A Canadian federal judge has overruled a government decision to deport a Tamil man, who reportedly worked for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, stating that it would not be safe to send him to Sri Lanka.

Justice Sean Harrington ruled that Puvanesan Thurairaja, who reportedly gathered funds with the LTTE Records Office and Finance Department, “may well be at risk if returned” to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is considering borrowing from the international market as the new government has enough room to raise capital through loans, said Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

“Our borrowing limit is at 850 billion rupees and we still have room to raise another 35 billion rupees to 50 billion rupees though treasury bills,” said Mr Karunayake.

“You will see things happening in the next week,” he added. “Absolutely no problem at all”.

His comments to reporters in Colombo come after the International Monetary Fund rejected a US$4 billion for Sri Lanka last month and instead urged the country to restrict its intervention in foreign exchange markets.

A Tamil journalist, who was arrested for reporting a ‘false news story’, was today released on bail.

Point Pedro court’s acting magistrate BSubramaniam released the freelance journalist N Logathayalan, according to the Sunday Times.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the country needed the international community support it more, and claimed “far too little” help had been given to assist the government.

In an op-ed for the Japan Times, the prime minister said the assistance was needed as people in Sri Lanka may become discouraged and be “tempted” by autocratic forces, waiting to return to power at the next elections.

“We cannot fully turn the page on authoritarian rule, restore the full range of democratic freedoms and rebuild our economy in an inclusive way on our own. [...] We simply lack the resources to undertake the great task of reconstruction without assistance,” he said.

The Bishop of Jaffna Thomas Savundranayagam told the Australian High Commissioner Robyn Mudie that former members of the LTTE who had gone through the military’s ‘rehabilitation’ are still being intimidated frequently, Ceylon Today reports.

Two Tamil refugees were arrested by India’s coast guard on Tuesday, according to police.

The youths, form a refugee camp in Trichy, were being monitored by the ‘Q Branch’, a special unit within the Tamil Nadu police force, Outlook reported.