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Crack down on Tiger fundraising: Anti-LTTE groups
From Neville de Silva
Anti-LTTE Tamil groups have urged European governments including that of the UK, to crack down hard on Tiger fundraising that is used for buying arms thus undermining the objectives of the peace process.

The Tamil Democratic Congress, a pan-European group opposed to the Tigers and committed to democratic politics has also asked European governments to investigate the numerous threats, intimidation and coercion by the LTTE against the Tamil diaspora in the continent.

The TDC passed several resolutions last week urging governments to act quickly to halt such LTTE activities that not only threaten moves towards a peaceful solution but also act as a break against Tamil peace activists and democratic forces that do not accept the LTTE as the sole representative of the Tamil people.

The TDC noted with alarm that LTTE fund raising activities within the Tamil communities in Europe and the UK have built vast sums of
money that increase the financial and military might of the LTTE undermining efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

It has also expressed concern that these huge sums sometimes coerced out of the Tamil people are being used for arms purchases for military preparedness.
The TDC has asked the European governments to ‘send a clear message’ to the LTTE that the intimidation of and threats against Tamil peace activists will not be tolerated.

The Tamil group notes with regret that the LTTE's campaign of terror that has undermined the activities of Tamil democrats continues ‘unhampered in the UK despite the proscription of the LTTE in the United Kingdom’.

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