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6 September 2016
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Gov’t expresses regret over attack on Sri Lankan evnoy http://dlvr.it/MBs405
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#SriLanka Ambassador to #Malaysia Ansar Ibrahim, who was posted earlier as envoy to Riyadh, was mercilessly assaulted by #LTTE sympathizers.
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Monday, 5 September 2016 | MYT 7:07 PM
IGP warns local supporters of Tamil Tigers
KUALA LUMPUR: Police warned that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) is an illegal organisation and action can be taken against Malaysians who support the group.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said police would investigate local groups who protested against former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa last week.
“I want to warn these groups which support the LTTE that it is a group that is banned by the United Nations.
“We, as a UN signatory country, can take action against them (supporters),” he told reporters after launching the Inspector-General of Police Gallery at Bukit Aman.
Police have arrested five people, ages 27 to 56, and are looking for four more over the assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
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5 September 2016
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Five held over attack on Sri Lanka ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR: Police said they have arrested five people after a group of protesters assaulted the Sri Lankan high commissioner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Malaysian authorities said the attack on High Commissioner Ibrahim Sahib Ansar on Sunday left him with minor injuries, but they have so far given no details on the identities or background of the attackers.
“Five people have been arrested and we are investigating the motive for the attack,” Abdul Samah Mat, police chief of Selangor state, told AFP.
In Colombo Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary Esala Weerakoon summoned Malaysia’s top envoy, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, and demanded adequate security for Colombo’s diplomatic mission.
The foreign ministry expressed “disappointment that the Malaysian authorities had failed to provide necessary protection” despite warnings of a possible threat.
Almost 100 ethnic Indian protesters had gathered in Kuala Lumpur last week to rally against former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was attending an international conference, local media reported.
Rajapaksa ordered the bloody military assault which ended Sri Lanka’s war with Tamil separatist guerrillas in 2009.
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Zashnain Zainal Sri Lankan High Commissioner assaulted in KLIA – so much for safety and security in a secured area. #Malaysia http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/09/04/report-assault-klia/ …
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Sri Lankan High Commissioner reportedly assaulted in KLIA
PETALING JAYA: Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia I. Ansar was assaulted by a small group of people at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
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Meanwhile, Sri Lankan news portal Hiru News reported that the High Commissioner was assaulted at the airport after sending off Daya Gamage, the country’s Primary Industries Minister, who was in Malaysia for the International Conference of Asian Political Parties.
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Sri Lankan High Commissioner assaulted at KLIA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, in a statement posted on its website, says the High Commissioner was assaulted by a group of persons.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, in a statement posted on its website, said the High Commissioner was assaulted by a group of persons.
“The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Kuala Lumpur is coordinating with local law enforcement authorities in Malaysia and other relevant local authorities to identify the perpetrators and assist with investigations,” it said in the statement.
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