Below is my letter to the Hon Philip Ruddock, Australian Attorney General:
GAJA LAKSHMI PARAMASIVAM
AUSTRALIAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
906/ 56, Carr Street Coogee N.S.W. 2034 Australia
Email gajalakshmi_param@bigpond.com Phone 61 2 9315 7417
The Hon Philip Ruddock, MP
Attorney General
Parliament House
Canberra.
14 July 2007
Your Ref: 06/17101, MC06/19565
Dear Mr. Ruddock,
Tamil Tiger Suspects in Australia
I refer to yesterday?s news report as follows, published in Lankanewspapers.com ? in which I have ownership:
LTTE suspect in Australia 'would do anything asked'
Friday, 13 July 2007 - 9:10 PM SL Time
A MELBOURNE man accused of supporting Sri-Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group boasted he carried arms and would do anything the movement asked of him, a court has been told.
Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, 33, of Mt Waverley, and Sivarajah Yathavan, 36, of Vermont South, are charged with terrorism offences for supporting separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers.
The men appeared in the Victorian Supreme Court today for their third bail application, each charged with being members of a terrorist organisation, providing support or resources to a terrorist organisation and making funds available to a terrorist organisation.
The men allegedly used the Melbourne-based Tamil Co-ordination Committee to raise funds for the Tamil Tigers under the guise of fundraising for tsunami relief.
Commonwealth prosecutor Mark Dean SC told the court Vinayagamoorthy was a senior leader of the Tamil Tigers in Australia.
In a phone conversation recorded by authorities he allegedly said: 'As for me I carry arms ? I don't have to worry about anything. I will do anything, whatever the movement asks me.'
Vinayagamoorthy spent $97,000 on 3500 electronic transmitters between September 2003 and October 2005, the court heard.
Between 2005 and 2006 he bought about 70 remote control explosive devices similar to ones used in terrorism attacks in Sri Lanka.
Yatahavan and another alleged senior leader of the Tamil Tigers in Australia Jeya Kumar ? who has since died ? bought 185 hydraulic steering units for over $126,000, Mr Dean said.
The units were bought between October 1997 and 2000 and were similar to those used by Tamil Tigers members to launch attacks against the Sri Lankan navy.
The court was told Vinayagamoorthy deposited $526,000 into his bank account between August 2001 and November 2005, during which time he appeared to be jobless.
Most of that money was withdrawn in cash and 24 international fund transfers totalling $240,000 were made into Malaysian bank accounts.
Mr Dean argued the money could then have been funnelled to support the Tamil Tigers activities in Sri Lanka.
The hearing before Justice Bernard Bongiorno continues.
I am highly concerned that these two Tamils would be punished far beyond any real crime they have committed. If that is so, it would bring very strong negative karma back to Australia, in various shapes and forms. Mr. Ruddock, in 1999 I warned our Prime Minister similarly about ethnic war here in Australia. Likewise I warned the University of NSW about racial and terrorism problems ? but they failed to take note. They had the Hall problem which severely damaged Central Administration and later I warned them about the fall of UNSW Asia. As you would now know, they recently took measures to close that campus down. My predictions were on the basis that I was Australia and that I was the UNSW. That is why you need ownership. If the UNSW had invested in migrants in management ? they would have known how to read intuitively, the Asian managers they were faced with at the international level. I do believe that my one sided contribution has prevented further and more serious disaster both at the UNSW and the National level.
Mr. Ruddock, during my criminal court hearing over the UNSW-Police arrests, a White Australian from around the Court/Police area asked me whether I was from where the bad Tamil Tigers were. I reported this to the Police Commander not because I considered Tamil Tigers to be bad, but because I was concerned that my association with them would be used against me to punish me far beyond the levels provided by the law. The UNSW and the Police created that crime of Trespass to punish me as per an existing legislation. Most of us feel, think and act first in an emergency before we use the law to educate and / or to punish. They are just different languages through which we express our feelings and our thinking. As you ought to know, I was described as Indian / Sri Lankan by the Police ? who adamantly refused to change it even though I kept asking for it. The reason for this was they wanted to have power over me and the only way they could was through my ethnic origins. They did not see any real flaw in me.
Likewise, I doubt that majority Australians would find any criminal flaw in these gentlemen who have been arrested for raising funds. If the reason why they raised funds was bogus and you have done enough work to establish that, then you have the authority to charge them under appropriate legislation. Anti Terrorism legislation is specifically targeted towards Muslims and Tamils. As written before, I was getting ready to go back to Sri Lanka?s North and live in Yoga Swami Ashram there after the Supreme Court of NSW summarily dismissed my compensation claim against the UNSW, the State of NSW and the Commonwealth. I was so upset that I was not even heard through a trial ? even though I had paid the money to be heard first. THAT Mr. Ruddock is the state of our Court system. The Federal Court is only a little better than the NSW Supreme Court. As another victim who has greater tendency to take revenge than to resolve said ? the Courts and the Police are vague about the charges ? because they create their own business through our pain and loss. Lawyers make money and judges and police make status. Justice Tamberlin is an extreme example. In effect, he ruled in favour of Mr. David Hicks, who was directly involved with the group you have listed as Terrorists but in my case ? despite knowing that I had a high reputation for actually practicing the law, Justice Tamberlin not only dismissed my claim through summary judgment but also effectively labeled me as a financial cheat from whom cost security ought to be required. This irrelevant judgment was used by the State of NSW in its own application for summary dismissal of my claim of unlawful racial discrimination and also in requiring cost security before the matter could proceed to trial in the Federal Magistrates Court.
Mr. Ruddock, I have obtained a bank guarantee effectively on the security of my home-unit. I will be submitting it on Monday ? to get a trial date. But in the process I had to fight with parts of the Bank because they did not know that State of NSW was the legal entity. Eventually, after threatening to cancel the application, they did issue the bank guarantee. Lawyers of the Crown Solicitors office also stated that the respondent?s name ought to be Commissioner of Police and not the State of NSW. That is the level of ignorance that prevails in our legal circles. The paper work submitted by the Crown in support of their application for summary dismissal were highly subjective and from previous cases. But my financial status prior to my life in Australian Courts was NOT brought into the case. I responded to defend myself on the basis of the paper work produced by the Crown. But the Federal Magistrate effectively criticized me more than he criticized the Crown. I did undergo the pain when I heard and read that criticism. It depressed me. But by speaking to my God I absorbed that pain and converted it into ownership investment. I am already planning in my mind on how to educate the court through the language they understand ? something that was denied me in my matters ? both in the criminal as well as civil courts.
This is why Mr. Ruddock, I am very concerned about these Tamils in your custody. As stated above, if you are known to be a Sri Lankan Tamil, you are listed as a Tamil Tiger by those who do not know you through other work. This is why the UNSW officers listed me as a security threat and the Police took me to court on that basis. All because I waited to speak to the Vice Chancellor in a public area of the UNSW.
Mr. Ruddock, this is also why I wrote to the Prime Minister against his policies on Aboriginal Child Abusers and Alcohol Abusers. Like with Tamils there are some who are guilty of excessive abuse in the Aboriginal community also. But those who have not interacted with Aborigines or with the Prime Minister and his community would consider all Aborigines in general, as child and alcohol abusers. What is abuse is subjective unless you specify through Objectively measurable units. Yesterday a fellow Australian said about a student canceling a class at the last minute ? that the student ought to have done it ?sooner?. I said what is ?soon? for him may not be ?soon? for the student. Hence it was important for the teacher to fix the measures of ?soon? ? and suggested 24 hours notice or payment in compensation. Likewise your abuse measures and your crime measures.
These limits need to be determined in consultation with Community (Aboriginal / Tamil) leaders. That is what I did when I worked delivered my work for Tsunami victims. I included TRO (Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation) in my proposal. I consulted with the senior officers in the region to determine the workable limits for their supporters. I included the feelings of the Sri Lankan army who were working in that area, in addition to the collective values of the government officers. Then ultimately I presented to the President of Sri Lanka, the essence of the feelings of the people of Maangkerni who were the real victims through the most Common Value ? the Ganesh Temple in that area. My Australian status was helpful in making the presentation look International.
Mr. Ruddock, Tamil refugees are also war victims. Unless you feel one of us, it is important that you have objectively measurable limits to your interference in our life. If you fail to have those measures in place and ensure that you do what you can to follow them ? Australia will be punished through the system of Natural Justice to the extent you make the decisions on behalf of Australia. If you are not sure the best is to facilitate for us to fight it out at our respective levels ? as if there is no other higher force. That Truth / Independence will bring about the best solution possible.
Towards this I urge you to please abolish all forms of summary judgments at the discretionary levels. Court Administrators at the Registry level ought to be able to judge abuse of court process on Objectively measurable merit basis . They after all are authorized to approve financial waivers. That is the value of migrants who invest heavily in higher education. Tamils are a good example of such investors. Otherwise you would have very vague descriptions to uphold highly subjective decisions. Those who are used to such pampering will fail miserably at the international level ? as with UNSW Singapore and Australia in Iraq. Recently when I heard about the passing away of a Tamil Tiger with whom I worked in Tamil Eelam Health Service ? I through deeply about Thamil Vanan?s advice to his young niece living overseas. He said ?Study well invest in higher education?. Yesterday my husband arranged for a bank draft in the name of Siva Thondan Nilayam ? an Ashram in Eastern Sri Lanka, founded by Saint Yoga Swami where many Tsunami and War orphans reside. We also advised our representatives in Northern Sri Lanka to increase funding to our project in North ? at the Vairavar-Kali temple founded by my grandmother ? Maanikkaachi. They were both towards extra tutoring for students who were devoted to Yoga Swami / Vairavar-Kali. Vairavar-Kali are the Protective forms of Shiva-Shakthi / Consciousness-Energy. I believe that Vairavar-Kali will protect me from abusive Police. I believe that was how the application for summary dismissal by the State of NSW on behalf of the Police was ?refused? by the Federal Magistrate, on 22 June 2007. Mr. Ruddock, please note the difference in terminology. When my applications failed ? the terminology was strong ? they were ?dismissed?. But when the Crown?s application failed ? it is called ?refusal?.
These are the reasons why I am deeply concerned about these suspects being excessively punished on personal ignorance and bias. You yourself said at an international forum, that Aborigines were not very civilized. To my mind, as per my standards, your community in court - is far less civilized than my Tamil community which effectively follows Manu Neethi (Justice system of First Man as preached by Sun / Independence) through the Hindu system. Your community is very vague when they charge. For example an Indian-Australian said that the Courts used
Anti Discrimination Act 92 (1) (a) (ii) , which states
?the conduct alleged, or part of the conduct alleged , if proven, would not disclose the contravention of a provision of this Act, or the regulation?,
and not 92 (1) (a) (v) which states ?subject matter was already dealt elsewhere?.
In that victim?s case against the University of Western Sydney to which Professor John Ingleson, the chief advocate of failed UNSW Asia has migrated ? the controversy was whether the termination of the victim?s services was on merit basis and therefore qualified under the inquiry by Australian Industrial Relations Commission or under Unlawful Discrimination which qualified to be heard by the Anti Discrimination Board. The Courts chose the latter because they know that there is some element of Truth in what the victim was saying ? but they were not ready to do the work to uphold his values. They were not ready because they saw greater benefits from the other side ? which is their side.
This happened to me in the criminal cases as well. The Police were vague about what the charges were and hence I could not work out what they were saying. Yet, I am the one listed by courts as abuser of legal process. In other words, we are required to follow your format ? however inappropriate that might be ? so that you could be above us in position.
This Mr. Ruddock is my worry in relation to these Tamils who were arrested because of your legislation. This morning I signed a petition against death sentence for a 17 year old Sri Lankan girl working in Middle East. The summary I received from a friend Ms Pushpa Muthumala ? is as follows:
A young impoverished Sri Lankan girl, Rizana Nafeek, travelled to Saudi Arabia to work as a housemaid when she was just 17. The family she worked for had a small four month baby boy and one day (about two months after she came to the country) they left this girl to feed the baby milk all by herself even though it was not a part of her duties and despite the fact that she was not properly trained to care for a child. So while she was feeding the baby, he had started to choke. She had called for help, and in a panic had tried to save the baby but due to a lack of experience in managing this situation, the baby choked to death. By the time the baby's mother came to help it was too late, and they accused this girl of murder. This happened two years ago, and when she was taken to prison she was handled very harshly, *not given a translator and was forced to sign a false confession. *So, *last month she was sentenced to be be-headed and this will take place in the next couple of weeks. *The following online petition requesting her to be freed only has about 1200 signatures which is pathetic in light of this deeply frustrating and sad situation.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/rizana1/
Mr. Ruddock, I signed the petition because it came through my long time friend with her goodness added to it. By the above standards, most of our judges are guilty and ought to face punishment accordingly. But you would not punish them as per Saudi Standards would you Mr. Ruddock?. Likewise in the case of Tamil Tiger supporters, it would be wrong of you to punish them on behalf of Sinhalese Government. This is what you have done. If you continue along these lines, you will create a Hindu Al Qaeda. Please remember that Tamil Nadu in India is a very powerful state. You did not consult with India before taking action against Tamils. More importantly did you consult with Tamil Community leaders here in Australia, before listing us as Terrorists. To separate ? you need to have Objectively measurable boundaries ? in the case of Tamils as well as Aborigines. Otherwise you are guilty of serious injustice to both groups. Mr. Ruddock, I know the family of Mr. Sivarajah Yathavan. They are strong contributors to our Hindu Community here in Australia. That karma will protect Mr. Yathavan from any real harm. Even Jesus was crucified by abusive officials. Please ensure that your government has the protection of your community?s karma to save you from any punishment through Natural Justice ? which could include direct attacks from rebel groups. They are unaffected by your legal systems that are weak and corrupt. This is why it is important to have a ?connecting network? ? so you would be saved from return karma.
Yesterday, I wrote as follows in relation to a published statement by the Tamil Tiger Political representative ? Mr. Thamilselvan ? about intended attacks on economic targets:
He needed to add - 'in Sinhalese areas'. That would preserve the Tamil and the International parts of Sri Lanka - so we could recognize dividends from our investments in the healthy parts of Sri Lanka.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam from Australia.
Mr. Ruddock, there was a flood of responses through which I was called all sorts of names. Most Sinhalese construed it as me asking the tigers to bomb Sinhalese areas. The fact was that I was advising Tamil Tigers and their supporters all over the world ? knowing that they read my work ? to ensure that they protected Tamils. Tigers have openly declared that Sinhalese are their enemies. There is no value in pretending that they think otherwise. Hence I was cautioning them to protect Tamils through which Sinhalese also would be protected in areas where there was a mixed population. But none except one Tamil residing in Canada and uses the name Fairplay ? appreciated this. I concluded that they were all in it for their own selfish reasons. That is how Truth manifests Itself.
Likewise Mr. Ruddock, we the Tamil migrants here in Australia are your real protection against any Tamil rebels / terrorists. Your legislations will not protect you because you did not protect their roots.
Yours sincerely,
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam
CC: All Concerned, including:
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
The Hon Ban Ki-Moon ? Secretary General of the United Nations
The Hon Louise Arbour ? UN High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR-UNOG
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The Hon John von Doussa, QC ? President, Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
The Hon John Howard, MP ? Prime Minister .
Governing Council of the University of New South Wales
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Edited By - Gaja - 14 Jul 2007 01:26:30 GMT |