Tamil Tiger-Supporter Pleads Guilty in Brooklyn
CADMAN PLAZA EAST (AP) — A Canadian man in a Brooklyn court has admitted attempting to buy sophisticated technology for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger insurgents in Sri Lanka.
Prosecutors say Ramanan Mylvaganam sought to obtain about $22,000 worth of submarine design software and night vision equipment for the separatist group, designated by the United States as a terrorist organization in 1997.
Government forces defeated the Tamil insurgency in 2009 to end more than 25 years of civil war.