OTHER NEWS Four Lankans in UK get life sentence British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A “TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION” FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS High commissioner Jayasinghe meets Lord Malloch Brown    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Three arrested in Britain over Tamil Tiger probe: Scotland Yard 29-04-2008 Three men were arrested in London and Wales Tuesday as part of a long-term police investigation into the Tamil Tigers guerrillas in Sri Lanka, Scotland Yard said. The trio were arrested following dawn raids on homes and business addresses in Newtown in Wales, in Mitcham, southwest London as well as raids elsewhere in Surrey. Two men aged 39 and 46 were arrested at separate addresses in Newtown. A third, aged 33, was held in Mitcham. All three men were arrested on suspicion of the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism". "It is not linked to Al-Qaeda-type activity or inspired terrorism. It is in relation to support, procurement and fundraising for a proscribed organisation, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers)," a police spokesman said of the arrests. "This is part of a long-term investigation into alleged funding and procurement activity in support of terrorism overseas and two people have already been charged in connection with this investigation," he added. They were to be questioned later at the high security Paddington Green police station in central London. The LTTE, which is fighting for a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka, is designated a proscribed terrorist organisation under the 2000 Terrorism Act. The rebels have been fighting to carve out an independent homeland for the Tamil minority since 1972. Tens of thousands have died on both sides in the conflict in the Sinhalese-majority nation. Two men, both from south London, appeared in court last June charged with offences in connection with the same operation. One is accused of arranging meetings of the Tamil Tigers and addressing an event in London's Hyde Park. He is also accused of amassing machetes, combat boots, camouflage clothes, spades and handcuffs. He denies the offences. Last November, the founder of a breakaway faction of the Tamil Tigers, Colonel Karuna Amman, was arrested in a joint operation by British police and immigration officials. No details have been released of where he was detained or whether Sri Lanka will begin extradition proceedings. Print Version | Email to friend

Four Lankans in UK get life sentence Sat, 19-07-2008 18:00:00 Four Sri Lankan men have been sentenced to life for attempted murder in London. Armed with swords, pickaxe handles and pieces of wood, the four tried to behead a 20-year-old man in August 2006.... |FULL STORY|

British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud Thu, 17-07-2008 08:00:00 The Colombo District Court remanded a British constructor who built the recently opened British High Commission at Buller’s Road, Colombo for allegedly defrauding a local sub-contractor by failing to make payments of over Rs. 18 million. Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake remanded Graham A. Gardner who had been arrested at his apartment at Barnes Residencies, Colombo-07 on a civil warrant. The arrest warrant had been issued following a plaint filed by Cavalier Trading Enterpris... |FULL STORY|

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NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A “TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION” FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS Thu, 10-07-2008 20:00:00 EPP Coordinator of the European Parliament’s Development Committee, and former candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General of the UN; said at the European Parliament’s passing of the Urgency Resolution on Zimbabwe. Nirj Deva MEP said: “I am utterly disgusted at the continuing presence of Robert Mugabe on the international scene. He represents no-one but himself and his thieving bandit cronies in Zanu-PF. He does not represent the Zimbabwean people, who yearn to be r... |FULL STORY|

High commissioner Jayasinghe meets Lord Malloch Brown Thu, 10-07-2008 08:00:00 Sri Lanka's New High Commissioner in London Nihal Jayasinghe paid a courtesy call on Rt. Hon. Lord Malloch Brown Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who is scheduled to visit the Indian Ocean island republic during mid July. Though a State Minister, Lord Malloch Brown who sits in the British cabinet, during his visit between July 14 and 16 in Colombo is scheduled to see President Mahinda Rajapaksa for some important discussions concerning bilateral relations betw... |FULL STORY|

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