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Tamil chief guilty of terror charge
Paul Cheston, Courts Correspondent17 Apr 2009
THE LEADER of the Tamil Tigers in Britain was today found guilty of two terror-related charges.
Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, known as Shanthan, 52, of Norbury, supplied electrical components for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, some of which had “an obvious terrorist purpose”.
He had been accused of buying and exporting bomb-making equipment to be used by the Sri Lankan terrorist group. At Kingston crown court, he was also found guilty of receiving documents for the purpose of terrorism.
He organised the acquisition and export of remote control and GPS equipment, including 7,500 circuit boards.
The court heard that the police had uncovered the operation in 2007. They discovered he was buying military clothing and equipment from an Army surplus store in Southsea, Hampshire.
He denied the charges and being a member of the Tamil Tigers.
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Send this sad loser home.
- Dave Davies, Basingstoke, 17/04/2009 16:55
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He could simply and proudly accept that he did for the Tamils to stop getting killed by srilankan army. He would proudly explain that he will happy to go to jail for his own people. He done nothing, he is wast of space. He could proudly say that he is happy that he is a member of LTTE that is belong to Tamils own survival
- Lalith71, london, uk, 17/04/2009 16:21
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Fighting against the SL terrorist government are not Terrorists. Tamil tigers are fighting for Tamils Freedom.
- David Hampton, London, UK, 17/04/2009 15:47
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