Police say the three LTTE suspects deported from Bangkok are not
held incommunicado
(By Walter Jayawardhana)
The three LTTE suspects who were deported by Thai
authorities to Colombo for possessing of illegal arms are not held
incommunicado in Sri Lanka said Sri Lanka's Deputy inspector General of
Police Jayantha Wickramaratne.
He was responding to London based Amnesty
International (AI) charges that they were held incommunicado in Sri
Lanka unable to contact their relatives.
The AI charged the LTTE suspects deported by Thai
authorities, Sujith Gunapala, Sasikaran Thevarajah and Satyaphavan
Aseervatham, who were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) upon their arrival at the International Airport at Colombo were
kept incommunicado by the police.
They were deported from Bangkok after their
applications for political asylum in Thailand by the three Sri Lankan
nationals were refused by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR).
The police spokesman said that so far no request has
been received by the relatives or any lawyers to meet those people in
custody.
The police said the three suspects were being held by
the police for some offences they had committed against Sri Lankan laws
before they left for Thailand including those of regulations regarding
immigration and emigration. |
