Suspect linked to Tamil Tigers gets bail
December 25, 2010 09:09 am
An Ontario university student facing terror charges in the United States is out on bail.
Suresh Sriskandarajah says he will continue his fight against extradition to the U.S.
Last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an order to send the Waterloo, Ont., man to New York to face charges he worked for the Tamil Tigers in his native Sri Lanka between 2004 and 2006.
He is now seeking leave to take his case to the Supreme Court of Canada on the grounds anti-terrorism provisions are overly broad and unconstitutional.
It’ll likely take about six months to determine if the top court will hear an appeal.
Sriskandarajah, 30, is an accomplished student with several degrees from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
He faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly researching and buying communications equipment, and submarine and warship design software for the Tigers.
He is also accused of using students to smuggle goods into northern Sri Lanka and laundering money for the terrorist group in U.S. bank accounts.
The Tigers waged a bloody civil war for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka for 26 years before their defeat by the government in 2009.
Sriskandarajah came to Canada from northern Sri Lanka as a boy and has said he only wanted to help young people there after the devastation of the war.
He was arrested in 2006 after a joint FBI-RCMP investigation, portrayed him as the leader of four suspected terrorist supporters. – (The Canadian Press)
Suresh Sriskandarajah says he will continue his fight against extradition to the U.S.
Last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an order to send the Waterloo, Ont., man to New York to face charges he worked for the Tamil Tigers in his native Sri Lanka between 2004 and 2006.
He is now seeking leave to take his case to the Supreme Court of Canada on the grounds anti-terrorism provisions are overly broad and unconstitutional.
It’ll likely take about six months to determine if the top court will hear an appeal.
Sriskandarajah, 30, is an accomplished student with several degrees from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
He faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly researching and buying communications equipment, and submarine and warship design software for the Tigers.
He is also accused of using students to smuggle goods into northern Sri Lanka and laundering money for the terrorist group in U.S. bank accounts.
The Tigers waged a bloody civil war for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka for 26 years before their defeat by the government in 2009.
Sriskandarajah came to Canada from northern Sri Lanka as a boy and has said he only wanted to help young people there after the devastation of the war.
He was arrested in 2006 after a joint FBI-RCMP investigation, portrayed him as the leader of four suspected terrorist supporters. – (The Canadian Press)
