Pro-LTTE hunger striker tucks into Big Macs
UK police spend Pounds 7.1 mn to keep protesters
well fed:
The Daily Mail, UK reported that during weeks of protest in London
early this year Parameswaran Subramaniyan lay in a tent outside the
Houses of Parliament as Tamils protested about the alleged plight of
relatives under attack in Sri Lanka.
At one stage, his supporters claimed he was 'critically weak'.
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Parameswaran Subramaniyan tucked into Big Macs |
Scotland Yard surveillance teams using specialist monitoring
equipment had watched in disbelief as he tucked into the clandestine
deliveries.
Scotland Yard made no official comment but senior sources said police
decided against dragging the bogus hunger striker out of his tent for
fear it would start a riot, the Daily Mail said.
Excerpts of the article published in the Daily Mail yesterday. He was
the hunger striker at the centre of one of the longest-running
demonstrations ever mounted in Britain. For weeks Parameswaran
Subramaniyan lay in a tent outside the Houses of Parliament as Tamils
protested about the plight of relatives under attack in Sri Lanka.
At one stage, his supporters claimed he was 'critically weak'. The
protest finally ended in June, but two revelations put it back in the
spotlight yesterday.
First, police said it had left them with a pounds 7.1 million
overtime bill. Then it emerged that Subramaniyan, 28, had eased his
ordeal by secretly eating McDonald's burgers.
Scotland Yard surveillance teams using specialist monitoring
equipment had watched in disbelief as he tucked into the clandestine
deliveries.
A police insider said: "In view of the overtime bill, this has got to
be most expensive Big Mac ever."
Scotland Yard made no official comment but senior sources said police
decided against dragging the bogus hunger striker out of his tent for
fear it would start a riot.
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