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| Sunday, 27 March 2005 |
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No LTTE camp in Govt controlled area Joint Operations Headquarters in a press release denies existence of any LTTE camp in Government-controlled areas. The release goes on to say that the Army categorically denies existence of any LTTE camp in government-controlled areas in remote Thivichchenai village in Polonnaruwa district and allegations that the particular village was ringed by Army camps and detachments. In fact, Mutugala Army Camp, being the one and only nearest camp to Thivichchenai, is also situated about three kilometres away. 'A factually inaccurate report that was printed in a weekend English newspaper, 20th March 2005, and subsequently picked up by some wire services and other electronic media to the same effect, has deliberately placed national security interests at risk while attempting to jeopardise peace overtures now being undertaken at government level in order to seek a lasting solution to the national question. 'As normalcy was returning fast to those areas, particularly in the aftermath of the ceasefire agreement, presence of unarmed LTTE cadres as well as LTTE Karuna cadres has been observed in many remote areas in both Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa districts. The scale down of security measures and relaxation of restrictions in those areas however enabled such movements and their presence en masse. Similarly, reports of movement of armed LTTE cadres in those areas have also been referred to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission on a number of occasions. 'LTTE internal rivalry during the past few weeks saw an escalation of LTTE violence and killings in the east compelling Security Forces to intensify their security surveillance in those areas with deployment of additional troops. As alleged in the media, the Army intelligence cannot be blamed for
renewed bout of LTTE violent acts in the east, particularly between LTTE
Wanni cadres and its Karuna faction. |
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