4.7.2008
Vinayagamoorthy
alias Karuna Amman, Leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai
Pulikal was deported back to Sri Lanka yesterday. He arrived
at the Katunayake International Airport on 03 July, around
3 PM.
His
arrival to Colombo was confirmed by Azad Moulana, Coordinating
Secretary to the Chief Minister of East Provincial Council,
who revealed to press that Karuna contacted him over the
telephone from the Katunayake airport.
Karuna
was arrested in London on 02 Nov 2007, for travelling
on a forged passport following a joint operation by the
London Police and the Border and Immigration Agency.
Karuna
pleaded guilty at the Uxbridge Magistrates Court on December
24 to breaching the UK ID Card Act 2006 for possessing
and having under his control an identity document that
relates to someone else.
On
25 Jan 2008, Isle worth Crown Court in West London sentenced
Karuna, to nine months in prison for travelling on a false
Sri Lankan passport.
Karuna
who was serving his sentence at the Wormwood Scrubs prison
was released on 08 May to a detention centre, after he
had served less than four months of his nine month sentence.
Subsequently
despite strong efforts by the Metropolitan Police, the
United Kingdom government announced that the Crown Prosecution
Service found there was “insufficient evidence to
provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any criminal
offences in the UK” against Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan.
Until
such time Karuna was deported to Colombo, he was kept
at Immigration Detention centre in London.
Courtesy - Asian
Tribune