COLOMBO Additional Magistrate Ms. G. Punarsha S. Ranasinghe yesterday further detained an LTTE intelligence unit head till June 9 in the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) for allegedly supplying firearms and ammunition on a large scale to the LTTE movement.
The TID officer said the suspect Gunasundaram Jayasundaram who owned business establishments in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and Ukraine had funded the LTTE movement to purchase firearms and ammunition.
He had supplied firearms and ammunition to Sri Lanka frequently.
The suspect is a resident of Valvettithurai and was married to an Irish national. He was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport on his arrival from Singapore. The TID alleges that the suspect had visited the LTTE leadership in Vanni.
The magistrate inspected the suspect and detained him in the TID.
She had ordered the police to produce the suspect before court on June 9.
(Courtesy: Daily Mirror)
