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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lankan12" data-source="post: 669846" data-attributes="member: 38736">A SYDNEY man has been charged with multiple terrorism charges over alleged links with the Sri Lankan terrorist organisation the Tamil Tigers.The 41-year-old was arrested this morning as part of an ongoing investigation by Australian Federal Police. He is due to appear at Sydney's Central Local Court and is expected to be extradited to Victoria at a later date.He has been charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation, providing support or resources to a terrorist organisation and making an asset available to a proscribed entity. The charges bring maximum prison terms of 10, 25 and five years respectively, if convicted. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty said the joint terrorism team from Victoria Police and the AFP arrested the man in Sydney. "He was charged in connection with two earlier arrests in May this year to do with raising money for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the (LTTE) terrorist group," Mr Keelty told Southern Cross Radio. "The counter-terrorism team will be seeking his extradition to Melbourne." Mr Keelty said the man in question was from Toongabbie in Sydney's inner-west. He said the charges related to fundraising after the devastating 2004 Boxing Day tsunami which crippled communities throughout southern Asia. "This is to do with fundraising activities that occurred after the tsunami as you might recall and that money was channelled into the LTT in Sri Lanka," Mr Keelty said. The Sydney man's arrest follows the Melbourne court appearances of Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, 32, of Mt Waverley, and Sivarajah Yatahavan, 36, of Vermont South, who were denied bail on May 8 over terrorism offences. The men were charged with being members of a terrorist organisation, providing support or resources to a terrorist organisation and making funds available to a terrorist organisation. The men allegedly used the Melbourne-based Tamil Coordination Committee to raise funds for the Tamil Tigers under the guise of fundraising for tsunami relief. It is alleged they bought equipment of the type used in terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. The men were remanded in custody until July 24 for a committal mention at the same court. <a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html</a></blockquote>

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