Scotland Yard charges two LTTE operatives in UK
[Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 06.05 GMT]

Scotland Yard yesterday charged two men, Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar and Goldan Lambert under the Terrorism Act 2000 with providing support to the LTTE, an organization proscribed in the United Kingdom.

The charges against Chrishanthakumar are:

- Assisting in the arrangement of the Hyde Park meeting on July 25 last year in support of the LTTE.

 
- Speaking at the event for the purposes of encouraging support for the Tamil Tigers.

 
- Receiving £1,500 in January 2005, intending that it be used, or having reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.

 
- Receiving manuals entitled Underwater Warfare Systems, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Naval Weapons Systems, as well as possessing six trenching spades, 39 compasses and a piece of ballistic body armour. It is alleged that these materials may all have been received for the purposes of terrorism.

- Between January 2005 and June this year, he was a member of the Tamil Tigers.

Lambart is charged with assisting in the management of the Hyde Park event, knowing it was for the purposes of supporting a proscribed organization, the Tamil Tigers.


  

  

 

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Last Updated Date: June 28, 2007 - 06.05 GMT