{"id":62540,"date":"2017-01-19T10:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=62540"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:06:53","slug":"federal-court-upholds-deportation-of-tamil-tigers-fundraiser-who-has-fought-to-stay-in-canada-for-22-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/01\/19\/federal-court-upholds-deportation-of-tamil-tigers-fundraiser-who-has-fought-to-stay-in-canada-for-22-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court upholds deportation of Tamil Tigers fundraiser who has fought to stay in Canada for 22 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stewart Bell<\/a><\/span> | January 16, 2017 5:22 PM ET \u00a0Courtesy\u00a0National Post<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
TORONTO \u2014 An alleged fundraiser for Tamil rebels who has been fighting deportation from Canada for more than two decades has lost a key court battle after a federal judge dismissed his appeal.<\/div>\n
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The Federal Court upheld the deportation of Manickavasagam Suresh on the grounds he was a member of a terrorist organization and that he was complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

The evidence adequately supported\u201d the Immigration and Refugee Board\u2019s finding that Suresh was a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, Justice Richard Mosley wrote in his ruling.<\/p>\n

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\nSimon Hayter for National Post<\/span>Manickavasagam Suresh in 2005.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The judge also found reasonable the IRB\u2019s finding that Suresh was a dedicated supporter who voluntarily worked on behalf of the LTTE and willingly followed the direction of the organization\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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