The Star,  Sun Feb 26 17:49:04 EST 2006

    They apologized when they came knocking on her door one night. The
Toronto woman
won't say if the grass outside was green or covered in autumn leaves.
All she will
divulge is that the men came sometime before winter began last year,
and they asked
for a monthly donation of $50 for the "Tamil cause."
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After an exhausting hour of debate, the Sri Lankan-born woman relented
and agreed
to $30 a month. But when she stopped her payments three months later,
the men came
back. Now they demanded a one-time payment of $2,000. "They said if I
give them the
money this time, they'll stop coming," recalls the wife and mother, who
spoke to
the Star on condition of strict anonymity.
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Another insignificant website, another reporter with no credibility. People starve and donate to the sun dof willingly, it is not possible that they are forced to donate  


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Boothaya wrote:

Another insignificant website, another reporter with no credibility. People starve and donate to the sun dof willingly, it is not possible that they are forced to donate  

You are quite incorrect. The Star is a well-respected newspaper with a massive circulation in Toronto

proximus wrote:

You are quite incorrect. The Star is a well-respected newspaper with a massive circulation in Toronto

This article by The Star is well balanced I think. Other than the headline it covers the details of the issues in Sri Lankan conflict and the pros and cons. It clearly states that 85% of Tamils supports the self-determiantion struggle and 15% are hard core anti-LTTE.

Issue of collection by coersion has a lot of meanings as well. I get coerced by Red Cross, Amnesty and Green Peace volunteers all the time in the street to contribute. This is coersion in the way of pursuasion. However if coersion falls into threat / intimidation then this shall be directed to law enforcement authorities to investigate.

From the story the incident looks more like a case of pursuasion when asked for $30 per month contribution for rehabilitation work.

TORONTO STAR should understand that Sri Lanka also has a NATIVE RESERVE in KILINOCHCHI AND MULLATIVU area. In there also only the native tamils are allowed. They are taxed heavily, killed, torrturer all according to the tribal law. Reserve also does not follow the reule of the law of the SL govt.

Somehow, this tamil Lady visited that NAtive Researve or she just crossed through that reserve. So she had to pay the maintenance tax and other taxes for the band.

Specially, family of the tribal chief lives in UK and they need money. Sri Lanka govt  is also not tht happy with the reserve because, the Chief established the reserve in our land.

LankanExile wrote:

Issue of collection by coersion has a lot of meanings as well. I get coerced by Red Cross, Amnesty and Green Peace volunteers all the time in the street to contribute. This is coersion in the way of pursuasion. However if coersion falls into threat / intimidation then this shall be directed to law enforcement authorities to investigate.

From the story the incident looks more like a case of pursuasion when asked for $30 per month contribution for rehabilitation work.

Like Greenpeace and AI, since the TRO has apparently got clearance to collect funds for such Good Works, one wonders why entities other than the TRO would be appearing at the door with the till instead....

Subjective statics are used willy nilly
so many inocent singalease were killed in 1971 nobody cries/cares
there a somany tamils, never give a penny to any cause not even redcross ,so these tamils fail togive money to so called LTTE ,there are so many cries from tipical contributors-its seems a crocodile tears
let the prospective law inforcement take care of that
let we pray for the future of sri lanka

The LTTE men or those who claim to represent the LTTE have been actively engaged in fund collection in Canada.  I know in many instances those who promised to pay them, secretly lamented to their relatives and friends that they were being forced to pay, not that they wanted to pay.  75% do not want to pay at all, and do not support the LTTE. They want their kith and kin to live peacefully in Sri Lanka and they fear the LTTE more than they fear the SL army.  This is true.  The Tamils feel that they had democratic /civic rights more before the LTTE took over control of the North-East.  Those who give excuses and advocate others that in a freedom struggle the people should not think about decmoractic /civi rights live comfortably enjoying all such rights in foreign countries.  There is threat and intimidation to the Tamil diaspora by the LTTE.  No fair thinking people can deny it.  As for those who deny it and say that the Tamils willingly donate money for the LTTE cause and consider the LTTE as their saviours, well, they do not really have any concern for the Tamils, whether in Sri Lanka or abroad, but themselves.  They are just afer vain glory,  not minding the real problem, the people's problem.


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The story is true and the LTTE fronts now demand $2000 to 35000 for a FINAL WAR in Sri Lanka. When Tamil people asked about the peace talks, they tell " Leader has given an ultimatum to the governmet of Sri Lanka to solve everything in two months and LTTE will start a FULL scale war if the government fails to do so".

Tamil real estate agents who provide the addresses of the TAMIL home owners to LTTE, are part of the LTTE machinary in Canada.


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Those who know Jeyaraj, will understand the truth behind the story  This guy is a journalist (?) who would write aricles for money.  He can twist the stories depending on who pays money.  He writes to Sunday Times too.  He is known as DBS.  the whole story is a fiction by him.


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Why Canadian tamils are scared to LTTE. Just, get togther and massage them when they come to ask money. Hand over to police.
       

Tamils should not be humiliated like this. If this continues, this will go into their Genes and future Tamils will be born cowards. That should never happen. Tamils had a great civilization in Sri Lanka, still they have the best food, and they have good brains (from those I have met). But now, they have been reduced to mere cowards by a coward called Prabha. He does not have the courage to solve problems through a democratic process. Without his revolver, he is a pussy cat. Why should the other Tamils with a brain live scared to death because of this punky cat?

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Why Canadian tamils are scared to LTTE.

don't seem to have much idea do you AnuD? The Canadian police are hardly going to protect any family they may have in Lanka are they. And the Canadian police's record in dealing with common criminal Tamil gangs is hardly reassuring either.

But there is hope AnuD. You could volunteer to give classes to Toronto police on how well the Sri Lankan police protect people against extortion and the pressure of organized political groups as in 1987-1989.

Call wrote:

Tamils should not be humiliated like this. If this continues, this will go into their Genes and future Tamils will be born cowards. That should never happen. Tamils had a great civilization in Sri Lanka, still they have the best food, and they have good brains (from those I have met). But now, they have been reduced to mere cowards by a coward called Prabha. He does not have the courage to solve problems through a democratic process. Without his revolver, he is a pussy cat. Why should the other Tamils with a brain live scared to death because of this punky cat?

"I don't want to die".... seems to be a good enough reason as any.. The pen may be mightier than the sword but only in a place with some measure of democratic tradition. In other places, usually the bullet is mightier than the brain..

AnuD wrote:

Why Canadian tamils are scared to LTTE. Just, get togther and massage them when they come to ask money. Hand over to police.
       

AnuD,

Who will investigate the random home-invasion or the street shooting where yet another Tamilian has been the victim ? Who will give evidence to the Police that such-and-such a person was seen doing the dastardly deed ? I don't think anyone will take the risk and take the path to becoming just another gun-victim or hit-and-run statistic in Toronto.

It's not possible to expect the people to provide evidence to the Police. It's simply too risky and the Police certainly wll not be providing them with any security. It's easy for criminals-types to manipulate the police and legal system and the way things operate in the West because compared to how enforcement in SL operates, it's completely "soft", if you get my meaning....