According to a Home Office statement, British police and immigration officials arrested Karuna Amman following a joint operation between Britain's new Border and Immigration Agency and London police.
Timeline of events under "Child recruitment" issue
In a report to the Security Council, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has - for the first time - recommended "targeted measures" against the LTTE and the Karuna faction due to the groups’ continued refusal to completely cease the recruitment of children.
Allan Rock, the U.N. special representative for children and armed conflict on Sri Lanka, announces that a section of the Government forces has been actively aiding and abetting the Karuna faction in recruiting child soldiers to fight the LTTE.
Aerial bombing by Sri Lankan air force kills an estimated 61 children at a school in Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government justifies the attack on the basis that the alleged 'orphanage' is a training camp for child soldiers.
The fourth round of peace talks takes place in Thailand from 6 to 9 January. Talks focus on the deliberations of the Sub-Committee on De-escalation and Normalisation, formulation of a plan for an Accelerated Resettlement Programme for the Jaffna district and human rights and child recruitment issues.
27 prisoners, some former child soldiers of the LTTE who had surrendered to the authorities, are killed and another eighteen injured when an estimated 3,000 strong mob attacked the National Youth Services Council rehabilitation camp in Bindunuwewa, Bandarawela.
26 child LTTE cadres, aged between 15 and 18, surrender to the government security forces at Mankulam.
