Sri Lanka: LTTE has strong links with Thai military - Insider

Thursday, 11 October 2007

There was extensive news coverage of Shanmugan Kumaran Tharmalingam (a.k.a Kumaran Pathmanathan and KP), chief procurer of arms of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is based in Thailand and that he has been arrested by the Thai authorities. The credible news of his presence in Thailand has not been reported so far. The LTTE uses Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as its main operating hub and extensive network of clandestine operations are carried out using Singapore as its financial centre.

All the activities are commanded by KP who is on the move all the time between the hub countries. Some of the Malaysian based LTTE activists who are said to be professionals give valuable support to legitimise the nefarious deeds of the clandestine activities of the Tamil Tigers in the area. A Sri Lankan lawyer Pasupathy based in Malaysia is confirmed to be the head of professionals working under KP.

KP’s activities further stretches to the renounced pariah state of President Mugabe i.e., Zimbabwe, where he is able move-about without any difficulties. He is said to be travelling between Cambodia, Thailand and Zimbabwe under false names and identity. Cambodia is said to be the main place of residence of KP.

It is known the LTTE has heavily bribed the Thai military officials. In 2002 when LTTE delegation met the Sri Lankan officials in Bangkok for peace talks some members of the delegation was taken by a senior Thai military commander accompanied by soldiers to meet KP in the interiors of north-eastern jungle. The delegation members (names withheld) had lengthy meeting in a tea boutique and they had discussed operational issues of the LTTE.

The Thai military had provided security throughout the four hour meeting with KP. Once the meeting was over, the delegation members were taken back to Bangkok in military vehicles.

This visit of the delegation members had taken place when LTTE mentor Anton Balasingam was tussling (refer to Anton Balasingam’s hero’s day speech in 2004) with few other members whom were visiting the red light areas of Bangkok.

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Nith said:

KP arrest is a grossly fabricated news. The news was widely quoted as being from Bangkok Post ( http://www.bangkokpost.com/top...?id=121507 ). This site, as of now, does not seem to quote from where they got this news. However, it seems that this site had earlier quoted the original source of that news, but later that part has been "edited/removed". This fact is clear from a news in Xinhuanet ( http://news.xinhuanet.com/engl...702799.htm ), which says, "Citing a report from online newspaper Asian Tribune from Sri Lanka, Bangkok Post and The Nation news website here said that Kumaran Pathmanadan has been arrested by police in Bangkok on Monday evening, although Thai authorities have not yet confirmed the news."

So it is clear that the original source of the news is Asian Tribune which is funded/run by Sri Lankan Intelligence, which implies that the news could be a 100% fabricated one. The whole world has been misled by Asian Tribune.

Bangkok Post has removed this quoting of Asian Tribune after the news had been widely adopted by other news sources. One may also infer from this that the Bangkok Post has been infiltrated by Sri Lankan Intelligence.

2007-10-11 13:19:37

KUMARI said:

KP and his blood thirsty terrorist activities has to be stopped. Its ruining Sri Lanka, but I am sure thats what KP wants. He will get what he deserves very soon.

2007-10-12 12:34:32

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