Sri Lanka-Malaysia Co-operation: Co-ordinated Intelligence to Curb Terrorism

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Sri Lanka-Malaysia Co-operation: Co-ordinated Intelligence to Curb Terrorism
[Updated :: 2010-06-17 10:34:08 Hours Home]

DEFENCE Spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday (16) said Sri Lankan Intelligence Units are maintaining a close relationship with Malaysian Intelligence Units and Police to curb LTTE activities there.
Commenting on a report in the foreign media that Malaysian Police detected the presence of several senior Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leaders in Malaysia, Minister Rambukwella told the Daily News that the LTTE was functioning in several other countries and the Government was dealing with foreign Governments to end LTTE terrorist activities.
The Minister said the Government’s stance was that although the LTTE was defeated militarily in Sri Lanka, pro-LTTE groups were attempting to reinvigorate the LTTE overseas.
“The Government is taking all the measures to counter all these attempts with the support of foreign Governments,” he said.
Rambukwella said the LTTE used Malaysia as a hub for their activities and KP was arrested in Malaysia.
Malaysian Police Inspector General of Police Musa Hasan was quoted as saying Police had detected the presence of several senior LTTE leaders who were reportedly using Malaysia for shelter and logistic base.
Malaysian Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein in connection with the IGP statement said foreign militants, including remnants of the Tigers, are using Malaysia as their operational base and for recruiting new activists.
The Malaysian Home Minister said foreign militant groups, were using Malaysia as their operational base to step up their violent struggle. He said these groups were also using the Southeast Asian country for their financial transactions and exchange of information, besides recruiting people. Among those targeted for recruitment are students of local higher learning institutions.
Hishammuddin said the Home Ministry was working closely with law enforcement and international intelligence agencies to share data on foreign nationals entering Malaysia and their movements, to curb activities that could threaten national and regional security of Malaysia. (Courtesy: Daily News)