{"id":62014,"date":"2012-11-26T08:27:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T08:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=62014"},"modified":"2012-11-29T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:42:06","slug":"wikileaks-kp-revealed-1-billion-us-is-fully-committed-to-providing-assistance-in-tracking-down-ltte-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-kp-revealed-1-billion-us-is-fully-committed-to-providing-assistance-in-tracking-down-ltte-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: KP Revealed $1 Billion, US Is Fully Committed To Providing Assistance In Tracking Down LTTE Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSince the early August arrest of LTTE leader and financer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kumaran+Pathmanathan&amp;x=15&amp;y=6\">Kumaran Pathmanathan<\/a><\/span> (KP), the Sri Lankan military has interrogated KP about the LTTE\u2019s financing network and overseas assets. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=14&amp;y=9\">Secretary of Defense Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> (the President\u2019s brother) publically claimed that KP\u2019s interrogation has revealed $1 billion in overseas assets and he called for foreign assistance to recover these monies. The Sri Lankan Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) would be in charge of requesting assistance from foreign FIUs to uncover the terrorist financing network and recover overseas assets. However, the Sri Lankan FIU has not received any information yet from KP\u2019s military interrogations, so they do not have any outstanding requests for USG assistance.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62016\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-kp-revealed-1-billion-us-is-fully-committed-to-providing-assistance-in-tracking-down-ltte-assets\/kp-in-july-2012\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62016\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62016\" title=\"kp-in-july-2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kp-in-july-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated August 26, 2009, updated the Secretary of State regarding the LTTE\u2019s financing network and overseas assets. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0database. The cable was classified and signed by the US Embassy official Rebecca Cohn.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Cohn wrote \u201cEcon Cons met with FIU Deputy Director D.K. Wijesuriya and FIU Senior Assistant Director Sisira Ranasinghe (the new FIU director was out of the country), and they both assured him that the FIU is very satisfied with its cooperation with the United States, but they had no additional requests at this time. According to Wijesuriya, KP is being held under a military detention order and he is still being interrogated by the military intelligence officers. At some point KP will be transferred to the police (Wijesuriya did not know when) which is the point at which the FIU would receive KP\u2019s information on the LTTE financing network and overseas assets. The FIU then may request assistance from their counterpart FIUs in other countries. Econ Cons reiterated that the USG would be pleased to provide assistance to track LTTE funds. Wijesuriya reported a strong working relationship with his U.S. Embassy coounterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delay in turning over KP&#8217;s information about the LTTE financing network is disappointing, since this information is time sensitive and the LTTE funds may have been moved subsequent to his arrest. The Sri Lankan FIU knows that the USG is fully committed to providing assistance in tracking down LTTE assets, and post will be proactive when called upon.\u201d placing a comment Cohn further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n<p>Related cables;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"WikiLeaks: US On LTTE Fundraising Activities And Prabhakaran\u2019s Monetary Board\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-us-on-ltte-fundraising-activities-and-prabhakarans-monetary-board\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: US On LTTE Fundraising Activities And Prabhakaran\u2019s Monetary Board<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"WikiLeaks: \u2018We Are Losing Credibility On Terrorism Financing Issues With The GSL\u2019 \u2013 US Embassy Colombo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-we-are-losing-credibility-on-terrorism-financing-issues-with-the-gsl-us-embassy-colombo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: \u2018We Are Losing Credibility On Terrorism Financing Issues With The GSL\u2019 \u2013 US Embassy Colombo<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: GoSL Had No Evidence Against Charles Gnanakone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gosl-had-no-evidence-against-charles-gnanakone\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: GoSL Had No Evidence Against Charles Gnanakone<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<pre>INFO  LOG-00   EEB-00   AID-00   AMAD-00  CIAE-00  INL-00   DODE-00\r\n      DOTE-00  DS-00    DHSE-00  FAAE-00  FBIE-00  VCI-00   FRB-00\r\n      H-00     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    MOFM-00  MOF-00   VCIE-00\r\n      NSAE-00  NIMA-00  GIWI-00  SCT-00   DOHS-00  FMPC-00  SSO-00\r\n      SS-00    NCTC-00  ASDS-00  CBP-00   SCRS-00  DSCC-00  PRM-00\r\n      DRL-00   SAS-00   FA-00    SEEE-00  SANA-00    \/000W\r\n\r\nP 260919Z AUG 09\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0436\r\nINFO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY\r\nAMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY\r\nAMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY\r\nAMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY\r\nAMCONSUL KARACHI PRIORITY\r\nAMCONSUL KOLKATA PRIORITY\r\nAMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY\r\nDEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY\r\nDEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000837 \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 08\/26\/2019\r\nTAGS: CE ECON EFIN PTER\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKAN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT NOT YET IN\r\nA POSITION TO REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE TO TRACK LTTE FUNDS \r\n\r\nClassified By: CDA: Rebecca Cohn \r\n\r\n\u00b61.   (C )  Since the early August arrest of LTTE\r\nleader and financer Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP), the Sri Lankan\r\nmilitary has interrogated KP about the LTTE,s financing\r\nnetwork and overseas assets.   Secretary  of Defense\r\nRajapaksa (the President,s brother) publically claimed that\r\nKP,s interrogation has revealed $1 billion in overseas\r\nassets and he called for foreign assistance to recover these\r\nmonies.  The Sri Lankan Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)\r\nwould be in charge of requesting assistance from foreign FIUs\r\nto uncover the terrorist financing network and recover\r\noverseas assets.  However, the Sri Lankan FIU has not\r\nreceived any information yet from KP,s military\r\ninterrogations, so they do not have any outstanding requests\r\nfor USG assistance. \r\n\r\n\u00b62.    (C)  Econ Cons met with FIU Deputy Director D.K.\r\nWijesuriya and FIU Senior Assistant Director Sisira\r\nRanasinghe (the new FIU director was out of the country), and\r\nthey both assured him that the FIU is very satisfied with its\r\ncooperation with the United States, but they had no\r\nadditional requests at this time.  According to Wijesuriya,\r\nKP is being held under a military detention order and he is\r\nstill being interrogated by the military intelligence\r\nofficers.  At some point KP will be transferred to the police\r\n(Wijesuriya did not know when) which is the point at which\r\nthe FIU would receive KP,s information on the LTTE financing\r\nnetwork and overseas assets.  Tthe FIU then may request\r\nassistance from their counterpart FIUs in other countries.\r\nEcon Cons reiterated that the USG would be pleased to provide\r\nassistance to track LTTE funds.   Wijesuriya reported a\r\nstrong working relationship with his U.S. Embassy\r\ncoounterparts. \r\n\r\n\u00b63.    (C )  Comment.  The delay in turning over KP's\r\ninformation about the LTTE financing network is\r\ndisappointing, since this information is time sensitive and\r\nthe LTTE funds may have been moved subsequent to his arrest.\r\nThe Sri Lankan FIU knows that the USG is fully committed to\r\nproviding assistance in tracking down LTTE assets, and post\r\nwill be proactive when called upon.  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