Nine indicted with funding LTTE

Sandasen Marasinghe

The Attorney General has filed indictment against nine persons for granting Rs. 35 million to the LTTE from the funds of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation in 2006.

The Attorney General filed indictment against Velupillai Sivanadiar, Murugesu Shanmugarajah, Kanthilingam Prem Raj, Kathirakesu Ganeshalingam, Sinnaiyah Shanthilingam, Eliyathambi Nadarajah, Krishna Kutti Sukumaran alias Udayan, Balasubramunium Sri Scandarajah, and Kamalias Prabakaran before the Colombo High Court.

They were charged with conspiring between October 10, 2005 to March 27, 2006 to grant Rs. 35 million to the LTTE through the seventh accused, an LTTE cadre.

They have conspired in Vavuniya and Colombo with another person Arumugam Senthinadan who is dead.

Colombo High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara issued notice on the suspects returnable on July 07, 2009.