Tamil Politician Vaiko Denied Entry Into Malaysia, Questioned Over LTTE

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Tamil Politician Vaiko Denied Entry Into Malaysia, Questioned Over LTTE: Report

Vaiko was told that he was barred from entering Malaysia because his name was on a list of people who are dangerous to the country.

MDMK's Vaiko denied entry into Malaysia, questioned for hours over alleged links with LTTE: report

Tamil Nadu politician Vaiko or V Gopalasamy was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday and accused of being a supporter of the banned LTTE during hours of questioning at the Kuala Lumpur airport. The MDMK chief was to attend a wedding at the invitation of P Ramaswamy, the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang province.

After his inquisition, the 73-year-old was detained at the airport to be sent back to Chennai in the evening. Mr Vaiko was told that he was barred from entering Malaysia because his name was on a list of people who are dangerous to the country.

"I have been kept in a place where I cannot meet anybody," he was quoted as telling the IANS news agency.


The politician was to attend Mr Ramaswamy's daughter's wedding reception on Saturday.

As he arrived in Kuala Lumpur, he was stopped at the immigration counter. Officials reportedly accused him of being a member of the LTTE or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, repeatedly, despite his strong denial.

The MDMK said Mr Vaiko told them he is an Indian citizen and showed his passport but it was not accepted. The party also pointed out that he had been granted a visa by the Malaysian consulate in Chennai.


Efforts by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to get Mr Vaiko into Malaysia also failed because he was told that orders for the ban on his entry had come from the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.

Mr Vaiko was asked to sit in the immigration office and not go anywhere, the MDMK alleged. The officials allowed an aide of Vaiko to get him something to eat, but he reportedly refused.

Workers of the MDMK protested at the Malaysian consulate today.

Mr Vaiko was jailed recently in a sedition case over a speech he had made in 2009.

In that speech, he had criticized the government in connection with Sri Lanka's war on LTTE. He had warned that India would not remain a united country if the Sri Lanka operation was not brought to an end.

http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/mdmk-chief-vaiko-denied-entry-into-malaysia-report-1710002

 

[third eye]

Thank You Malaysia .

Couldn't you have kept him for a while ?

 

[kvpak]

Anti-Tamils are happy. It takes very little for them to be happy

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Please keep him there. The Joker is on a roll nowadays. Such a troll material keeping meme creators subject with whatever he does

 

[CBU-105]

lol

 

[Upagrah]

They had no problem with Zakir Naik though

 

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VAIKO SAYS SRI LANKA BEHIND HIS DETENTION AT KUALA LUMPUR AIRPORT; WILL SEEK PM NARENDRA MODI'S HELP

By Gladwin Emmanuel, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Jun 10, 2017, 06.13 PM IST

Chennai: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko said the Sri Lankan government is behind his detention at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Friday.

Vaiko, who has raised the Sri Lankan Tamils issue at the European Parliament in Brussels, felt that Sri Lankan government does not want issues relating to killing of innocent Tamils during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be raised in international forums.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Vaiko said he was shocked when immigration officials at Kuala Lumpur airport stopped him from entering Malaysia. He informed the officials that he was invited for the wedding reception of Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy's daughter on Saturday. To back his claim, he produced the wedding invitation, a letter written by Ramasamy personally inviting Vaiko for his daughter's wedding, and other documents relating to his previous visits to Penang in 2014 and 2015.

The officials told him since he has several cases against him they cannot allow him to enter Malaysia. Ramasamy's efforts to help him also failed, Vaiko said.

The officials cannot be faulted for they were helpless since they had orders from above, Vaiko said.

But the common courtesy was lacking. Since he was treated like a detainee he decided to forego food. He and his secretary went without food for 24 hours, he said.

Vaiko said but for Brussels, he was denied visas to Germany, Switzerland, England, Canada and America. So far he hadn't brought this to the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but he will do so now.


http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.c...-narendra-modis-help/articleshow/59085348.cms