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LTTE suspect deported from Canada arrested by TID
Feb 11, 201411:56 AM
A former member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who was deported from Canada, has been arrested at the Katunayake International Airport, police said.
Jayakumar Munieswaramoorthy, who was arrested and deported by Canadian authorities on charges of collecting funds for a group linked to the Tamil Tigers, was taken into custody by the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) after arriving in the country last night.
The suspects is being detained and further interrogated, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.
He is suspected to be involved in fund raising activities for the overseas LTTE faction led by Perinbananaygam Sivaparan also known as “Nediyavan.”
