{"id":7328,"date":"2019-10-11T03:53:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T03:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2019-10-11T03:53:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T03:53:30","slug":"malaysian-police-arrest-seven-over-links-to-ltte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltamilnews.net\/english\/malaysian-police-arrest-seven-over-links-to-ltte\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Police arrest seven over links to LTTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malaysian police on Thursday (Oct 10) arrested seven people, including two politicians, suspected of having links to the now-defunct Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist group, the Reuters news agency reported.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malaysia has listed the LTTE as a terrorist organisation since 2014 amid reports of attempts to revive the group from abroad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2009, the Sri Lankan government ended a 26-year conflict with the Tamil Tigers, who had been fighting for an independent Tamil state in the north and east of the Indian Ocean island.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities arrested seven people on suspicion of \u201csupporting, promoting, recruiting, fundraising for and possessing items linked to LTTE militants\u201d, Malaysian police counter-terrorism chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay told reporters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Among them were two state lawmakers who had allegedly delivered speeches and distributed leaflets in support of the group at an event honouring Tamil Tiger \u201cheroes\u201d last year, Ayob said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are attempts from certain quarters from outside Sri Lanka, not just in Malaysia, to reactivate the LTTE movement,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are taking action to arrest them as we do not want these activities to spread and smear the image of Malaysia\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ayob did not name the suspects but the Democratic Action Party, a member of Malaysia\u2019s ruling coalition, confirmed in a statement that two of its assemblymen were arrested.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Police also detained a 38-year-old insurance agent on suspicion of planning an attack on the Sri Lankan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malaysia has been on high alert since January 2016, when gunmen allied with Islamic State carried out a series of attacks in Jakarta, the capital of neighbouring Indonesia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malaysian authorities have arrested hundreds of people in the past few years for suspected militant links, including 25 people for activities linked to the Tamil Tigers, Ayob said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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