Britain appeals against EU de-proscription of LTTE Tamil Terrorits

Britain has appealed against the de-proscription of the LTTE Tamil terrorist Organization in the EU, the visiting British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire said in Sri Lanka. Minister further assured that the LTTE would not be permitted to regroup on British soil. “If you can show me evidence that there has been fund-raising by groups in the UK and the money has been coming back here to do bad things, that evidence can be presented to the British police for immediate action, he said.

Due to the appeal, the LTTE still remains a proscribed organisation in the EU, he said and added that the UK supports the belief that the LTTE should not be permitted to clear its name from the list of global terrorists.

The LTTE was first proscribed in the EU in 2006, months after the assassination of former Foreign Minster Lakshman Kadirgamar by an LTTE sniper.

In October last year, the EU Court of Justice annulled the LTTE ban on procedural grounds, saying that a proper procedure was not followed in continuing the ban. The action would have un-freezed LTTE assets within the EU and removed its designation as a terrorist organisation, if not for the appeal.

UK has a big Tamil community and both major political parties  buying Tamil votes during the election. The vast majority of them are pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist pressurize the UK government over Sri Lanka.

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