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Renegade Sri Lankan leader arrives in Colombo
Sri Lankan News.Net
Friday 4th July, 2008 (ANI)
Colombo, July 4 : Former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger renegade Colonel Karuna arrived here on Friday after completing a prison sentence in the UK, British embassy officials said.
Embassy spokesman Dominic Williams was quoted by the BBC as saying that Colonel Karuna had been removed from a UK detention centre and deported to Sri Lanka on July 2.
The embassy refused to give any more details about his arrival.
A spokesman for his Tamil Peoples' Liberation Tigers party said that Colonel Karuna was "delighted" to be back home.
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07-05-08, 08:22 AM |
Renegade Sri Lankan leader arrives in Colombo
this traitor will pay a heavy price for letting down tamils at the crucial time.i wonder why zombie looks like a monkey.
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