channelNewsasia,  Sun Feb  4 22:30:27 EST 2007

    LONDON : Ethnic Tamils living in Britain are being pressured into donating money to support Tiger rebels in their native Sri Lanka, facing harassment if they refuse, The Times reported in an early edition
of its Monday newspaper.

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that is insignificant and cannot be trusted.   

Is there an interview of British Tamils by TamilNet, so that I can find out what exactly is going on?


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Pressure or intimidation is no excuse for using LTTE for destroying Sri Lanka and Tamils left behind. Tamils living in five star democratic countries shouldn’t have to fear.

We are getting conflicting messages from LTTE and non-LTTE regarding wide spread support for LTTE and Eelam.  Sinhalese have been made guilty for 83 even if most of them never directly or indirectly participated.  Here the Tamils are knowing participating stating they have no choice and that is unacceptable from those who live in the developed world.  

This is selfish behavior and only way for all of us to have peace is to be courageous and  fight against these elements.

If Sinhalese supporting Sinhala Nationalism is bad, giving into LTTE demands are bad too.


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May be these are due to extortion.  The problem is in the UK (or even in Europe/ Americas) there is no mechanism/system to report these cases to the law.  Tamils giving this money willingly is some thing else, but taking forcibly is another thing.  This is where the Law of these countries has to be active.

Amarakoon wrote:

May be these are due to extortion.  The problem is in the UK (or even in Europe/ Americas) there is no mechanism/system to report these cases to the law.  Tamils giving this money willingly is some thing else, but taking forcibly is another thing.  This is where the Law of these countries has to be active.

Sure there are systems in place, but people have to consider several possible outcomes from their going to the authorities.


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Amarakoon wrote:

May be these are due to extortion.  The problem is in the UK (or even in Europe/ Americas) there is no mechanism/system to report these cases to the law.  Tamils giving this money willingly is some thing else, but taking forcibly is another thing.  This is where the Law of these countries has to be active.

Giving money to a proscribed terrorist group, even when it is done willingly, is a crime.
Tamils giving willingly money to the terrorists are under watch too.

GOSL should take steps to punish those finance the LTTE. One thing they can do, and have failed so far to do, is to deny entry into Sri Lanka to those who finance LTTE in Canada/Europe.

It's well known the same thing happens in Australia and Canada...

By the way, Boothaya, I like your comment... I'm waiting for a "GoSL does this too" comment.... or at least a way of shifting the blame to avoid the LTTE getting a bad name comment...

eeky wrote:

Amarakoon wrote:

May be these are due to extortion.  The problem is in the UK (or even in Europe/ Americas) there is no mechanism/system to report these cases to the law.  Tamils giving this money willingly is some thing else, but taking forcibly is another thing.  This is where the Law of these countries has to be active.

Sure there are systems in place, but people have to consider several possible outcomes from their going to the authorities.

Yep, then your so called OUTCOMES too can be reported to the Law and punish those blood thirsty terrorists to the authorities in thosecountries.

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Yep, then your so called OUTCOMES too can be reported to the Law and punish those blood thirsty terrorists to the authorities in thosecountries.

The lever is the family that is still in Sri Lanka. Even in government-controlled areas the ability of the police to protect family members is considered null.

This is old news though. HRW published the same reports some time ago, and there are many other reports.

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By SJ, The lever is the family that is still in Sri Lanka. Even in government-controlled areas the ability of the police to protect family members is considered null. This is old news though. HRW published the same reports some time ago, and there are many other reports.

This also not new to me. That is why I said (pl. see my earlier posting in this thread) system is not strong enough. This terror cancer is rooted deeply!

The problem often lies in Lanka. If the Lankan government cannot protect the Tamil's family, then it is wide open to be extorted.

Actually Simon, the problem lies in the West.

The Brits are wrong for helping to fund the LTTE. In the case of the UK, it was well known to the CID for a long time that money was going to the LTTE. The British politicians did not care that their democracy was undermining another country. Indeed, just as the Btits went along with Apartheid to make profit, so they went along with the LTTE. Imagine the Brits allowing a Nazi leader getting a state like funeral in London? They would not do that, but did allow the LTTE fascists to do just that.

No, the British are the number two enablers of the LTTE after India. They are Lords of Profit, especially when they can fish in troubled waters.

This forum should not excuse the Brits for their cowardice and lack of principle when they had every instrument available to stop the LTTE in the late 1980s.

We now know of SJ's Lanka hating presence here... he loves the LTTE 'thinker' who got a state funeral in London. He blames Lankans even for the money raised in "Great" Britain. What utter humbug!


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Stephen Jones wrote:

The problem often lies in Lanka. If the Lankan government cannot protect the Tamil's family, then it is wide open to be extorted.

So let me get this right... when the Canadian "collectors" of the LTTE knocks on the door of the Scarborough Tamilian and says "hand over your monthly contribution or else your old auntie in Jaffna gets it in the neck", this is the fault of the GOSL ?

Brilliant ! So when you get stopped at the Spanish roadblock which you so despise, I bet you have an argument that can prove that it's the fault of the GOSL as well, right ?

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The problem often lies in Lanka. If the Lankan government cannot protect the Tamil's family, then it is wide open to be extorted.

See, this is exactly what I'm talking about... you LTTE supporters and sympathizers, ALWAYS make something up to cover for the LTTE...  just ignore the fact that the LTTE are extorting and terrorising Tamils... and rather say that the GoSL is not protecting the Tamils... (from the LTTE)...

The LTTE is a terrorist organisation...  they terrorise the Sinhalese and the Tamils and everyone who are from SL...

Come on, why doesn't someone write... "the British Government is just believing GoSL lies..., that's why they think that this extortion is happening..." or something down those lines...

Isn't that what you people believe??? that everyone, other than yourselves, are stupid enough to be "tricked" by the GoSL? When in actually fact, your the one that's stupid enough to be tricked by the LTTE?

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says "hand over your monthly contribution or else your old auntie in Jaffna gets it in the neck", this is the fault of the GOSL ?

Jaffna is under GOSL control, and it has the responsibility of defending the lives of the citizens there. If it is incapable of doing that because none of its policemen speak the language and so they have no info, then yes it is responsible. If the auntie was in Melbourne or London and the police could not protect her then the responsibility would be of the Australian or British government.