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Tiger rump and supporters still pursuing
separatist agenda:
Formidable Tri-Forces essential for national security - Defence
Secretary
* ‘Tigers have not changed stripes’
* Country has a strong democracy
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday
said that the country was not yet free of the threat of LTTE
separatism and though many LTTE-friendly groups and individuals
function overseas separately, they have one common objective of
dismembering Sri Lanka and establishing a separate state. He made
this observation at a public lecture on ‘Future Challenges to
National Security in Sri Lanka’ organized by Sri Lanka Foundation
Institute and Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, at the
auditorium of the Institute.
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Navy after human smugglers
The Navy has tightened its surveillance and
patrols in the coastal belt around the country with special
attention paid to seas off Mannar, Kalmunai and certain other areas
in the South to combat a spate of illegal activities - especially
human smuggling. Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya
said that with this heightened surveillance the Navy yesterday,
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Forest officers in shoot-out with treasure hunters
A man was injured in a shooting incident between
forest officers and a group of treasure hunters when the suspects
attempted to dig for treasure in the heart of Maduruoya National
Park. Police Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said,
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