On October 29, Melaka court charged 12 Malaysians including two Democratic Action Party (DAP) assemblymen and a businessman over their alleged links to the defunct Sri Lankan terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reports Colombo Page. Detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA), no bail or plea was granted to the suspects especially to the two assemblymen Seremban Jaya assemblyman P. Gunasekaran, Gadek assemblyman G. Saminathan.