LTTE pensioner gets election go-ahead in UK
April 16, 2010 07:46 am
A pensioner in the
Nadarajah Balasubramaniam, 69, hopes to persuade people the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are freedom fighters, despite years of suicide
bombing and reports they used child soldiers to fight the Sri Lankan army.
The Electoral Commission has reinstated his People’s Front
of Liberation Tigers party to its register, having removing it pending
investigation on March 19.
Mr Subramaniam, who lives in Thornton Heath, said he set up
the party’s head office in
The former post office worker received dozens of calls from
friends and family to check he had not been arrested following the Croydon
Guardian’s exclusive interview earlier this month.
He said : “During the last few days I had to do lot of
talking in order to pacify my friends and relations that I am well, ‘alive and
kicking’.
“Some Tamil radio has given news to say that I was already
in the prison. It was April Fool’s day too.”
A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission and another for
the Home Office both said enforcement of terror laws was the job of the police.
Croydon police would not say whether any action would be taken against Mr Balasubramaniam.
croydon guardian