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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A [[Tamil Canadian]] computer-science student, '''Sathajhan Sarachandran''', is a member of the [[Tamil Tigers]] who pleaded guilty to trying to purchase [[Surface-to-air missile|anti-aircraft missile]]s for the militant group. He was convicted of supporting terrorism.<ref name="plead">[[The Globe and Mail]], [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090127.TAMIL27/TPStory/National Toronto man pleads guilty to aiding Tamil Tigers], January 27, 2009</ref><br />
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American [[Nadarasa Yogarasa]] was alleged to have helped Sarachandran concoct the plan, after Sarachandran contacted an [[FBI]] [[informant]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]], about purchasing weapons for the Tigers. The informant sent him e-mails suggesting he had ten [[9K38 Igla]] missiles and 500 [[AK-47]]s for $900,000, and suggested that the pair meet him in a New York warehouse.<ref name="plead"/> Two other Canadians, [[Sahilal Sabaratnam]] and [[Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam]], accompanied the pair, who traveled claiming they were attending a [[bachelor party]] in the state.<ref name="plead"/><ref name="gta"/><br />
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A student at the [[University of Windsor]],<ref name="gta">''[[Toronto Star]]'', [https://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/577776 GTA man pleads guilty in arms case], January 27, 2008</ref> Sarachandran claimed to have been in direct contact with leader [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] and had lately been speaking to intelligence chief [[Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)|Pottu Amman]].<ref name="plead"/><br />
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On January 26, 2009, he pleaded guilty, and two days later his co-defendants Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam also pleaded guilty.<ref>Bell, Stewart. [[National Post]], [http://www.canada.com/news/Canadians+plead+guilty+terror+trial/1226186/story.html Canadians plead guilty in terror trial], January 28, 2009</ref><br />
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In January 2010, Sarachandran was sentenced to 26 years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canadian+Tamil+Tiger+supporter+sentenced+years+prison/2476466/story.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100125025822/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canadian+Tamil+Tiger+supporter+sentenced+years+prison/2476466/story.html|archive-date = 2010-01-25|title = Home &#124; Ottawa Citizen}}</ref><br />
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