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Mylvaganam, a Canadian citizen who previously lived in the US, was arrested by Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in Toronto and extradited to US in 2009, following his indictment in the Eastern District Court of New York.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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arrest by Canada 's Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) officers in Toronto Mylvaganam , a Canadian citizen who previously lived in the US ,This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
According to Colombo Page, the United States Department of Justice is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Canadian Tamil man who pleaded guilty in a United States district court to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a proscribed organization in the US. Mylvaganam, a Canadian citizen who previously lived in the US, was arrested by Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in Toronto and extradited to US in 2009, following his indictment in the Eastern District Court of New York. He pleaded guilty on February 8, 2012 to conspiring to procure sophisticated technology, including submarine design software and night vision equipment for the LTTE in 2006. Mylvaganam faces a maximum term of 15 years' imprisonment.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55475-108804-274795 | 5/1/2012 | Sri Lanka | TNA demands release of several youth recently taken into custody in Eastern Province |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55475-108804-274795 | 5/1/2012 | Sri Lanka | arrest | Kandy |