LTTE fighter makes ‘killing’ in credit card scams and extortion


Flushed out: Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism officers detaining the senior LTTE fighter in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: While he bided his time hiding out in Malaysia, a senior Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighter has been raking in hundreds of thousands of ringgit scamming and even extorting his fellow men.

It is learnt that the 37-year-old man, who was detained in the city on Aug 7, had been active in the most profitable of all scams – forging credit cards.

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