Bob Rae was deported from Sri Lanka!
karthika
dollars to the LTTE front organizations. Many Sri lankan Canadians
objected the funding Bob Rae never listened and continued funding the
LTTE. Those organizations are now defunct or bankrupted after
funnelled the dollars to LTTE. Canada Tamil Eeelam Society was the
biggest recipient of Rae dollars in the 90s. This organization was
behind many attacaks on the LTTE opponants in Toronto. Now Rae jumped
to Liberal party from his New Democrat Party. But Liberals are worse
because the former Liberal P.M. Paul Martin participated in a LTTE
terrorist fundraising dinner in Toronto.]
Sri Lanka deports Canadian legislator
Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:51am
By Ranga Sirilal
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday deported a Canadian
legislator it views as sympathetic to the Tamil Tiger separatists, the
latest foreign official it has sent out of the country at the end of a
25-year war.
Bob Rae, a Liberal party legislator, said Sri Lanka's government had
reached "ill-conceived and defamatory conclusions about me," and said
his record showed he had spoken out against the Tigers during his
prior involvement in the peace process.
Rea was stopped at Sri Lanka's international airport, said C.B.
Abeykoon, controller of immigration and emigration.
"We got some intelligence reports on this gentleman and the
instructions were not to allow him into the country, so he is detained
at the airport and he will be deported by the next available flight,"
Abeykoon told Reuters.
Rae said he was stopped on Tuesday night when he reached the
immigration counter in the company of two Canadian High Commission
officials.
"The government of Sri Lanka knew my views, and granted me a visa,"
Rea said in an emailed statement. "I have flown a very long way only
to be told the door is firmly shut."
Sri Lanka has refused entry to several foreign officials and
journalists it viewed as hostile to its fight to wipe out the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The government declared
victory over the separatist rebels in a 25-year war on May 18.
It rejected Britain's attempt to send a special envoy to the conflict,
saying it had been done without proper consultation, and refused to
grant Sweden's foreign minister entry in the closing stages of the
war.
Sri Lanka's conflict has long attracted foreign politicians, and their
past involvement has been perceived by many in the current government
as one reason the war was prolonged in peace talks with the LTTE that
ultimately proved fruitless.
Rae visited Sri Lanka to take part in the peace process after a 2002
truce and has been a featured speaker at Tamil forums in Canada. Rae's
constituency is in Toronto, which is home to a large Tamil population.
"A review of my record would also show that I have been a champion of
moderate Tamil opinion and Tamil dissent. I have been a steady critic
of the abuses of human rights that were part of the LTTE's tactics,"
Rae said.
Repeated protests by Tamils in Toronto during the closing stages of
the war, where demonstrators waved LTTE flags, infuriated Sri Lanka's
government since Canada is one of more than 30 countries that has
listed the group as terrorists.
(Writing and additional reporting by Bryson Hull; Editing by Sugita
Katyal)
siva
What a load of rubbish.
> [When Bob Rae was the premier of Ontario, he pumped millions of
> dollars to the LTTE front organizations.
Really? That's surprising considering that he was premier of Ontario
only between 1990 and 1995 during the harshest economic times of the
province. During these times, he pumped "millions"?
> Many Sri lankan Canadians
> objected the funding Bob Rae never listened and continued funding the
> LTTE.
Really? Do you have any proof of that? Such funding of the LTTE while
his own province was in a financial mess would indeed be intriguing.
> Canada Tamil Eeelam Society was the
> biggest recipient of Rae dollars in the 90s.
Just a note. The Tamil Eelam Society of Canada is not viewed as front
organization for the LTTE by the Canadian authorities including the
RCMP to this day.
> This organization was
> behind many attacaks on the LTTE opponants in Toronto.
Can you name one such act? Or better yet, present proof?
> Now Rae jumped
> to Liberal party from his New Democrat Party. But Liberals are worse
> because the former Liberal P.M. Paul Martin participated in a LTTE
> terrorist fundraising dinner in Toronto.
The dinner was hosted by the WTM, and both the WTM and the LTTE were
not considered terrorist organizations by Canada at the time.
Bob Rae was part of the peace process in 2002. He has voiced
criticisms against both the Sri-Lankan Government and the LTTE.
Infact, I have yet to find anything written by him about the LTTE that
doesn't include some form of condemnation against the LTTE. The truth
of the matter is that Bob Rae was supposed to visit some of the camps
in the wanni housing IDPs. Since the Sri-Lankan Government is well
aware that Bob Rae is a man who speaks his mind and will blurt the
truth out about what he sees instead of falling in line with the
niceties of Colombo, they decided to not let him in. What's even more
hilarious is that they even granted him a visa here in Canada and he
had make the trip all the way to SL and then be refused.
Instead of coming out with bullshit, it is better to call it like it
is. The Sri-Lankan government considers anyone who criticises them
regardless of whether they support the LTTE or not, as LTTE
supporters. Moreover, they don't want the truth to get out. That's why
the country is held in an iron grip with draconian policies, and
journalists, international organizations, and aid groups that don't
toe the government line or decide to speak truths that the government
does not like are kicked out of the country. Sri-Lanka is becoming a
mini-China. What the government says is the truth, everything else is
lies.
Just curious, but why did they not allow the Swedish minister into the
country a few months back? Was he funneling millions of dollars to the
LTTE? If you are going to lie, at least make it believable.
Mudali
You are a dumb ass and know nothing about the Rae government!
Suresh Manickkavasgan was arrested at the Tamil Eelam Society while he
was fucking with two married Tamil women. You are a fool and try to
know what the LTTE goons like Mathakal kannan and Mottai Ranjan who
let his siters to sleep with Sinhalese in Nainatheevu, behind those
attacks.
Bob rae is an opportunist and you better check with the Tamil Eelam
Society if you can!