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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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