Repeated death threats in Oslo journalist by LTTE

More than 12 youngsters, subjected to LTTE extortions and death threats in Norway, were to seek an urgent meeting with Norway's Director of Police Ingelin Killengren since the Norwegian Police have so far failed to take LTTE threats and atrocities with deserving seriousness.

The disclosure on Norwegian National Television (NRK) on Wednesday came in the wake of an interview given by the Oslo-based Tamil journalist, Nadaraja Sethurupan, who had been assaulted, harassed and threatened with death by Norway-Oslo based Tigers more than 10 times in the past two years.

He has been living in Norway for more than eight years, has covered the Norway initiated Sri Lankan peace process for media and has been a contributor to many media networks.

The Oslo-based journalist has gone on record saying that Tigers during an LTTE protest before Norwegian Parliament building (Stortinget) on May 15 was brutally assaulted.

A few weeks ago, outside the US Embassy in Oslo, he and his family were given final death threats by Tigers, asking him to stop writing against them.

Tigers are so powerful in Norway that they hold all Tamil civilians hostage against extortions and those opposing them run the risk of being threatened with death by Tigers, he said.

Those threats have been reported to the Police many times, but nothing has happened up until now. There is an ongoing deep division among Tamil Tigers and he believes those who advocate continuation of LTTE violent campaign would succeed.

"Threats on the Tamils in Norway would continue, though Tigers have been wiped out in Sri Lanka.

Tigers have held Norwegian Tamils captive in Norway," he further said.

Sources Army.lk