Lankans among war criminals hiding in Canada

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Two Sri Lankan are among the 30 fugitives wanted for war crimes or crimes against humanity are believed to be hiding in Canada, the Canadian government said Thursday.

The government's Border Services Agency published on its website the names of suspects from Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and the former Yugoslavia, among others. "We all have a part to play in making our communities safe, and today we are asking for Canadians' assistance," said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.

"In releasing the names of individuals, who are residing illegally in Canada and who are complicit in committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, it is our hope that new information will help our law enforcement officials track them down and remove them from Canada."

The statements on the website did not indicate specific charges against any of the individuals.

Canada "is recognized around the world for its leadership in global efforts to hold persons suspected of, or complicit in, serious human rights abuses accountable for their crimes through cooperation with other countries and international tribunals," the agency added.

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Name: FERNANDO, Jerome Alias: PUNCHA, Jerome (1963-09-30) Gender: Male Date of Birth: 1963-09-30 Place of Birth: Sri Lanka Last Known Address: Toronto, Ontario Identifying Features: Mark Mouth Mark Eyes Scar Cheek	Name: KULATUNGA, Illandaridevage Alias: KULATUNGE, Asoka (1968-03-03) KULATUNGA, Kapila (1968-03-03) ASOKA, Kulatunge (1968-03-03) Gender: Male Date of Birth: 1968-03-03 Place of Birth: Sri Lanka Last Known Address: Toronto, Ontario Identifying Features: No information available

Comments - 15

malkanthi Friday, 22 July 2011 04:20 AM

May be some underworld political henchmen of the opposition.

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Samba Friday, 22 July 2011 05:33 AM

Ma be the other way around

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Calistus Jayatilleke Friday, 22 July 2011 05:58 AM

But we also have war criminals aka ex-terrorists holding ministerial and other portfolios enjoying all the luxuries and privileges in the government itself. These include murderers who killed innocent civilians, monks, policemen etc. in cold blood when they were operating as terrorists.

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samosa Friday, 22 July 2011 06:55 AM

well said!

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KANTHA Friday, 22 July 2011 07:21 AM

Send them to Hague where they belong.

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Rajeev Patnaik Friday, 22 July 2011 07:28 AM

The political judgments about criminals and terrorists are purely based on the comfortably of the situation demands

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Kesavan Friday, 22 July 2011 07:31 AM

If these 2 would've been tamils we could've seen 100's of comments by our 'comment veerayaas'
anyway....these 2 should be 'sinhala kotti'...???

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UK TAMIL BOY Friday, 22 July 2011 10:00 AM

IF THESE CRIMINALS ARE ARRESTED IN CANADA, MANY THINGS WILL COME OUT.

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Dalubanda Friday, 22 July 2011 11:37 AM

Canadian have criminal ancestry

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Raja Friday, 22 July 2011 03:05 PM

Not Canada you mean may be Australia

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ampare son Friday, 22 July 2011 10:29 PM

Every year more than four thousand sri lanken come in to canada. half of them tamil.

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Jeff Saturday, 23 July 2011 01:37 AM

And, KP is "hiding" in SL. Ha, ha!!

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Bumba Saturday, 23 July 2011 02:15 AM

Any one from the Sri Lanka embassy in Canada. This are places where you find most of the war criminals.

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ila Saturday, 23 July 2011 02:22 AM

it is an indication that crimes committed against is considered as a war crimes and not a normal crimes.

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raju Saturday, 23 July 2011 06:52 AM

PLEASE HELP TO ARREST THESE CRIMINALS, WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM.

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