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Published on - 8/17/2004

Press Release (04/21) Army Headquarters – 17 August 2004 at 1800 hrs

LTTE REFUSE MONITORING MISSION INSPECTION

The Sri Lanka Navy during early hours on 16th August 2004 spotted a trawler moving under suspicious circumstances off Chalai close to Mullaitivu. The Navy craft, which detected this trawler, mounted surveillance on the suspected trawler during which it observed a fiberglass dinghy moving alongside the trawler.

It also observed several boxes suspected to be containing military hardware being unloaded from the trawler to the dinghy.

The Sri Lanka Navy informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) of the incident. The SLMM Monitors had tried to proceed to the Chalai area to inspect the trawler and examine the contents of the boxes but they were not allowed to do so by LTTE cadres.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) expects to raise this matter with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.