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Suresh Sriskandarajah is a Canadian citizen who fell under suspicion from US security officials of providing illegal support for the Tamil Tigers.〔 〕〔 〕 Sriskandarajah was born in Sri Lanka. In 1989 his family fled to Montreal to avoid the violent civil war taking place in the northern part of the country. Sriskandarajah enrolled in the electrical engineering program at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.〔 〕 All Waterloo Engineering students participate in a co-op program, where they alternate one work term with one study term. Sriskandarajah spent two of his six co-op work terms on jobs in Sri Lanka. Just prior to his second 2005 work term, Sri Lanka's coast was one of the regions that suffered from the devastating Dec. 26, 2004 Tsunami that swept the Indian Ocean. Sriskandarajah would later describe abandoning his co-op work to join in trying to rescue survivors and make sure they were fed, housed and received medical care.〔 〕 In these accounts he described working with members of the Tamil Tigers. Sriskandarajah has been described as a gifted student, who was also active in campus activities, including a leadership role in the Tamil students association, and working on ''The Imprint'' the independent student newspaper. Sriskandarajah founded a web design company after earning his undergrad degree, and enrolled in the Master of Business Administration program at Wilfrid Laurier University—down the street from the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario. American security officials sought to extradite Sriskandarajah in 2006, while he was working on his MBA.〔 〕 Sriskandarajah was released on bail, during the long extradition process, and completed his MBA and a PhD. In May 2010 Sriskandarajah agreed to be interviewed by Stewart Bell, of the ''National Post''—his first interview since the US initiated its extradition request in 2006.〔 In January 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeals turned down his appeal of that extradition request.〔 〕 On December 14, 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada also rejected his appeal, and that of two other men.〔 〕 Although he had insisted on his innocence for over six years Sriskandarajah pled guilty on July 3, 2013, about six months after his extradition.〔 〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suresh Sriskandarajah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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