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Fresh regulations issued on freezing terrorism funds
View(s):By Chandani Kirinde
The Defence Ministry issued fresh regulations on Friday freezing all funds, financial assets, and economic resources belonging to several designated groups and individuals involved in terrorism-related activities including the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) and the National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ).
The order was made under United Nations Regulations Act No. 45 of 1968 by Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), who is the competent authority under this act.
The LTTE remains at the top of the list of entities involved in terrorism-related activities. The gazette states that despite the military defeat of the group in Sri Lanka, its front organisations and structures continue to remain active overseas promoting LTTE ideology of creating a mono-ethnic separate state of Tamil Eelam through terrorist means.
It added that from time-to-time several resurgence attempts within the country, with assistance from pro-LTTE groups overseas, have been observed.
The freeze of all funds, financial assets, and economic resources of the TRO will also continue due to its involvement in funding terrorism, while several overseas organisations such as the Tamil Coordinating Committee, World Tamil Movement, Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, the World Tamil Relief Fund, National Council of Canadian Tamil and the Tamil Youth Organisation too are listed.
In addition to the freeze on the NTJ for involvement in terrorism-related activities and funding terrorism, others including the Darul Adhar Ath’thabawiyya, Sri Lanka Islamic Student Movement and Save the Pearls are among the listed entities.
More than 150 individuals have been listed as being involved in terrorism or terrorism funding activities and their financial assets and resources will remain frozen.
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