving, transferring or dealing with frozen assets without the permission of the Competent Authority are prohibited and any person who fails to comply with an order to freeze assets is liable to heavy penalties.
Any contact with the proscribed organizations is a violation of the regulation.
The government's move comes in the wake of UN Human Rights Council adopting an intrusive resolution to investigate alleged human rights violations only during the last seven years of the government's war against the Tamil Tiger terrorists. The resolution effectively eliminates the investigations into the major crimes committed by the LTTE prior to 2002 in the 30-year long war. The Sri Lankan government recently revealed foreign attempts to revive the defeated terrorist organization in the North with the support from the diaspora funds.
According to Sri Lankan defense authorities K.P. Selvanayagam a.k.a. 'Gobi', an LTTE cadre escaped after the end of the war and fled overseas, has returned to the island to lead the revival of the terrorist organization.
Among the organizations proscribed are the LTTE's Trans National Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) headed by New York lawyer Visuvanathan Ruthirakumaran, Global Tamil Forum (GTF), which is headed by Fr.SJ Emmanuel and active in Europe, and the UK-based British Tamil Forum (BTF).
The 15 organizations proscribed are controlled by four individuals, Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said. The organizations are functioning in several countries including USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, and France.
The other organizations banned are Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), Tamil Coordinating Committee (TCC), World Tamil Movement (WTM), Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), Australian Tamil Congress (ATC), National Council Of Canadian Tamils, Tamil National Council (TNC), Tamil Youth Organization (TYO), World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC), Tamil Eelam Peoples Assembly, World Tamil Relief Fund and Headquarters Group.
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SL bans LTTE fronts
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj
March 31, 2014
The Sri Lankan government has in a decisive move with far reaching implications proscribed as foreign terrorist entities, several overseas organizations suspected of being fronts of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The government banned the organizations as “foreign terrorists” utilising the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 which was brought about by the USA on September 28, 2001 after the attack on World Trader Center in New York on September 11, 2001.
It is expected that External Affairs Minister Prof. Gamini Lakshman Peiris will announce details of the proscription imposed on such foreign terrorist entities later this week.
The report said:
“It is learnt that the Sri Lankan ministry of External Affairs has gazetted legislation outlawing several organizations reportedly functioning in several countries including the USA, Canada Britain, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, France and Australia.
“Among organizations proscribed are the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) headed by New York lawyer Visuvanathan Ruthirakumaran,Global Tamil Forum headed by Catholic Priest Fr.SJ Emmanuel,the LTTE group led by Perinbanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan and the tiger group led by Sekarampillai Vinayagamoorthy alias Vinayagam.
It is expected that External Affairs minister Prof.Gamini Lakshman Peiris will announce details of the proscription imposed on such foreign terrorist entities later this week.
The proscribed entities listed in the Gazette consist of the main LTTE and 15 other alleged front organizations of the tigers.The proscribed organizations are as follows-
01. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a.k.a LTTE a.k.a Tamil Tigers.
02. Tamil Rehabilitation Organization a.k.a TRO.
03. Tamil Coordinating Committee a.k.a TCC
04. British Tamil Forum a.k.a BTF
05. World Tamil Movement a.k.a WTM
06. Canadian Tamil Congress a.k.a CTC
07. Australian Tamil Congress a.k.a ATC
08. Global Tamil Forum a.k.a GTF
09. National Council Of Canadian Tamils a.k.a NCCT a.k.a Makkal Avai
10. Tamil National Council a.k.a TNC
11.Tamil Youth Organization a.k.a TYO
12. World Tamil Coordinating Committee a.k.a WTCC.
13. Transnational Government Of Tamil Eelam a.k.a TGTE
14. Tamil Eelam Peoples Assembly a.k.a TEPA
15 .World Tamil Relief Fund a.k.a WTRF
16. Headquarters Group a.k.a HQ Group
According to authoritative sources the organizations listed as suspected terrorist entities functioning on foreign soil fall under four broad categories reportedly under the overall control of four key individuals.
They are the organization/s under-
1. Perinbanayagam Sivaparan alias “Nediyavan”;
2. Rev.Fr. SJ Emmanuel
3. Visuvanathan Ruthirakumaran
4. Sekarampillai Vinayakamoorthy alias Vinayagam
Explaing further the rationale behind such proscription at this juncture, informed sources stated that the fundamental objective was to appraise foreign countries, particularly Western nations of how LTTE fronts existing amidst members of the Tamil Diaspora resident on their soil were now financing the revival of LTTE activity in Sri Lanka.
The Government is concerned about the recent attempt to revive the LTTE in Sri Lanka. All evidence unearthed so far indicate that funds, support and assistance from LTTE front organizations are primarily responsible for the attempted tiger renaissance in Sri Lanka.
Since the UN resolution 1373 expects countries to assist one another to combat terrorism, Sri Lanka will request the host countries to investigate the activities of such organizations and key members on their soil and take appropriate action.
Sri Lanka will provide particulars about such key activists as authorities in Sri Lanka are in possession of the entire data base of former LTTE senior leader Veerakathy Manivannan alias Castro who was in charge of the LTTE international secretariat which directed and coordinated overseas LTTE activity until early 2009.
Castro simply abandoned his office in Pudukudiyiruppu and escaped when the Sri Lankan armed forces advanced thereby letting the data base with particulars of overseas LTTE activity fall easily into the lap of the security forces.
The Government is also likely to obtain cooperation from these Western countries to proclaim LTTE activists abroad as offenders” listed as Wanted or to be watched through related INTERPOL notices.
Speaking further authoritative sources said that as a result of the proscription coming into force Sri Lankan nationals in the Island will be forbidden to maintain contact or links with members of the proscribed organizations. This would prevent Sri Lankan political parties and leaders from obtaining funds from such entities for undertakings in Sri Lanka. This move is likely to affect several members of Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka.
This would also forbid Sri Lankan politicians and Non –Governmental Organization (NGO) activists being in contact with representatives of such entities either in Sri Lanka or during trips abroad.
Sections of the media in Sri Lanka giving wide coverage to statements and interviews given by officials of such organizations will also be restricted from doing so.
Furthermore, the proscription will also render members of these proscribed entities liable for arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act(PTA) if and when apprehended while visiting Sri Lanka.
It is learnt that extensive dossiers of key individuals from these proscribed organizations and their activities abroad would be provided to the respective countries concerned in due course.
Sri Lankan authorities are expected to strictly enforce provisions of the proscription under UN resolution 1373 after the Sinhala –Tamil New Year in April this year.
4 comments:
Bravo!
FINALLY … the GOSL has done the needful in banning these Tamil Terrorist organizations.
Now, the US, UK, and other supporters of the Tamil Eelamist cause can be easily identified as such.
THIS is the “Reconciliation” we needed to “Reconcile” terrorists with their actions.
Next, the GOSL has to go after those Tamil Politicians and NGOs in Sri Lanka pursuing the Eelam agenda and collaborating with Eelamists in the Tamil Diaspora.
Investigate, Indict, Arrest, Prosecute, and Severely Punish all TRAITORS in Sri Lanka ... including those of All Tamil organizations belonging to the TNA.
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE Now!
Next, the GOSL should investigate ALL ACTIVITIES of Tamil Politicians of the TNA during the LAST 35 years, and INDICT, ARREST, PROSECUTE, CONVICT and SEVERELY PUNISH them for all TREASONOUS activities including plotting and conniving with foreign governments to UNDERMINE, DESTABILIZE and DISMEMBER SRi Lanka.
DO IT FAST, DO IT NOW!
These people don't understand kindness and forgiveness for the MURDER and MAYHEM they inflicted upon ALL Sri Lankan citizens.
They view that kind of RECONCILIATION as an ADMISSION of Weakness and Culpability of Criminal Actions aganst them. They view the RETRIBUTION they earned through their own crimes as DISCRIMINATION.
Let us now change the approach we deal with these UNREPENTANT CRIMINALS and tar and feather them, and pursue them from pillar to post.
This should be the New Approach to RECONCILIATION that we SORELY need: THEY REPENT and THEY PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES. That is ALL!
There is NO PLACE in Sri Lanka for TREACHEROUS CITIZENS! Either become law-abiding peaceful citizens, satified with equal rights and not demanding special rights unavailable to other citiens, or PERMANENTLY LEAVE Sri Lanka for whatever country that is willing to accommodate such Racist Separatist Aparthied Aspirations.
Bravo ... Government of Sri Lanka! Now BAN the TERRORIST Organizations in Sri Lanka that are POSING as LEGITIMATE POLITICAL PARTIES undermining our Motherland at EVERY TURN!
BAN ALL POlitical Parties with COMMUNAL AGENDAS, with Communal Party Names, Communal Constitutions and Communal Election Manifestos!
INVESTIGATE, INDICT, ARREST, PROSECUTE, CONVICT and SEVERELY PUNISH all those TRAITORS who violated the TREASON and TERRORISM Laws of SRi Lanka during the Last 35 years. Hold Accountable all those who plotted and planned with FOREIGN POWERS to undermine, destabilize, invade and dismember our Motherland.
DO IT FAST, DO IT NOW!
END APPEASEMENT of Criminals, PUNISH them INSTEAD!
PROSECUTE the TRAITORS and TERRORISTS from PILLAR to POST! THIS is the Form of RECONCILIATION Needed: RECONCILE the Criminals with their CRIMES!
Lorenzo,
The 2011 Data you provided above supports my contention that Sri Lanka DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER to CRIPPLE India by any action we take on Trade.
I calculated the EXPORTS, IMPORTS and SURPLUS/DEFCITS as a percentage of the TOTALS numbers; this is given below in Table 1.
EXPORTS from India to Sri Lanka is only 2.5% of India's TOTAL EXPORTS.
IMPORTS from Sri Lanka is only 0.3% of India's TOTAL IMPORTS.
Because India buys way more than it sells to other countries, the Balance of Trade with Sri Lanka is 8.9% of the net DEFICIT in India's favor. However, that BOT advantage DOES NOT CONFER a POWER to CRIPPLE India's economy as Nada contends. I am really surprised that you support Nanda's fantasy!
To see this more clearly, I have ZEROED OUT all exports and imports with Sri Lanka and prepared Table 2.
As you can see, the TOTAL EXPORT and IMPORT figures barely budged, but the DEFICIT increased from 42,681 to 46,339, an INCREASE of 8.6%. An 8.6% contribution to India's BOT does not CONFER a CRIPPLING POWER that Sri Lanka can weild.
On the Other Hand, the vast BOT advantage in favor in India matters a LOT to Sri Lanka whose total EXPORTS and IMPORTS are much smaller. So it DOES GIVE INDIA great power to CRIPPLE Sri Lanka's economy ... if it CHOOSES to do so.
That is why I counseled REDUCING that dependence to a minimum as a prerequisite to ESCAPING India's DEADLY EMBRACE!
TABLE 1.
COUNTRY EXPORTS from India IMPORTS to India SURPLUS/DEFICIT
USA 34,742 19.8% 24,470 11.2% 10,271 -24.1%
SINGAPORE 16,858 9.6% 8,600 3.9% 8,257 -19.3%
NETHERLANDS 9,151 5.2% 2,671 1.2% 6,480 -15.2%
SRI LANKA 4,379 2.5% 721 0.3% 3,658 -8.6%
BRAZIL 5,770 3.3% 4,322 2.0% 1,448 -3.4%
UK 8,590 4.9% 7,666 3.5% 924 -2.2%
FRANCE 4,558 2.6% 4,339 2.0% 219 -0.5%
UAE 35,926 20.5% 35,790 16.4% 135 -0.3%
ITALY 4,883 2.8% 5,427 2.5% (544) 1.3%
BELGIUM 7,161 4.1% 10,450 4.8% (3,290) 7.7%
JAPAN 6,329 3.6% 12,101 5.5% (5,772) 13.5%
INDONESIA 6,678 3.8% 14,624 6.7% (7,946) 18.6%
GERMANY 7,943 4.5% 16,276 7.5% (8,333) 19.5%
KOREA 4,352 2.5% 13,099 6.0% (8,747) 20.5%
CHINA 18,077 10.3% 57,518 26.4% (39,441) 92.4%
TOTAL 175,397 100.0% 218,074 100.0% (42,681) 100.0%
TABLE 2.
COUNTRY EXPORTS from India IMPORTS to India SURPLUS/DEFICIT
USA 34,742 20.3% 24,470 11.3% 10,271 -22.2%
SINGAPORE 16,858 9.9% 8,600 4.0% 8,257 -17.8%
NETHERLANDS 9,151 5.4% 2,671 1.2% 6,480 -14.0%
SRI LANKA - 0.0% - 0.0% - 0.0%
BRAZIL 5,770 3.4% 4,322 2.0% 1,448 -3.1%
UK 8,590 5.0% 7,666 3.5% 924 -2.0%
FRANCE 4,558 2.7% 4,339 2.0% 219 -0.5%
UAE 35,926 21.0% 35,790 16.5% 135 -0.3%
ITALY 4,883 2.9% 5,427 2.5% (544) 1.2%
BELGIUM 7,161 4.2% 10,450 4.8% (3,290) 7.1%
JAPAN 6,329 3.7% 12,101 5.6% (5,772) 12.5%
INDONESIA 6,678 3.9% 14,624 6.7% (7,946) 17.1%
GERMANY 7,943 4.6% 16,276 7.5% (8,333) 18.0%
KOREA 4,352 2.5% 13,099 6.0% (8,747) 18.9%
CHINA 18,077 10.6% 57,518 26.5% (39,441) 85.1%
TOTAL 171,018 100.0% 217,353 100.0% (46,339) 100.0%
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