http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/default.asp Top Stories - Operation Leech ASP News Manager CMS V3.1 en-us 6/1/2009 8:18:05 AM Copyright http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Leading-Exile-Student-Group-Appeals-to-Indian-PM-on-Behalf-of-Freedom-Fighters.asp 2/12/2009 Dhaka: The Students and Youth Congress of Burma, a leading Burmese student group in exile, appealed to Indian Prime Minister H.E. Shri Manmohan Singh to release 34 Arakanese and KAren freedom fighters who have been detained in India since 1998. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Demonstration-in-favour-of-detained-Burmese-in-India.asp 2/10/2009 The pro-democracy Indian civil society groups and the exile Burmese in India have come together to raise voice for the detained 34 Burmese freedom fighters in Kolkata for their immediate release from the Presidency Jail http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Theres-another-twist-in-this-Leech-tale.asp 1/5/2009 The twists and turns of the past decade linked to Operation Leech are as mysterious as the military operation on the Andaman islands in February 1998, when six Burmese rebels were shot dead and 73 captured for allegedly occupying an Indian island for gun-running activities. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Vasantha-murder--IB-officer-acquitted.asp 12/19/2008 The Port Blair District and Sessions Court on Thursday acquitted K C Sureshkumar, former assistant director with the Intelligence Bureau in Andaman and Nicobar, in the murder of advocate T Vasantha. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Indias-Shortsighted-Approach-To-Burma-Policy.asp 4/14/2008 India and China are Burma's two giant neighbors - the former is the world's largest democracy and the latter is a communist dictatorship. Since the advent of a Chinese policy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping placing China's economic interests http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Release-Burmese-rebels-from-Indian-jail--Solidarity-Committee.asp 4/14/2008 Indian political parties including the Communist Party of India and the All India Forward Bloc today called on India to release the 34 Burmese rebels, who are now languishing in Kolkata's Presidency jail. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Czech-Republic,-East-Timor-offer-asylum-to-Burmese-rebels.asp 4/14/2008 East Timor and the Czech Republic have 'in principle' agreed to offer asylum to 34 Burmese ethnic rebels, who are currently lodged in Kolkata's presidency jail in India and facing trial for alleged gun-running. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Burmese-rebels-accuse-India-of-betrayal.asp 10/8/2007 Thirty-four men who are being tried in secret by India, accused of being arms smugglers, are Burmese anti-junta rebels who were once backed by the Indian army, say human rights activists who are demanding their freedom. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Operation-Leech-Defence-embarrassed.asp 8/31/2007 The trial of the infamous 1998 'Operation Leech' in the Kolkata court is turning out to be a public relations disaster for New Delhi vis-à-vis its ties with Yangon. That too at a crucial time when several big business deals with Myanmar's military junta hang in the balance. http://www.rakhapura.com/Operation-Leech/Courtroom-trial-tells-on-India-Myanmar-relations.asp 8/19/2007 The trial of the infamous 1998 ‘Operation Leech’ in Kolkata court is turning out to be a public relations disaster for New Delhi.