US convicts S'porean in Tamil Tigers arms plot

BALTIMORE - A Singaporean has been convicted of terrorism charges in the United States and it has emerged that at least two others were also implicated in a transnational operation to purchase arms for the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, otherwise known as the Tamil Tigers.

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A federal jury in Baltimore on Monday (United States time) found Balraj Naidu - who was extradited from Singapore to the United States last year - had "conspired" to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers, which the US designates a foreign terrorist organisation.

Naidu, 48, and his co-conspirators, who included fellow Singaporean Haniffa Osman, 59, attempted to purchase weapons from China, Thailand, North Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia for the Tamil Tigers. LINK