Mylvaganam is now in custody, and has 30 days to appeal his case to Justice Minister Robert Nicholson, or officially surrender. Mylvaganam's hearing was supposed to take place June 10. American authorities are trying to have him brought to the U.S. to face charges, but he fired his lawyer and was granted more time this past summer.

Mylvaganam, a computer engineering student at the University of Waterloo (UW) who came to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1992, was arrested by the RCMP Aug. 22, 2006 at his Derry Rd. E. apartment. He was picked up on a provisional warrant at the request of American authorities.

One month later, Mylvaganam was granted bail and returned to university, where he continued to pursue a master's degree until going back into custody last week.

Mylvaganam and four other Ontario men have been charged with one count each of conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Tamil Tigers, a political and military organization that has been waging war with the government of Sri Lanka since the 1970s.

U.S. prosecutors say the arrests are in relation to a network of men in Canada and the U.S. that allegedly used members' post-secondary studies as a cover for terrorist activities.

Officials say the group kept in contact with top Tamil LTTE operatives in Sri Lanka and the U.S. It tried to obtain compasses, computers and night-vision goggles for the LTTE, but also had bigger plans that included the purchase of aviation equipment, allege American prosecutors.