Swiss court verdict on 13 LTTE financiers challenged

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The Swiss Federal Court must decide whether the Tamil Tigers are a criminal group – following a complaint from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland, the Swissinfo reported.

The OAG has filed a complaint against last year’s verdict from the Federal Criminal Court, which ruled that 13 alleged financiers of the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) – could not be convicted of supporting a criminal group.

On Saturday a spokesman for the OAG confirmed a report published by CH Media newspapers, but he gave no reason for the continued legal proceedings. After an investigation lasting nine years, the OAG suspected the accused of financially supporting the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC).

In June 2018, the Federal Criminal Court found that the hierarchical link between the LTTE and WTCC could not be sufficiently established. The judges also felt there was not enough concrete proof to consider the LTTE as a criminal group.

However, it sentenced five of the accused to conditional prison sentences for commercial fraud and in two cases for forgery of documents. According to the CH Media newspaper report, Zurich lawyer and WTCC defender Marcel Bosonnet, who was handed a conditional sentence, has asked the Federal Court to acquit him.

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Kingsley Wijesinhe Sunday, 21 April 2019 07:54 AM

For over 30 years the LTTE waged war against a legitimate government, conscripted children to serve as soldiers and suicide bombers, murdered thousands of people and destroyed millions of dollars worth of property, and the Swiss Federal Court felt there was not enough concrete proof to consider the LTTE as a criminal group?

Dee Sunday, 21 April 2019 08:42 AM

Is being a Terrorist group not enough? Or do they simply love terrorism?

Jude Sunday, 21 April 2019 09:00 AM

Hello, LTTE considered terrorist outfit and banned in number of Countries in Europe and North America!! Huh!! Which planet the judges living!!!???

Sangaralingham Sunday, 21 April 2019 09:39 AM

Life is full of contradictions

Regan Sunday, 21 April 2019 10:09 AM

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

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