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Kadirgamar case: Maharoof quizzed on land gift
[ Sunday Times ] [ 04:54 GMT, Mar. 19, 2006 ]
UNP Colombo District MP M. Maharoof has been questioned by Colombo Crime Division (CCD) officers for his alleged links with a key suspect in the Lakshman Kadirgamar murder case. Mr. Maharoof was questioned and his statement recorded by CCD officers after the gardener of Mr. Kadirgamar’s neighbour Lakshman Thalaysingham, confessed that Mr. Maharoof had arranged the donation of state land to him.The suspect, Muttiah Sahadevan alias Devan, earlier living in the Wanathamulla and Grandpass areas had been donated the land during the tenure of the UNP Government between 2001 to 2004 when Mr. Maharoof was the Urban Public Utilities Minister.The land in extent of about five perches gifted to the suspect was located close to Polhengoda, Narahenpita.
Human Rights Watch backtracks on extortion charge
[ TamilNet ] [ 12:45 GMT, Mar. 19, 2006 ]
Stung by criticism by expatriate Tamils of its report last week claiming the Diaspora was gripped by ‘a culture of fear’ regarding LTTE extortion, Human Rights Watch this weekend issued a statement that stepped back from its earlier sensational claims. Acknowledging that accusations of extortion were only being made about “a small number of individuals” who were “claiming to represent the LTTE or groups linked to the LTTE,” HRW said: “we do not suggest that significant numbers of Tamils are engaging in extortion or other unlawful activity. We also note that many Tamils actively and willingly support the LTTE.” Last week a HRW report titled ‘Funding the ‘Final War’: LTTE Intimidation and Extortion in the Tamil Diaspora,’ the New York based organization urged government authorities in Canada and the UK “to take stronger steps to protect members of the Tamil diaspora from violence, intimidation and extortion.”
[ Sunday Times ] [ 04:54 GMT, Mar. 19, 2006 ]
UNP Colombo District MP M. Maharoof has been questioned by Colombo Crime Division (CCD) officers for his alleged links with a key suspect in the Lakshman Kadirgamar murder case. Mr. Maharoof was questioned and his statement recorded by CCD officers after the gardener of Mr. Kadirgamar’s neighbour Lakshman Thalaysingham, confessed that Mr. Maharoof had arranged the donation of state land to him.The suspect, Muttiah Sahadevan alias Devan, earlier living in the Wanathamulla and Grandpass areas had been donated the land during the tenure of the UNP Government between 2001 to 2004 when Mr. Maharoof was the Urban Public Utilities Minister.The land in extent of about five perches gifted to the suspect was located close to Polhengoda, Narahenpita.
Human Rights Watch backtracks on extortion charge
[ TamilNet ] [ 12:45 GMT, Mar. 19, 2006 ]
Stung by criticism by expatriate Tamils of its report last week claiming the Diaspora was gripped by ‘a culture of fear’ regarding LTTE extortion, Human Rights Watch this weekend issued a statement that stepped back from its earlier sensational claims. Acknowledging that accusations of extortion were only being made about “a small number of individuals” who were “claiming to represent the LTTE or groups linked to the LTTE,” HRW said: “we do not suggest that significant numbers of Tamils are engaging in extortion or other unlawful activity. We also note that many Tamils actively and willingly support the LTTE.” Last week a HRW report titled ‘Funding the ‘Final War’: LTTE Intimidation and Extortion in the Tamil Diaspora,’ the New York based organization urged government authorities in Canada and the UK “to take stronger steps to protect members of the Tamil diaspora from violence, intimidation and extortion.”