LTTE will be wiped out - PM

Dayaratna Kumarasinghe, Kalutara District Group Corr.

LTTE terrorists reeling under successive defeats suffered at the hands of Security Forces are now restricted to two areas in the north only. The humanitarian operation launched by the Government to liberate the Northern people from the clutches of terrorists will be continued until the terrorists are totally wiped out from their remaining pockets, said Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.

The Prime Minister said so addressing a meeting which followed the opening of the Horana new police station built at a cost of Rs. 40 million on January 18. The Prime Minister said, "As Sri Lankans we have no other country to seek refuge.

Therefore, we should protect and safeguard our country with self sacrifice without allowing barbaric terrorists to disintegrate it. The terrorists today could not match the Security Forces which are conducting their operations with the aid of high technology."

The Prime Minister said he would not divulge the day on which terrorists would be totally wiped out and the war ended since it would help the enemy.

Only an area of a few kilometres was left to be liberated from terrorists' clutches and the people should help the forces to achieve that objective by assisting police to keep peace and law and order in their areas.

IGP Victor Perera said under Mahinda Chinthana it has been planned to construct modern fully equipped buildings for ill-equipped police stations in the Kalutara District.

Already Moragahahena, Dodangoda and Panadura and Horana Police stations have been provided with new buildings under this programme. New buildings would also be provided to 40 more police stations throughout the country.

Panadura SSP Sumith Edirisinghe, Horana SLFP Chief Organiser Vidura Wickramanayake and Horana Police OIC Anura Randeniya also spoke.