(Lanka-e-News -20.Oct.2014, 11.45PM) During the recent tour of Italy , President Medamulana Mahinda Rajapakse through a Minister of his has had secret discussions with a group of businessmen associated with LTTE Nediyawan, according to an officer of the Italian intelligence division, based on reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.
Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena who went to Italy a month before the President’s Italian tour has held the preliminary discussions in Emiliya Romangyo province , Reggoemiliya city , Italy .
The city Rejjoemiliya is situated between cities , Bologna and Parma . It is the wealthiest businessmen in Italy who reside in that area. A group of wealthy Tamil businessmen among them had partook in the discussion on behalf of Nediyawan’s side . The Italian intelligence division however revealed that the details of those who participated cannot be disclosed right now.
Based on a tip off received by Mahinda Rajapakse from an American officer that the LTTE funds have been released , the former has discussed with ex LTTE arms leader KP in this connection. KP had told him that part of the funds in the accounts in Europe are with the Nediyawan group.
Mahinda Rajapakse had dispatched Rohitha Abeygunawardena to Italy to hold discussions with the wealthy Nediyawan group in order for MaRa to secure those funds , and to assure them that any facility and amenity can be provided to Nediyawan as KP.
Rohitha had been chosen for this mission because he has become extremely close to Mahinda , and his sister is engaged in business activities in Italy .
Following this preliminary discussion , Sajin Vaas Gunawardena the henchman was to hold final discussions on behalf of Mahinda Rajapakse , but that did not materialize.
What stood as a barrier to this discussion was a photograph displaying Sajin Vaas along with a Pakistani international heroin peddler. This photograph had reached the hands of the Italian anti narcotics division. Though this division was in the ready to arrest and interrogate Sajin Vaas when he arrived in Italy , the Italian central espionage service had not agreed to this because Sajin Vaas was arriving in the company of SL’s State leader. Arresting an individual by the anti narcotics division, who arrives as a VIP with a State leader may trigger controversies between the States . Owing to this , the action was postponed.
In the circumstances , the high profile Italian security detail providing security to the visiting SL head of State and his delegation have advised Sajin only to travel together with the Head of state and the delegation, and not to make solitary tours within Italy .
In case Sajin had travelled alone and was arrested by the anti narcotics division , they have told him they cannot rescue him since the Italian anti narcotics division has such sweeping powers. This information however had not been divulged to Sajin Vaas , rather he had only been instructed not to travel alone.
Accordingly , the final discussion with the participation of Sajin Vaas with Nediyawan group had to be postponed.
In any event , the Italian intelligence division says , in the Italian tour of Mahinda Rajapakse , it became clear that he was having an understanding with the LTTE based on the fact that when a Tamil youth who was keeping watch over the movements of Rajapakse was arrested by the Italian intelligence division , and more information was sought from Colombo, there was no keen response shown from that end.
Manikka Raja Iyakkaran who arrived in Italy via Dubai was keeping a keen watch in an unusual way over the movements of Rajapakse, he was arrested by the Italian intelligence division . However he was released later because there was not much interest shown over this by Colombo.
The Italian intelligence division is of the view that Colombo took a lukewarm attitude because of the secret mutual understanding between the government and the LTTE leaders.
Iyakkaran was nevertheless released after the conclusion of Rajapakse’s tour.
No matter what , the Italian intelligence division declared that the old LTTE activists are all completely inoperative now. Only a youth organization by the name of ‘Chetty’ and that is a distinctly different organization which is not terrorism oriented , and that is comprised of youths who are all intellectuals such as Doctors , graduates etc., the Italian intelligence division revealed .
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by A Lanka e News special correspondent (2014-10-20 21:44:27)
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