IGP: We’ll act against LTTE supporters

The IGP said the police will act against LTTE supporters who tried to glorify Tamil Tigers leader V Prabakaran.

PETALING JAYS: The Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) is banned in Malaysia and the police will act against its supporters who carried out activities in support of the movement, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said today.

Khalid said Malaysia was part of the United Nations and had to comply with the resolutions made by the world body.

“We will also take action against supporters who try to glorify LTTE leader V Prabakharan,” he said after launching a new integrated reporting system i-SPAA (Sistem Pemantaun Aduan Awam).

Khalid said he was also aware that some LTTE supporters had large photos of Prabakaran in their homes.

He said so far police had detained a man and were looking for six others involved in the gathering in Kulim last Saturday to mark the LTTE leader’s birthday.

Yesterday, Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran urged the IGP to state publicly whether LTTE was a banned movement in Malaysia.

Kulasegaran had said he was puzzled because the IGP might have been wrongly advised and did not comprehend the meaning of freedom fighters.

The DAP vice-chairman also added that about 80,000 innocent Tamils had been killed in the civil war.