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Upstate NY man gets time served for smuggling

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 - 2:45 PM SL Time

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Sri Lankan man living in upstate New York has been sentenced to time served, about seven months, for smuggling people from Canada into the United States by boat.

Mohanraj Selvarajah will likely face deportation following Monday`s sentencing in federal court in Buffalo.

According to court papers, the 48-year-old Lockport resident told investigators he was given $5,000 to buy a boat in September 2007 and was told he would be paid more to smuggle three people into the United States.

He was arrested after a witness spotted him dropping people off at a Buffalo boat launch and called authorities.

Selvarajah`s lawyer says he will likely be returned to Sri Lanka alone, while his wife and three children remain in Canada, where they moved after his arrest.

Associated Press - September 29, 2008 4:45 PM ET

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Berty Senior Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 24180 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 08:19:25 GMT Report for Abuse
	Malli a lot of guys are doing it..not only from SL but other places too..mostly from China..It is a dangerous game and it is a crime..If you get caught you had it..but on the other hand it is a Huge business.. People die in containers before reaching their destination People do anything for a decent living.. China is very famous for human trafficking

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30 Sep 2008 08:25:38 GMT Report for Abuse

Hi Berty Anna,
Hope all is well with you and your family!

Yes!

a lot of guys are doing it..not only from SL but other places too..mostly from China..It is a dangerous game and it is a crime

There is a number of things wrong with the world we live in today. It seems as time progresses on, that the moral value of people s decisions are slowly evaporating away. Since our way of thinking has changed completely since the good old days of the 1950 s, crime rates have risen drastically. The reason many people are doing illegal things is because our social society has become so twisted that people think that it is okay to so wrong things.

Robins Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 10330 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 08:48:24 GMT Report for Abuse
	Achiles This man is an enterprising man? US guys dont understand him:)))) How are you?

Berty Senior Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 24180 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 09:01:06 GMT Report for Abuse
	Achillies Malli We are all doing well. Hope everything is fine with you and your family.. a lot of people in this world are very selfish and put others in danger just to fill their pockets..There are no moral value for anything at all.. yes..ur right malli..more people are engaged in illegal stuff than legal things..

Achilles Senior Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2867 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 09:01:28 GMT Report for Abuse
	Hi Robin Kohomada Machang? Neenga epidi sugam ? Nice to see you around!

samanj Senior Member Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2230 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 10:39:47 GMT Report for Abuse
	Hi Achillies, Robin, berty, This smuggling is not right. This is enterprising person is selfishness on the part of this Tamil person. If you are into smuggling, then the Tamils & Sinhalese all must get together and do joint smuggling. Otherwise it is not right. Then no problem & who is there to criticise... Unite to smuggle.

Robins Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 10330 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 18:50:52 GMT Report for Abuse
	Achiles I am fine where do keep hiding yourself?

Robins Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 10330 Member Profile	30 Sep 2008 18:51:59 GMT Report for Abuse
	Samanj What about Rajapakses Chandicas Ranils smuggling all the time? in the day light?

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