The Sous-Directorate Anti-Terrorism (SDAT) of France announced that two leading LTTE activists Subramanium Muhundan and Yogarasa Sivarasan were apprehended in Paris on May 13 after investigations lasting several months.

Muhundan and Sivarasan were the head of the LTTE political and finance since the arrest of 26 LTTE cadres including top most leaders of all the divisions of the terrorist organisation in April 01, 2007. After preliminary investigations, 11 were released but the top 14 leaders were remanded without bail. The detained include LTTE's French leader Nadaraja Mathinatharan alias Parithi and the Political Leader Aravindan Thuraiswamy alias Metha.

At that time, several LTTE cadres including Muhundan and Sivarasan crossed over to neighbouring countries through open border points.

Although lawyers submitted several appeals for release, the Magistrates of Paris refused bail for 19 LTTE leaders their custody period was extended by another four months.

The Court was informed that the suspects would be tried for several criminal activities including extortion, intimidation, forceful fund collection, money laundering and fraudulent finance dealings.

SDAT officers informed Courts that they had uncovered a large number of documents from several LTTE offices and other front organisations and it would take several months to examine all the evidence. They added that if the suspects were released on bail it would hamper investigations and would be difficult to get witnesses as the LTTE is well-known for intimidation of hostile witnesses.