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April - 20 
The anti-terrorist division of Kilinochchi Police arrested a Tamil woman for providing land in the North to suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supporters, reports Colombo Page on April 21. Police arrested the 63-year-old woman, a resident of Uruthipuram in Kilinochchi District for all
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The anti-terrorist division of Kilinochchi Police arrested a Tamil woman for providing land in the North to suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supporters, reports Colombo Page on April 21. Police arrested the 63-year-old woman, a resident of Uruthipuram in Kilinochchi District for allegedly providing lands to a group of LTTE supporters. Media Spokesman and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajith Rohana said the woman, who is alleged to have abetted to resurrect the defeated LTTE, was arrested six days ago.
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April - 24 
A man, suspected to be a close associate of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Ponniah Selvanayagam Kajeeban alias Gobi, was arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) in Jaffna District, reports Daily Mirror on April 25.
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A man, suspected to be a close associate of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Ponniah Selvanayagam Kajeeban alias Gobi, was arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) in Jaffna District, reports Daily Mirror on April 25.
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August - 31 
The arrest of four human traffickers while trying to transport six Sri Lankans to Australia through the Prakasam coast, Andhra Pradesh in India earlier this week has raised the suspicion among Indian investigators that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may be trying to revive in Australia,
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The arrest of four human traffickers while trying to transport six Sri Lankans to Australia through the Prakasam coast, Andhra Pradesh in India earlier this week has raised the suspicion among Indian investigators that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may be trying to revive in Australia, reports Colombo Page on August 31. According to a report in The Hindu, the officials from agencies including the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Tamil Nadu Police, conducting the investigations suspect that the LTTE is trying to regroup itself in Australia after lying low for five years since their defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan Security Forces (SFs). According to Police sources, the illegal emigrants to Australia from Sri Lanka were from, among other places, Mullaitivu, Northern Province and Mattakalappu, Eastern Province and are in the age group of 24 to 28 years. The investigation has found that the traffickers have used satellite phones with Global Positioning System (GPS) to keep in touch with their counterparts in the high seas. It has been revealed that they have also illegally transported Sri Lankan Tamils to other countries such as Ireland, United Kingdom (UK) and Canada.
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August - 6 
Police Media Spokesperson’s office said that a group of special officers from the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested a second year student of the Management Faculty of the Sabaragamuwa University in Ratnapura District of Sabaragamuwa Province, reports Hiru News on August 7. Investigat
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Police Media Spokesperson’s office said that a group of special officers from the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested a second year student of the Management Faculty of the Sabaragamuwa University in Ratnapura District of Sabaragamuwa Province, reports Hiru News on August 7. Investigations have revealed that the youth, who is a resident of Jaffna in Northern Province, had maintained connections with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for several years during the war. This student, who had been an active member during the final mission, has been sent for rehabilitation following the conclusion of the war. TID has received information that this student is connected to the recent acts of sabotage at the Sabaragamuwa University. Investigations are underway regarding the individuals with whom the student maintained connections.
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December - 24 
Sri Lanka Police arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting at the venue of an election rally of the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena in Kolonnawa in Colombo District, Western Province of Sri Lanka, on December 24, reports Colombo Page. Police Media Spokesman Senior Superi
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Sri Lanka Police arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting at the venue of an election rally of the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena in Kolonnawa in Colombo District, Western Province of Sri Lanka, on December 24, reports Colombo Page. Police Media Spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajith Rohana, said the suspects, residents of Wellampitiya and Rajagiriya, were arrested following investigations carried out by the Mirihana special election Police unit. Six others involved in the incident have also been identified and they will be arrested soon, SSP Rohana said. One of the three vehicles used by the suspects in the attack has also been recovered from the area.
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December - 3 
The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of Sri Lanka Police arrested Sri Skandarajah alias Nidiyawan, a former cadre of the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from his home in Sambalthivu in Trincomalee District on December 3, reports Colombo Page. Nidiyawan, wh
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The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of Sri Lanka Police arrested Sri Skandarajah alias Nidiyawan, a former cadre of the Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from his home in Sambalthivu in Trincomalee District on December 3, reports Colombo Page. Nidiyawan, who claims to be a member of the LTTE intelligence wing, is suspected of leading terrorist attacks in Sambalthivu, Sampur and Nilaveli in Trincomalee district of Eastern Province, had fled the country to Qatar during the last stages of the armed conflict in 2009 and believed to have returned to the country under a false name.
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January - 14 
A Sri Lankan man sought by Interpol for terrorism has been arrested by the French Police in Paris when the man walked into the Police Station to lodge a complaint, reports Colombo Page on January 15. Tharmalingam Jeyanthan (35) belonged to the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) walked
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A Sri Lankan man sought by Interpol for terrorism has been arrested by the French Police in Paris when the man walked into the Police Station to lodge a complaint, reports Colombo Page on January 15. Tharmalingam Jeyanthan (35) belonged to the defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) walked into a Police Station in eastern Paris to lodge a complaint on poor working conditions at his employment when he was identified by the French Police as a wanted person. The Police had quickly realized the man was the subject of an international arrest warrant for terrorism. Tharmalingam was notified of the warrant against him and released on bail when he was produced in a Paris court. A Red Notice issued by Interpol on Tharmalingam says he is wanted by the judicial authorities of Sri Lanka for prosecution and to serve a sentence.
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July - 18 
The four Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants arrested by the Malaysian Police on July 3 have been brought to Sri Lanka, reports Colombo Page on July 19. Daily Mirror on July 19 adds that Police media unit identified three of them as Edmond Singharaja alias Seelan, Angurukankanamlage In
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The four Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants arrested by the Malaysian Police on July 3 have been brought to Sri Lanka, reports Colombo Page on July 19. Daily Mirror on July 19 adds that Police media unit identified three of them as Edmond Singharaja alias Seelan, Angurukankanamlage Indika Sanjeewa alias Mohamed Sanjaya Abdul and Abdul Saleem Bin Mohamed.
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July - 2 
Police arrested four Sri Lankan Tamils, including a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, on charges of illegal entry when they clandestinely landed at Arichamunai, off Danushkodi, in Tamil Nadu in the early hours of July 2, reports The Hindu. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) T. Vijaya
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Police arrested four Sri Lankan Tamils, including a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre, on charges of illegal entry when they clandestinely landed at Arichamunai, off Danushkodi, in Tamil Nadu in the early hours of July 2, reports The Hindu. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) T. Vijayakumar said the four, including two women, were walking towards the coast after getting dropped in chest-deep water, when the patrolling police arrested and brought them to the Danushkodi station. The police identified them as S. Sathish (39), who had worked as an ‘accountant’ with LTTE, S. Ravindran alias Ravi (38), who had worked in the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), J. Santhi (38), and Malar (55). Enquiries revealed that Sathish, who had studied BA (Accounts) at the Jaffna Hindu College, had served in the LTTE as an accountant from 2004 until the final phase of the war in 2009.
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July - 24 
The Crime Branch - Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) wing of Puducherry police arrested two persons in connection with the trafficking of Tamil refugees, who travelled from the Puducherry coast to Christmas Island in June, reports Daily Mirror. Sources said the boat owners, Raja alias Sanjeevi
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The Crime Branch - Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) wing of Puducherry police arrested two persons in connection with the trafficking of Tamil refugees, who travelled from the Puducherry coast to Christmas Island in June, reports Daily Mirror. Sources said the boat owners, Raja alias Sanjeevi of Kuruchikuppam and A Manjini of Vambakeerapalayam were arrested on July 24. Sources revealed that one of the boat owners told the Police that they rented out the boat to a Tamil refugee, who used it to transport the refugees to the Australian island. Police are verifying the boat owner’s claims. The arrests were made as per the information provided by Australian immigration officials.
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June - 13 
A special Police team led by North Central Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ranjith Padmasiri arrested a suspect on June 13 from a location close to the clock tower in the Anuradhapura Town, North Central Province while he was allegedly transporting 10 kilogrammes of explosives, 500 detonators and 40
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A special Police team led by North Central Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ranjith Padmasiri arrested a suspect on June 13 from a location close to the clock tower in the Anuradhapura Town, North Central Province while he was allegedly transporting 10 kilogrammes of explosives, 500 detonators and 40 meters of fuse cord, reports Daily Mirror. The suspect was a 52-year-old man from Nochchiyagama, Anuradhapura District. The explosives were being transported to Trincomalee and had been hidden underneath the seat adjacent to the driver’s seat in a lorry.
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June - 17 
According to Police, 41 people have been arrested in the aftermath of the violence between Buddhists and Muslims in which three people dead and several injured at Aluthgama and Beruwala areas in Kalutara District of Western Province, Daily Mirror reports on June 17. Police said some of those arreste
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According to Police, 41 people have been arrested in the aftermath of the violence between Buddhists and Muslims in which three people dead and several injured at Aluthgama and Beruwala areas in Kalutara District of Western Province, Daily Mirror reports on June 17. Police said some of those arrested had violated the curfew imposed in the two troubled spots and a special investigation had been launched to arrest the miscreants. The Ministry of Defence and Urban Development said that the Army was deployed at Aluthgama, Welipenna, Dharga Town, Beruwala and Maggona with the military carrying out mobile patrolling on the request of the Police.
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June - 18 
Head of Sri Lanka Police, Inspector General (IG) N.K. Ilangakoon said that Police arrested 55 people suspected of instigating the clashes that took place in Beruwala, Aluthgama, Welipenna and Matugama in Western Province and 35 of them have been remanded, reports Colombo Page on June 19. He said Pol
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Head of Sri Lanka Police, Inspector General (IG) N.K. Ilangakoon said that Police arrested 55 people suspected of instigating the clashes that took place in Beruwala, Aluthgama, Welipenna and Matugama in Western Province and 35 of them have been remanded, reports Colombo Page on June 19. He said Police received 138 complaints relating to the recent skirmishes between the Sinhala and Muslim communities in the south western coastal towns. He added that an extensive investigation will be conducted into the communal clashes and three police teams of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Colombo Crime Division have been deployed to conduct the investigations.
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A Sub Inspector (SI) Nimal Piyatissa attached to the Sri Lankan President’s Security Division on June 22 arrested three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres while they were filming the official residence of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Independence Avenue, Colombo on their mob
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A Sub Inspector (SI) Nimal Piyatissa attached to the Sri Lankan President’s Security Division on June 22 arrested three Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres while they were filming the official residence of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Independence Avenue, Colombo on their mobile phones, reports Hiru News. The investigations were handed over to the Cinnamon Garden Police, and they recovered photographs and video clips of LTTE suicide cadres on the suspects’ mobile phone. Later, the three suspects were remanded on June 23.
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June - 4 
Police on June 4 arrested an individual, identified as Nandarasa Saundranayagam in the possession of nearly 15 kilograms of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosives in the Madhu area of Mannar in Mannar District in Northern Province, reports Colombo Page. According to Police media Spokesman Senior Superinte
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Police on June 4 arrested an individual, identified as Nandarasa Saundranayagam in the possession of nearly 15 kilograms of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosives in the Madhu area of Mannar in Mannar District in Northern Province, reports Colombo Page. According to Police media Spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajith Rohana, a second suspect believed to be an explosive expert of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified as Gunasekara Mudiyanselage Nilanka Jude Anthony alias Cyril Nilangam Jude Anthony alias Villango had escaped during the Police operation and remains at large. Rohana added that the suspect has knowledge of the landmines buried by the LTTE during the war in the area between Madhu and Kanagarayankulam as a protective barrier. He has dismantled buried land mines to collect the explosives and sell them to local fishermen for illegal fishing. Later on June 8 Rohana requested public assistance to arrest Villango.
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March - 18 
Two Human Right activists were arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Unit (TID) of Police in Kilinochchi District on March 16 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), reports Colombo Page. Police said Ruki Fernando, who works for Rights Now Collective for Democracy and a Catholic priest, Fathe
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Two Human Right activists were arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Unit (TID) of Police in Kilinochchi District on March 16 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), reports Colombo Page. Police said Ruki Fernando, who works for Rights Now Collective for Democracy and a Catholic priest, Father Praveen are charged with attempting to create ethnic discord among communities and to promote separatism.
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March - 6 
Kapilan alias Nandhagopan, the 'second in command' of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’s Nediyavan Group, was arrested in Tehran Airport (Iran) on March 6, 2014, reports Daily Mirror. Nandhagopan was arrested by Sri Lankan authorities with the help of Iranian and Malaysian authorities. On
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Kapilan alias Nandhagopan, the 'second in command' of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’s Nediyavan Group, was arrested in Tehran Airport (Iran) on March 6, 2014, reports Daily Mirror. Nandhagopan was arrested by Sri Lankan authorities with the help of Iranian and Malaysian authorities. On March 6, 2014 Nandhagopan was reportedly travelling under a false passport from Malaysia on a flight to London via Teheran. Iranian authorities when informed arrested Nandhagopan at the transit passenger lounge in the Teheran airport. Thereafter, Nandhagopan was “seized” by Sri Lankan officials and transported to Colombo.
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May - 15 
Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) of the Malaysia Police's Special Branch on May 15 arrested three men suspected to be members of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for allegedly attempting to revive the Sri Lankan separatist group at the international level, reports Colombo Page on May 25. Mala
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Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) of the Malaysia Police's Special Branch on May 15 arrested three men suspected to be members of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for allegedly attempting to revive the Sri Lankan separatist group at the international level, reports Colombo Page on May 25. Malaysian Police also have seized LTTE propaganda material, media equipment and currencies from 24 countries worth MYR 20,176.53 (approximately US$ 6,280) from the arrested LTTE members. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said that the three members, who hold United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s refugee cards to avoid legal action by the local authorities and were staying in Malaysia since 2004. He added that the suspects are being detained under the Immigration Act to facilitate investigations.
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May - 18 
Special Detection Unit led by North Central Province Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Ravi Wijegunawardana arrested an individual suspected to be an Indian intelligence agent who had impersonated himself as a Sri Lankan using a false name (Hamza Jamaldeen) for nineteen years from Kol
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Special Detection Unit led by North Central Province Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Ravi Wijegunawardana arrested an individual suspected to be an Indian intelligence agent who had impersonated himself as a Sri Lankan using a false name (Hamza Jamaldeen) for nineteen years from Koliyabenda Wewa area in Anuradhapura District, North Central Province on May 18, reports Daily Mirror. The suspect, who is 44 years of age according to his Sri Lankan identity card, had gone abroad several times with a false passport. The Police had confiscated, photocopies and the identity cards issued from various countries in his possession documents at the time of his arrest.
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November - 2 
Sri Lanka Police’s Terrorism Investigation Division (ITD) on November 2 arrested a suspected member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified as Somasundaram Wasantha Kumar who returned from Qatar, reports Colombo Page. Police media spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Aj
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Sri Lanka Police’s Terrorism Investigation Division (ITD) on November 2 arrested a suspected member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), identified as Somasundaram Wasantha Kumar who returned from Qatar, reports Colombo Page. Police media spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajith Rohana said that the arrested Sri Lankan expatriate was an ethnic Tamil and the suspect tiger cadre has not been rehabilitated after the end of war. Wasantha Kumar has migrated to Qatar and worked there for a long time after the end of civil war in Sri Lanka. Reports also said that the suspect was noted in the immigration records as a wanted person. Ajith Rohana added that the suspect had closely associated with three LTTE terrorists, identified as Gobi, Appan and Thevian who were killed April, 2014 in Weli Oya, Mullaithivu District in Northern Province as they were trying to revive the now defunct terrorist organization. TID is now questioning the suspect, the spokesman said.
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September - 13 
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) expressed grave concern on September 13 about the ‘resumption’ of arrests, detention and deportation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Sri Lanka, reports Daily Mirror. The agency learned that since early June, the Sri Lankan authorities have arrested and d
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United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) expressed grave concern on September 13 about the ‘resumption’ of arrests, detention and deportation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Sri Lanka, reports Daily Mirror. The agency learned that since early June, the Sri Lankan authorities have arrested and detained a total of 328 refugees and asylum-seekers, and deported 183 of them to Pakistan and Afghanistan. UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said, “We believe there are still 102 people of concern to UNHCR in detention, including 38 Pakistanis and 64 Afghans.” According to the UNHCR, the Sri Lankan Government started its special operation on June 9, 2014. It came to a halt on August 15 and resumed on September 3. Meanwhile, Human Right activists in Sri Lanka have filed a petition in the country's apex court against the deportations of the Pakistani and Afghan asylum seekers, reports Colombo Page on September 13. Six human rights defenders have petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the deportations and the court will hear the case on September 29.
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