‘The government is in total control of the situation and has every confidence of eradicating at the very inception any attempt to revive terrorism in any form in any part of the country,’ External Affairs Minister GL Peiris said. Peiris was issuing a brief on a government decision early this month that designated some 424 individuals and 16 groups as those supporting terrorists.
Peiris said there was ‘compelling evidence on remittance of substantial sums of money from overseas for terrorist activity’ in the island nation. ‘As a result of extensive investigations in recent weeks the government is aware of the sources of this funding and the bank accounts into which the monies had been paid. Sixty five arrests have been made and 19 persons have been released after questioning’, he said. ‘The government will exercise the greatest vigilance and to nip in the bud attempts at resurgence of any form of terrorist activity,’ Peiris said. Early this month, the government announced the death of three key LTTE operatives attempting to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Tamil-dominated north.
Colombo also accuses the Tamil diaspora of being behind the third UNHRC resolution which prescribed an international probe into the island’s human rights record.
Peiris said there was ‘compelling evidence on remittance of substantial sums of money from overseas for terrorist activity’ in the island nation. ‘As a result of extensive investigations in recent weeks the government is aware of the sources of this funding and the bank accounts into which the monies had been paid. Sixty five arrests have been made and 19 persons have been released after questioning’, he said. ‘The government will exercise the greatest vigilance and to nip in the bud attempts at resurgence of any form of terrorist activity,’ Peiris said. Early this month, the government announced the death of three key LTTE operatives attempting to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Tamil-dominated north.
Colombo also accuses the Tamil diaspora of being behind the third UNHRC resolution which prescribed an international probe into the island’s human rights record.