Malin Abeyatunge

The latest reports from Reuters say that Raj Rajaratnam ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”¹…”s lawyers are seeking leniency for the worst ever white collar crime in the history of States committed by him. The lawyers have given some flimsy reasons such as ill health and his philanthropically acts. It is alleged that thousands of letters have received of his generosity and portray him as a philanthropists. Is he painted as a modern Robin Hood? Does robbing from one source and giving to another source qualifies to be a Philanthropist? The lawyers have cited in their memo that donations of more than 45 million to charities in the US and abroad including $5 million spent building new homes for Tsunami victims. The Defence lawyers have let another cat out of his bag. This is very interesting and needs further investigation by the FBI to find out the recipients of blood money to find answers for the following concerns:

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· Who are the recipients of the $45 million charity donations?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· Are ex-presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama (such as ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ…-Tamils for ObamaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ”š‚) received any donations from Raj Rajaratnam or from his companies for their election campaigns?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· Have any of his donations gone to LTTE fronts operating in USA to fuel the LTTE terrorist engine and also in Canada, UK, Australia and other countries?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· Was ex deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein who was a mouth piece of LTTE received funds/donations from Rajaratnam?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· Through what Government agency in Sri Lanka did he spend $5 million in building houses for Tsunami victims? The amount is so substantial which couldnƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t have gone unrecorded and Sri Lankan Government would be able to throw some light on this matter. However, it is alleged that funds sent to Tsunami victims thro TRO ended up in LTTE coffers.

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚· It is a known fact that he is alleged to have funded LTTE terrorist outfit thro TRO and other dubious fronts. Has his alleged funding of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization which was a funding arm of LTTE included in that $5million donations?

ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should probe into the statements cited by the Lawyers to seek leniency for Raj Rajaratnam. If Raj Rajaratnam or his companies has any time donated funds to TRO and other LTTE terrorist fronts who were involved in procuring illegal arms to LTTE with laundered money, that would tantamount to funding LTTE terrorist outfit and he should be charged on different counts for supporting a banned terrorist organization in the States.