granthamjournal.co.uk on February 20, 2012 reported that a London doctor who assisted a terrorist group has been struck off. Dr Muregeshu Vinayagamoorthy wanted to return to his GP surgery in Enfield, north London, after he spent four-and-a-half years in a US prison for providing material support to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers – renowned for their use of suicide bombers and child soldiers. He was detained following a taped conversation with undercover US government agents in which he attempted to bribe them into removing the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) from the country's list of designated foreign terrorist organisations. Dr Vinayagamoorthy, 62, denies being a LTTE member or supporter but pleaded guilty to the offence, committed in September 2005. A General Medical Council disciplinary panel ruled that his fitness to practise was impaired because of his conviction and conduct that was "fundamentally incompatible" with his continued registration.

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