(September 02, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) Papua New Guinea intelligence officials have arrested twelve Sri Lankan men, alleged to be planning to go to Australia using falsified documents, the Radio Australia reports.Our reporter in Port Moresby, Firmin Nanol, says the men are aged between 30 and 35.
PNG's National Intelligence Organisation, or NIO, arrested them in a Port Moresby hotel.
The NIO says they were planning to travel to Ausralia via PNG's Western province near the PNG-Australia border.
Intelligence officers have questioned the men, who they allege arrived in PNG this week on falsified tourist visas.
The NIO claims the men are members of the separatist Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger movement, and that they were on the run from a major offensive against the Tigers by the Sri Lankan government.
- Sri Lanka Guardian
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