Crouching tigers, hidden political agenda


DID the police arrest Malaysians linked to the Tamil Tigers? Or are the 12 individuals including two DAP assemblymen, detained on suspicion of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), only paper tigers?

The answer depends on which side of the political divide you are on. To get a neutral point of view, I contacted two counterterrorism experts.

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