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Renegade Sri Lankan leader arrives in Colombo

Colombo, Fri, 04 Jul 2008 ANI

Colombo, July 4 (ANI): 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. (ANI)

 


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