Canadian Tamil Congress - Deliberately Targeted

The Toronto Police Intelligence Unit has taken over the investigation into a break-in at the Canadian Tamil Congress. A spokesperson for the group said someone broke into their Toronto office sometime Saturday night, ransacked the premises and stole a computer. The congress initially said the computer contained sensitive information — including birth certificates, names and contact information — for hundreds of Tamil migrants who arrived in Canada last month. But congress members now say there wasn't as much sensitive information on the computer as was previously thought, and all information was encrypted. But congress spokesman David Poopalapillai said the organization is not taking the break-in lightly. He believes the office was deliberately targeted by someone seeking sensitive information on Tamil migrants. "Someone clearly don't want us [to do] what we are doing and they are sending a very strong message, you know, 'We are after you,'" he said. "They're trying to silence us and they're trying to do some damage for the work we do. [But] we won't be silenced."