The ideology of the LTTE continues to threaten, according to the former IGP

Musa Hassan says that the threat posed by the LTTE should not be taken lightly as the United States and the UN have cataloged it as a terrorist group.

The former IGP Musa Hassan believes that the LTTE network still exists. (Photo: Bernama)

KUALA LUMPUR: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) involved in decades of bloodshed in Sri Lanka may have been defeated but its ideology still prevails and his supporters are still there, said the former Inspector General Therefore, the ideology of the group and its supporters still posed a threat in all countries, including Malaysia, said Musa to Bernama in a exclusive interview.

The LTTE, led by V Prabhakaran, started a separatist movement. create the autonomous region Tamil Eelam in the north of the island claiming that the Sinhala majority group has suppressed the Tamil minority in the country.

The terror campaign of the LTTE received moral and financial support from the Tamil diaspora who sympathized with the Tamils. Muslim community in the country.

Musa said the threat posed by the LTTE should not be taken lightly because the United States and the United Nations cataloged them as a terrorist group and it was also banned in Malaysia and 32 other countries.

Penang's deputy deputy minister, Dr. P Ramasamy, was recently criticized for his alleged involvement in the LTTE

Ramasamy denied it and said he "n" did not have the right to do so. was involved In peace-building efforts between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE, Musa said that in 2004 and 2005, the Malaysian police arrested six Malaysians with employment histories, such as lawyers and lawyers. accounting for their participation in the LTTE

. The Sri Lankan police informed us that the group was collecting funds and was assisted by our people, so we had to act, "he said.

" It is very likely that the LTTE ideology is still alive, similar to the Communists, the ideologies will not simply disappear, and every extremist group is a threat to our country.

"Now, even though his leader Prabhakaran is dead, I believe their networks still exist," he said. TE is not a terrorist group, says MIC