4.3.2008
Sri Lankan authorities have urged
the British Government to ban fund-raising activities
of what they described as "LTTE's front organisations"
alleging that the money collected by these groups ostensibly
for charitable purposes went into the coffers of the Tigers.
They
said that although the LTTE was banned in Britain, a number
of organisations claiming to be "charities"
were working for it.
"These
funds directly go to the coffers of the insurgent group
to wage war with the Sri Lankan Government and spread
violence among civilian populations," a spokesman
of the Sri Lankan High Commission said.
The
call came after the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) organised
a cultural show to raise funds for an educational project
in Visvamadu in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan officials called
the project an extension of the LTTE.
"We
have complained to the British police that Visvamadu is
in the Wanni territory where the power of the LTTE is
wielded and these funds are meant for its campaign,"
Courtesy - The
Hindu