Malaysia’s Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Saturday (Feb 22) said the defunct organisation Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will remain listed as a terrorist organisation, setting aside a suggestion by Malaysia’s Attorney-General Tommy Thomas for a review.<\/p>\n
Tan Sri Muhyiddin said countries including India, Canada, the United States and Britain continue to list the LTTE as a terrorist group.<\/p>\n
He issued a statement a day after Tan Sri Thomas controversially dropped charges against 12 individuals, including two state lawmakers from the Democratic Action Party, a component party of Malaysia’s ruling coalition Pakatan Harapan.<\/p>\n
The 12 men had been charged for being alleged sympathisers of the LTTE, including allegations that they had collected funds to revive the militant group.<\/p>\n
The LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan army in 2009.<\/p>\n
Mr Thomas in his 11-page statement explaining the rationale for dropping the charges, had also asked the Home Ministry to review the list of gazetted terrorist organisations in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Home Minister Muhyiddin’s reply, as cited by Malaysiakini online news: “The Malaysian government listed the LTTE as a terrorist group since Nov 12, 2014.<\/p>\n
“Based on the latest information from the authorities, I as the home minister feel there is a strong basis to retain the LTTE listing as a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n
“This group is believed to still espouse an ideology that can threaten public order and national security.”<\/p>\n
He added that it is the responsibility of the authorities to take measures to curb the group’s activities and ideology.<\/p>\n
“I would like to stress that the listing of LTTE as a terrorist organisation is under the purview of the home minister in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n
“The attorney-general has no power under the law to interfere in the jurisdiction of the home minister,” he said.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: The Straits Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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