Malaysia's Home Ministry has begun investigations into an allegation that some Malaysia planned to give instructions to a group of Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger terrorists to launch a bomb attack in Colombo.
This followed the arrest of six members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam (LTTE) on Saturday in Wattala, Sri Lanka, with the seizure of 2.7 kg of high-powered C4 explosives.
According to a news report in the Sri Lankan online daily, The Mirror, the suspects under interrogation by (Sri Lankan government troops), said they were waiting for instructions from some Malaysia- via the telephone - to launch the attack.
Commenting on the news report, Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the government would investigate the matter thoroughly, and take severe action against any Malaysian with links to the LTTE.
The ministry had contacted the Sri Lankan government to clarify the allegation in the news report, and seek its assistance to obtain information on the alleged links between some Malaysia and the LTTE, he said after the opening ceremony of the Eight ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (8TH SOMTC) here on Tuesday.
"I have checked the news report personally...Malaysia will never tolerate any type of terrorism. If it is true that some Malaysia are involved with the LTTE, we will take severe action," Malaysian national news agency Bernama quoted Syed Hamid as saying.
"There have always been allegations that some Malaysia are involved with the LTTE," he said.
Source: Xinhua
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