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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 6.00 GMT
Serbia ceases VoT transmission

 

The Serbian authorities have ceased transmission of the Voice of Tigers (VoT), the official radio of LTTE, with effect from June 9, 2008.

According to available sources, the government of Serbia has terminated the broadcast license granted to VoT to retransmit to Europe, North Africa and Middle East via Serbian satellite, when the authorities came to know that VoT was the official broadcast organ of the LTTE.

Previously the VoT as well as the LTTE's television service, the National Tamil Television (NTT) used the US based INTELSAT 12 for radio and television transmissions. INTELSAT 12 terminated the transmissions when pointed out that the LTTE was a listed terrorist organization in the US and the VoT and NTT are the publicity organs of the terrorist movement.

The second attempt of the LTTE to resume their transmissions through the Hong Kong based AsiaSat, using a third party to obtain a satellite loop was also ceased.

 




 



 


 
   
   
   
   

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