Sri Lankan Prime Minister told Parliament that the Government has taken measures to confiscate all assets of the defeated terror outfit the LTTE in the future.Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne speaking at the debate in the legislature on the motion to extend the period of emergency by another month said that these assets included houses, plots of land and business establishments that were run by the LTTE in Colombo and the suburbs.The Prime Minister moving the Motion to extend the Emergency Regulations by another one month, in Parliament further stated that information about the assets of the LTTE in Colombo and the suburbs are being divulged by LTTE cadres who have been arrested. In the meantime the security forces have arrested 723 LTTE cadres from IDP centres during the last month. ‘Altogether 765 have been arrested under the Public Security Ordinance and another 74 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act’ PM told Parliament.The Prime Minister citing the reasons for extending the emergency stated that the pro-LTTE International Organizations are attempting to give a boost to the LTTE. The Government of Canada very recently banned an NGO that supported the LTTE. Another person in South India was also imprisoned for one year after continuing to support the LTTE.The Emergency was extended in the island nation by another month in parliament on Tuesday with 120 members voting for and 38 against. The UNP and JVP voted against the extension and accuse the government of using the emergency laws to stifle political dissent.
News On AIR | August 4, 2010 8:55 PM
S Lanka to confiscate properties of defeated LTTE activists