Extended Family: Rathika Sitsabaiesan

Rathika Sitsabaiesan: Rathika Sitsabaiesan, the 32-year-old NDP MP for Scarborough-Rouge River, said in a statement she had been subject to political intimidation while visiting extended family in Sri Lanka, and had been warned that she could be arrested and deported, according to The Star. The Canadian government later confirmed those reports were false and A Scarborough MP visiting her native Sri Lanka confirmed Wednesday that authorities have not ordered her arrest, clarifying earlier reports she had been confined to her hotel. Sri Lankan media reports on Tuesday said that Sitsabaiesan, the first person of Tamil descent elected to the House of Commons and a vocal critic of Sri Lankas treatment of Tamils during the countrys civil war, had been placed under house arrest in her hotel in the northern city of Jaffna. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.