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computer-science student, ''Sarhajhan 'Sarachandran, is a member of the

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who pleaded guilty to trying to purchase

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s for the militant group. He was convicted of supporting terrorism.

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Toronto man pleads guilty to aiding Tamil Tigers
January 27, 2009 American Nadarasa Yogarasa was alleged to have helped Sarachandran concoct the plan, after Sarachandran contacted an

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, about purchasing weapons for the Tigers. The informant sent him e-mails suggesting he had ten

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missiles and 500

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s for $900,000, and suggested that the pair meet him in a New York warehouse. Two other Canadians, Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam, accompanied the pair, who traveled claiming they were attending a

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in the state. A student at the

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GTA man pleads guilty in arms case
January 27, 2008 Sarachandran claimed to have been in direct contact with leader

Velupillai Prabhakaran Velupillai Prabhakaran (; ta, வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; , (26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan Tamil guerrilla and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ...

and had lately been speaking to intelligence chief Pottu Amman. On January 26, 2009, he pleaded guilty, and two days later his co-defendants Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam also pleaded guilty. In January 2010, Sarachandran was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

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