32 Lankans living in India on the list of banned LTTE remnants

Commenting on the list, ‘Sunday Times' quoted a senior official as saying that while the listing of individuals and groups could not be currently treated as a proscription, the government had the option of banning or proscribing them by passing legislation in Parliament.

Sri Lanka's National Intelligence Chief Kapila Hendawitharana told the ‘Sunday Times' that the government was certain that the individuals listed were financing terrorism.  

Besides the LTTE, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and British Tamil Forum (BTF) are among the proscribed groups. Both these groups are regularly consulted by the government of the UK and US.

The GTF was an official invitee of the African National Congress at the funeral of Nelson Mandela.  

Sri Lankan defence ministry would now be requesting foreign governments to take action against the designated groups and individuals as per the UN Security Council resolution 1373 which is binding on all states, officials said.