Malaysian police arrest three LTTE suspects

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May 25, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Police have arrested three men suspected to be members of Sri Lanka's Tamil terrorist group, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a top Malaysian police official has said Sunday.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the suspects were arrested in multiple raids in Petaling Jaya and Klang, Selangor, and were being held under the Immigration Act.

Malaysia's Counter Terrorism Division of the police's Special Branch has arrested the three suspects on May 15, the Malaysian National News Agency Bernama reported.

According to the police official the suspects had been in Malaysia since 2004 after entering the country illegally.

Initial investigations have found that the suspects had used Malaysia as a base to collect data and spread propaganda, while trying to revive the defunct LTTE terrorist group at the international level.

During the raids, the Malaysian Police also have seized LTTE propaganda material, media equipment and currencies from 24 countries worth RM 20,176.53 (approximately US$ 6,280), the Inspector-General said in a statement.

He said all suspects were registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and used UNHCR) cards to stay in the country and to avoid legal action by the local authorities.

Khalid said one of the suspects even possessed a working permit at a non-exist company.

The suspects are being detained under the Immigration Act to facilitate investigations.

Khalid said the police would work closely with the UNHCR Office to ensure that terrorists would not exploit and abuse the UNHCR cards to turn Malaysia as their operation base or to carry out terrorism activities, which could pose threats to Malaysia or other countries.

Sri Lanka : Malaysian police arrest three LTTE suspects

 

[madooxno9]

Please send them to Sri lanka . They will give them warm welcome.

 

[Gibbs]

Please send them to Sri lanka . They will give them warm welcome.

No thank you.. We have had enough of this crap.. TN politicians will accept them with both arms open though

 

[madooxno9]

No thank you.. We have had enough of this crap.. TN politicians will accept them with both arms open though

We don't need these sick people here. Take them or throw them in Indian ocean with 5kgs of iron balls attached to their feet.

Or let them rot in Malaysian jail.

 

[Gibbs]

We don't need these sick people here. Take them or throw them in Indian ocean with 5kgs of iron balls attached to their feet.

Or let them rot in Malaysian jail.

Or the Q branch of the TN police will take care of them, Unless of cause the likes of Vaiko and "semen" will make a nuisanse of themselves as usual all over Madras

 

[Gibbs]

Malaysian authorities are well aware not to play politics with terrorists.. Hindraf morons better watch their backs..


Hunt is on for more Tamil Tigers at large - Nation | The Star Online


BY FARIK ZOLKEPLI

One of the three Sri Lankan men being detained by police officers in Bandar Utama.


PETALING JAYA: The Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division is hunting down more suspected members of the Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) believed to be hiding in the country.

The operation comes in the wake of the arrests of three Sri Lankan men on May 15.

The men, believed to be members of the terrorist group also known as Tamil Tigers, were held after raids conducted here and in Klang.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said they were believed to have been in the country since 2004.


“They were using Malaysia as a base to secure funds, spread their propaganda and were attempting to revive the defunct terrorist group,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Among the items seized were LTTE propaganda materials, media equipment and foreign currency notes valued at RM20,176.53.

“We managed to track them down using the identities given on their United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards,” he said, adding that all three had been detained under the Immigration Act.

Khalid said Bukit Aman would work closely with UNHCR to prevent terrorists from exploiting the refugee card to enter and remain in the country.

“We will not allow Malaysia to be used as a place for them to hide or conduct terror activities here or on foreign soil,” he said.

It was learnt that the Sri Lankans had assimilated themselves well in Malaysia, including holding regular jobs.

According to a source, one of them worked for an IT company while another owned a business supplying tents for weddings.

“One of the suspects was previously jailed in Singapore for theft.

“He served his sentence and fled to Malaysia,” he said, adding that members of the LTTE had been mingling among the 4,300 Sri Lankan nationals in the country.

The source said police had detained eight LTTE members since 2009, including a man believed to be the second in command of the group.

All have since been deported to Sri Lanka, where they face prosecution for terrorist acts.

The source said some of the Tamil Tigers had obtained their UNHCR cards through legal channels while the cards of others were sourced illegally.

Police believe that Malaysians, who are sympathisers to the cause, have been harbouring them.

 

[Jaggu]

If the Sri Lankan government rules fairly and treat the Tamils minority honourably then there will be no reason for Tamils wanting independence in the first place. Tamils are a remarkable people. Such a small minority, yet they had 1/3 of Lanka under their control. Only due to the treachery of Col Karuna their movement failed.

 

[Gibbs]

If the Sri Lankan government rules fairly and treat the Tamils minority honourably then there will be no reason for Tamils wanting independence in the first place. Tamils are a remarkable people. Such a small minority, yet they had 1/3 of Lanka under their control. Only due to the treachery of Col Karuna their movement failed.

Can you pls highlight atleast just one of these discriminatory policies specific to Tamils in SL that does not affect other minorities in the island ? Because i am a SL of a minority community, Sure we also have issues, Even the Sinhalese masses does, But that did'nt make us go blasting the hell out of the country killing even our own children as suicide bombs!!

A small minority ?? Yet they were pawns of 70 million that trained and funded them to rake havoc on 20 million people, Because they failed to get what they wanted in India

Oh btw Col Karuna was a eastern Tamil, The community that the core of LTTE fighter came from.. The reason for his defection ? Discrimination of Eastern Tamils by the highly caste ridden Tamil hierarchy, So much so for Discrimination


Your knowledge of the subject remains a figment of your imagination.. Better stick to what you actually know about

 

[Gibbs]

Ceylon Today | Local intelligence breaks LTTE's Malaysia network

Three suspected LTTE cadres operating from Malaysia are now in the custody of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID). Although the Malaysian Police said they were arrested by them, there is evidence to point out that Sri Lankan intelligence establishments played a hand in their arrests.

Reportedly, originally six officers, purportedly from the TID, had visited Malaysia with the objective of assisting the Malaysian authorities to apprehend those suspects and escort them back to Sri Lanka. Eventually, only three TID officers brought the suspects back to the island. They were IP Lal Gamage and Sub Inspectors Premathilaka and Pushpakumara. Although there is no official confirmation, other members of the defence establishment too had visited Malaysia, appearing as TID officers, to escort the suspects to Sri Lanka, reliable sources said.


The three suspects were brought to Sri Lanka on Monday evening on a SriLankan Airline flight, 10 days after they were arrested by Malaysian authorities. They are now in TID custody under detention orders. The three were identified as Sandralingaraja Kusanandan, Mahathevan Kirubakaran and Sellathurai Kirubananthan. They were allegedly attempting to reorganize the LTTE based in Malaysia under the guidance of the Tamil Diaspora.


De facto force


Although it was reported that they were arrested by Malaysian Security, the de facto force behind the arrest was Sri Lankan State Intelligence. A similar operation few years back led to the arrest of Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP in Malaysia, who had then succeeded Velupillai Prabhakaran as the LTTE Leader. His arrest led to the shattering of the LTTE base there, at that time.
The Malaysian Defence Establishment intensified their operations in apprehending LTTE cadres hiding in their country, with the support of the Sri Lankan State Intelligence. The feature of these operations was the handing over of the arrested terrorist suspects to Sri Lankan authorities. The Tamil Diaspora has been thrown into confusion by these arrests and they are trying to disrupt such operations.


Previously, present LTTE Leader Nethiyavan's second-in-command, Nandagopan, was also handed over to Sri Lanka by Malaysia after he was arrested when attempting to flee to UK under a forged passport. Reliable sources said that the latest arrests were possible due to information obtained from Nandagopan.
The senior most leader brought to Sri Lanka from Malaysia on Monday was Kusanandan, an electrician by profession. He was a resident of Meesalai North. The suspect had studied up to the Advanced Level. He had joined the LTTE in 1995. Kusananthan was initially attached to the Political Wing. Subsequently, he was promoted as the administrator of the terrorists' Air Wing in 2000. Perhaps, the reason for his rapid promotion in the organization may have had been due to his marriage to the daughter of the younger brother of the founder of LTTE's Air Wing, Sankar. The girl was under the care of Sankar from a tender age, since her father had died in battle.


TID has revealed that Kusanandan had left for Malaysia in 2004. He was able to fly light aircraft. TID is in possession of photos where the suspect is seen posing beside a light aircraft.
Police Media Spokesman, SSP Ajith Rohana, said Interpol had issued red notice regarding the suspect four years ago. The suspect was allegedly in possession of documents issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which had identified him as a refugee at the time of his arrest. The bona fides of the UNHCR are allegedly under question, with the arrest of a terrorist suspect who had been served with a red notice by Interpol, for having had identified the suspect as a refugee. UNHCR had also allegedly pressurized the Sri Lankan authorities not to arrest him.


Musician


Reliable sources said that Mahathevan Kirubakaran, the second of the three suspects arrested in Malaysia, had also been classified as a refugee. He was a musician and was the Chief of LTTE's Cultural Wing. Born in 1972, he joined the LTTE after his O' Levels. Kirubakaran was initially attached to the LTTE's Media Unit. After the Ceasefire Agreement was signed in 2002, he migrated to Norway and was engaged in LTTE propaganda activities in Europe as a musician. He had been stationed in Malaysia since 2006.
Sellathurai Kirubananthan, the third person arrested from Malaysia, was a labourer. He was born in 1974. A resident of Nallur, Jaffna, he joined the LTTE at the age of 14. Kirubananthan was attached to the terrorists' Intelligence Wing. In the period 1989 to 1999 he was working in a shop at Pettah, providing the LTTE with information about the security in Colombo.


Later, he became a confidant of LTTE Intelligence Wing Leader, Pottu Amman, and had migrated to Malaysia in 2006. He was in the organizing committee of the LTTE War Hero Commemoration Ceremony, which was held in Malaysia last year.


Sources alleged that Interpol, which is based in Lyons, France was about to issue red notices on Kirubananthan and Kirubakaran, based on information supplied by the Sri Lanka Police, at the time of their arrest in Malaysia. SSP Rohana said so far around 40 red notices have had been issued against LTTE cadres. One such notice is on present LTTE Leader Nethiyavan. The red notice against KP is still valid since it was issued against him under India's request.
Although he lives free as a rehabilitated former terrorist cadre in Sri Lanka, he is still recognized as a terrorist by the Indian authorities, who have identified him as a suspect, wanted in connection with the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Indian Defence officials have had visited Sri Lanka several times to record his statements.

 

[manlion]

BBC News - UN concern at Malaysia's expulsion of Tamil Tiger suspects

The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, had asked the Malaysian government to delay the deportation of the men.

"We are deeply concerned that these deportations took place without our office being given an adequate opportunity to assess the security issues and the refugees' entitlement to ongoing refugee protection", the agency said in a statement.

Human Rights Watch says scores of Tamil deportees to Sri Lanka have been tortured or sexually abused or both

 

[Gibbs]

LTTE Air Wing Deputy Chief “Kushanthan” is Prize Catch Among Three Tigers Arrested and Deported From Malaysia « dbsjeyaraj.com

It was in April this year that I exclusively reported about how Subramaniam Kapilan alias Nanthagopan had been deported on March 6th 2014 to Sri Lanka from Malaysia with the assistance of law enforcement authorities in Iran and Malaysia.The 45 year old deputy leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) “Nediyavan” faction had been stopped on his way to Europe at the Teheran airport and sent back to Kuala Lumpur.



Wedding Day with LTTE leader

After undergoing brief imprisonment in Malaysia Nanthagopan was deported and handed over to Sri Lankan authorities.He is currently being held at the Terrorism Investigation Division(TID)headquarters in Colombo.

At the time of writing about Nanthagopan in the “Daily Mirror” of April 8th 2014 and on my blog dbsjeyaraj.com I observed thus.-“According to informed sources the Preliminary discussions between Sri Lankan officials and Nanthagopan have proved very successful. Apparently Nanthagopan being very much a captive of circumstances has indicated great willingness to cooperate with Sri Lankan authorities and disclose required information.Sri Lankan defence officials are said to be elated by the capture of Nanthagopan as he is a key LTTE functionary with firsthand knowledge of current overseas LTTE operations.It is expected that Nanthagopan will disclose a lot of valuable information about the overseas LTTE in the days to come. The consequences of such revelations are likely to be felt in the future”.

NANTHAGOPAN

It is against this backdrop of Nanthagopan’s seizure creating new avenues of information about overseas LTTE that a significant development occurred in Malaysia in this month of May.Three Sri Lankan Tamils believed to be key members of the LTTE network were arrested in Malaysia on May 15th. After being interrogated by Malaysian authorities the trio was deported to Sri Lanka and formally handed over to Sri Lankan officials.They are being held currently at a special location and being de-briefed.Sri Lankan “intelligence”personnel consider the arrest and deportation of the three as an “accomplishment” as they played a crucial, collaborative role in the entire exercise alongside their Malaysian counterparts in an “unofficial”capacity.

The three persons recently arrested by the Malaysian police are Sundaralingaraja Kushanthan,Mahadevan Kirubaharan and Selvathurai Kirubananthan.The three allegedly maintained a close relationship with the LTTE international financial network. The three Sri Lankan nationals were arrested on May 15 2014, following several raids in Petaling Jaya and Klang by the Special Branch’s Counter-Terrorism Division (SB-CTD).

MALAYSIA



The Malaysian newspaper “The Star” quoted the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, as saying that the suspects were using Malaysia as their base to collect data and disseminate propaganda to revive the group’s activities.”They have obtained UNHCR cards to avoid suspicion. One even had a work permit with a non-existent company. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said they were believed to have been in the country since 2004 by hiding under the cover of the UNHCR refugee visas. “They were using Malaysia as a base to secure funds, spread their propaganda and were attempting to revive the defunct terrorist group,” he said.

The “New Straits Times” of Malaysia reported that the Police had seized LTTE propaganda materials, computers, media equipment and currencies from 24 countries worth RM20,176.53 from them and that the senior ranking member entered the country in 2004 with the other two suspects, LTTE’s Air Tigers (air wing) deputy commander and media division deputy chief. The suspects had also brought their families with them and took up jobs in the country.

The source said the suspects played important roles in LTTE in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War (between 1983 and 2009), such as planning suicide bombings. “Initial investigations revealed that the suspects had spread LTTE ideology to former members, who had fled to other countries after the terrorist group was defeated by the Sri Lankan government in 2009,” said the newspaper, adding that the trio had asked former members to collect funds to revive terrorism activities in Sri Lanka. The suspects had distributed propaganda materials through the Internet to LTTE cells in Europe, where many of their members were hiding.


Kushanthan

Though the interrogation of the three deported from Malaysia is continuing and would take some time to conclude, Security authorities are elated by the fact that there is a “prize catch” among the trio. This is none other than 45 year old Sundaralingarajah Kushanthan who served as the deputy chief of the LTTE airwing known as “Vaanpuligal”(air tigers)against whom an INTERPOL red notice was issued earlier.

KUSHANTHAN

Sundaralingaraja Kushanthan whose other nm de guerres and nom de plumes are Darshan, Kushanthan master,Chandralingam and Mullaichelvam was born on June 5th 1969 at Meesalai in the Thenmaratchy division of Jaffna peninsula.He reportedly joined the LTTE in 1994.The talents and ability of Kushanthan or Dharshan as he was known then in the LTTE was noticed for his potential by senior LTTE leader Vaithilingam Sornalingam alias “Col”Shankar.

“COL” SHANKAR

Sornalingam alias Shankar was a close associate and trusted confidante of LTTE supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran. Shankar pioneered the LTTE’s marine division (Kadal Puligal),Anti aircraft unit(Vimaana ethirppu Pirivu)and the Tiger Airforce(Vaanpuligal).Shankar handpicked Kushanthan to be trained for the fledgeling LTTE air division then in its formative stages.Sundaralingaraja Kushanthan alias Dharshan and Maheswaran Ravindran alias Mendis were sent for training in flying aircraft as well as for aeronautical engineering to Thailand and later Canada. Kushanthan returned to Sri Lanka in 1998 with a pilots license and certificates in assembling aircraft and aircraft maintenance.



“Col” Shankar, Kushanthan and Achudan

Kushanthan was inducted into the LTTE Airwing as an instructor and referred to as Kushanthan master.The LTTE procured aircraft components and assembled them at Kaeppaapulavu in Mullaitheevu district. The tigers also constructed a heavily camouflaged runway and hangar at Iranaimadhu in Kilinochchi district.Kushanthan played an important role in both training potential tiger pilots and assembling light aircraft.

Kushanthan was stationed at Iranaimadhu and was placed in charge of the airwing installations there. Although he did not engage in any “Vaanpuli”attacks directly Kushanthan was involved in planning, coordinationg and monitoring the air tiger operations in Colombo, Katunayake, Kolonnawa, Kerawalapitiya and Anuradhapura. He was appointed by Prabhakaran as deputy chief of the LTTE Airwing.

AHCHUDAN

The LTTE airwing chief is Sivarasa Pirunthaavan alias Achchudan against whom an INTERPOL red notice has been issued. Achchudan born on January 17th 1972 obtained training in France and holds a French passport. It is believed that Achchudan is now residing in a middle eastern country with his wife and two children.

“Col” Shankar the “patron” of Kushanthan in the LTTE was killed on September 27th 2001 in a land mine attack perpetrated by the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) or deep penetration of the army.The soldiers had infiltrated deep into LTTE controlled territory and targeted Shankar while he was returning along the Puthukkudiyiruppu –Oddusuddaan road after a meeting with Prabhakaran at Kaeppaapulavu.


Kushanthan and Achudan

Kushanthan however continued to maintain links with Shankar’s family particularly the attractive daughter Rohini who was not the biological daughter of Sornalingam alias Shankar whose wife known Kuha had been earlier married to Shankar’s younger brother Karan. Rohini was their daughter.

KADAL PURAA

“Capt”Karan also known as Haran was like his brother an LTTE member.He was in charge of maintaining the LTTE’s first big boat “Kadal Puraa”(Sea dove). He was in the boat along with senior LTTE Leaders Kumarappa and Pulenthiran when it was apprehended by the Sri Lankan navy off the Point Pedro coast, some weeks after the signing of the Indo-Lanka accord..As is well known all sixteen tigers consumed cyanide when attempts were made to transport them by air from Palaly to Colombo. Twelve tigers including Kumarappa, Pulenthiran and Karan died and were declared as “martyrs”by the LTTE hierarchy.It was this incident which resulted in the LTTE returning to war and confronting the Indian army.

Sornalingam alias Shankar later married his brother’s widow and adopted the daughter as his own.Rohini herself joined the LTTE and worked in the Radha intelligence corps under Ratnam Master. Kushanthan moved closely with Shankar’s family and eventually fell in love with Rohini. The mother known as “Kuha akka” (elder sister) to LTTE cadres was amenable. Kushanthan and Rohini married with the approval of LTTE supremo Prabhakaran. Both he and wife Madhivathani were the guests of honour at the wedding and were seated at the head ytable with the newly wed couple.



The wife of Col. Shankar, Ms Kuga, receiving the first copy of the music CD titled “Airborne Tigers”-(in 2007)

Kushanthan relocated to Malaysia in 2004 where he completed a course and obtained a certificate in electronics engineering. After working for awhile in Malaysia he returned to Sri Lanka in 2007. This was to help activate the hitherto dormant Air wing of the LTTE.He managed to escape to India with his wife a few months before the LTTE suffered military defeat in May 2009.He went from India to Britain where he left his wife with her aunt and went to Malaysia. Kushanthan thereafter engaged in attempts to consolidate the overseas structures of the LTTE and re-launch the armed struggle.

KUHA AKKA

Meanwhile Kushanthan’s mother in law the highly respected “Kuha Akka” refused to leave the embattled Wanni and remained there. Being a close friend of Mathivathany Prabhakaran, Kuha had promised her that she would remain at the side of Prabhakaran’s son Charles Anthony till the very end. ”Kuha Akka” along with Charles Anthony were reported dead after the fighting concluded.

A younger sister of Kuha is living in Britain and is married to an LTTE activist Ajith Selvarajah known as “Paambu (snake) Ajith and also as Vajira. Ajith accompanied former LTTE Jaffna commander Sathasivampillai Krishnakumar alias Kittu to UK in 1989. Thereafter Ajith remained in Britain.Kushanthan and Rohini stayed with them in London when the couple arrived in the UK after the end of the war. Ajith Selvarajah born on June 1st 1961 is among the 422 individuals whom the Sri Lankan Govt listed by gazette recently.

The other two arrested along with Kushanthan are Mahadevan Kirubaharan and Selvathurai Kirubananthan.

KIRUBAHARAN

42 year old Mahadevan Kirubaharan is a sound engineer who first joined an LTTE musical troupe in 1996.Thereafter he worked for the LTTE TV station “Nitharsanam”.He also married an LTTE cadre Manimozhi who was a teacher at an LTTE run orphanage.Kirubaharan travelled to Europe via Norway during the Oslo facilitated ceasefire.He reportedly involved himself in LTTE media organizations like “Voice of Tigers” and “Tamil Television Network”during his European stint. He went to Malaysia in 2006 and after the 2009 military debacle has been trying to help enhance LTTE activity abroad.

KIRUBANANTHAN

38 year old Selvathurai Kirubananthan joined the LTTE in 1998 and was known as Anbarasan.He served in the LTTE intelligence division under Pottu Ammaan and was mainly involved in gathering intelligence necessary to plan attacks.In 2006 Kirubananthan alias Anbarasan was sent to Malaysia by Pottu Ammaan to assist in coordinating overseas intelligence matters. He reportedly formed a network of LTTE supporters among Malaysian Tamils hailing from both Sri Lanka and India.He set up a clandestine fund raising outfit to collect money from Tamil businessmen regularly.

Anbarasan also distributed LTTE publications and audio/video cassettes in Malaysia. Among other things , Anbarasan reportedly formed an artiste group to conduct pro-tiger stage shows and also organized tiger functions like the great heroes day in Penang.


Prof P. Ramasamy-pic via: facebook.com/proframasamy

RAMASAMY

Meanwhile the arrests and deportations have evoked a storm of protests in certain quarters. Deputy chief minister of Malaysia’s Penang state Prof.Palanisamy Ramasamy challenged Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar to show proof that the three Sri Lankan nationals arrested recently were Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants.

He said the LTTE had long been disbanded and the arrested Sri Lankan nationals held cards issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to stay in this country without action being taken against them by the authorities. “I challenge the inspector-general of police to show proof and I am prepared to debate with him. Do not just detain Tamil refugees who are in need of shelter,” he told a news conference in Malaysia.

UNHCR



The UN’s refugee agency, the UNHCR, also expressed concern. It had earlier asked the Malaysian government to delay the deportation of the arrested men. “We are deeply concerned that these deportations took place without our office being given an adequate opportunity to assess the security issues and the refugees’ entitlement to ongoing refugee protection”, the agency said in a statement.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH



The Human rights watchdog “Human Rights Watch” said in a statement that Sri Lankan authorities should ensure the safety of two refugees and an asylum seeker whom Malaysia forcibly returned to Sri Lanka in violation of international law.All three were under the protection of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, which recognized two as refugees and was in the process of determining the claim of the third for refugee status it said.

“Sri Lanka’s treatment of these three men who have been forcibly returned by Malaysia is now in the international spotlight,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch.

AJITH ROHANA


Ajith Rohana

Sri Lanka however has said there was no cause for alarm. Sri Lankan police spokesman Ajith Rohana SSP denied that the men were in danger, saying they were “protected”. He also said that their next-of-kin were being given access to the three deported persons now being detained.

As stated earlier the Sri Lankan officials are elated by the capture of Kushanthan and are currently focusing on him intensively. The other two are regarded as lesser in importance in comparison to him. Whatever the international outcry about the incident, Sri Lankan defence circles are quite satisfied about the LTTE connections of the three detenues and will be continuing with inquiries regardless of external pressure.