Original sentence: There were conflicting reports from Thailand that Pathmanathan had been arrested on September 11, 2007
Edited sentence: Earlier there were conflicting reports from Thailand that Pathmanathan had been arrested on September 11, 2007.Initial reports suggested that he was captured in Thailand, but this was denied by Thai authorities.Pathmanadan was arrested in a South East Asian country on August 5, 2009.The LTTE claimed he was arrested in Malaysia, which was again denied by the Malaysian authorities.The Sri Lankan Government announced that he was brought to Colombo, and credited the Sri Lankan intelligence agencies for the arrest