The Sri Lanka Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia has informed the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry that `Alex` the spokesman of the suspected 255 illegal Sri Lankan migrants in Indonesia had been involved in human smuggling for a long time and it is believed that his office is based in India.

Alex also once belonged to `Kannan Gang` involved in street fights and was deported from Canada in 2003, after being arrested for trouble making. His date of birth is 6th January 1982.

According to the Sri Lanka Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia `Alex` had been involved in human smuggling for a long time and it is believed that his office is based in India. His brother who is now is Canada is also involved in human smuggling, and Canadian Mounted Police are after him, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said.