VAIKO SAYS SL BEHIND HIS KL DEPORTATION

The Sri Lankan Government was behind the detention at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Friday, Tamil Nadu politician MDMK General Secretary Vai. Gopalsamy, charged on Saturday.

A new report published by the Bangalore Mirror said:

“Vaiko, who has raised the Sri Lankan Tamils issue at the European Parliament in Brussels, felt that Sri Lankan Government did not want issues relating to killing of innocent Tamils during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be raised in international forums.

“Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Vaiko said he was shocked when immigration officials at Kuala Lumpur airport stopped him from entering Malaysia. He informed the officials that he was invited for the wedding reception of Penang Deputy Chief Minister P. Ramasamy’s daughter on Saturday.

The Sri Lankan Government was behind the detention at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Friday, Tamil Nadu politician MDMK General Secretary Vai. Gopalsamy, charged on Saturday. ...The officials told him since he has several cases against him they could not allow him to enter Malaysia. Ramasamy’s efforts to help him also failed... he was denied visas to Germany, Switzerland, England, Canada and the USA...

“To back his claim, he produced the wedding invitation, a letter written by Ramasamy personally inviting Vaiko for his daughter’s wedding, and other documents relating to his previous visits to Penang in 2014 and 2015.

“The officials asked him whether he is a Tamil from Sri Lanka. He replied, ‘No I’m a Tamilian from India.’ He also said he was Member of Parliament and produced the ID.

He said that they asked him, ‘Are you an LTTE member?’

To which he said he replied, ‘I am a supporter of LTTE’.

The officials told him since he has several cases against him they could not allow him to enter Malaysia. Ramasamy’s efforts to help him also failed, Vaiko said.

The officials cannot be faulted for they were helpless since they had orders from above, Vaiko said.

But the common courtesy was lacking. Since he was treated like a detainee he decided to forego food. He and his Secretary went without food for 24 hours, he said.

Vaiko said except for Brussels, he was denied visas to Germany, Switzerland, England, Canada and the USA. So far he hadn’t brought this to the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but he would do so now,” the Bangalore Mirror said. MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday stopped from entering Malaysia and detained at the Kuala Lumpur airport where officials questioned him over his alleged links to the LTTE. He was sent back to Chennai by a Malaysian Airlines flight Friday night.