Three men, including at least one refugee, who were arrested by the Malaysian authorities earlier this month for alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, have been handed over to Sri Lanka and are being interrogated by the notorious Terrorism Investigation Department.
“The three LTTE suspects- Edmond Singharaja alias Seelan, Angurukankanamlage Indika Sanjeewa alias Mohamed Sanjaya Abdul and Abdul Saleem Bin Mohamed- were brought to Sri Lanka last night,” the Police media unit said in a statement, according to the Daily Mirror.
At the time of the arrests, Malaysian police said the suspects "were planning to reactivate the group by making Malaysia as their base of operations", and that one of the suspects was a refugee, carrying a card from the High Commission of the United Nations for Refugees.
The Malaysian government deported three Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka in May, causing widespread, international concern about their safety.
Several human rights organisations have accused Sri Lanka of torturing and abusing Tamil detainees, including those sent back from other countries.
4 'LTTE suspects' arrested in Malaysia (04 July 2014)
Malaysian deportations leave Tamil refugees in a state of fear (30 May 2014)
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