Apr 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona who is also the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) in Sri Lanka is now in Australia to seek the latter's support to ban the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Australia.
LTTE is waging war against the Sri Lankan government to establish a separate state in the north and east provinces of Sri Lanka for minority Tamils.
Dr. Kohona stated that about one-sixth of the estimated US$10 million (A$12.8 million) to US$30 million the Tigers raised internationally came from Australia.
"Australia is one of their biggest sources of funding, and of course these funds do not go to any charitable or other purpose; they are used essentially for procuring weapons on the international weapons black market," said Kohona to Australian media
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