The human smuggling ship had brought 492 Sri Lankan Tamils to Vancouver from Thailand after allegedly charging up to $50,000 from each of them.
Since the Canada Border Services Agency fears that the Tamil Tigers might sneak into the country in the guise of asylum seekers, it has detained the passengers for screening them for their terror links. So far, 300 of them have been released after screening. But now a Tamil woman, who is in custody along with her children, has been identified as a security risk because of her alleged links to the Tamil Tigers.
The Canada Border Services Agency has told the immigration and refugee board that the woman is married to a Tamil Tiger and that she worked in a Sri Lankan library funded by the LTTE. Border agency officials say their suspicion about this woman increased as she is wearing a distinct necklace, called a ‘Tiger thali’, which only LTTE members give to their brides on their wedding day.
Published 22 December 2010, 17:12 IST