Navy headquarters yesterday reiterated that an abandoned LTTE camp at Palampatar was destroyed a few days ago. This was in response to an LTTE statement posted on TamilNet.
The TamilNet report said: "The SLN has fabricated the story of destroying a LTTE camp in Palampoddaru area along Trincomalee-Kandy road to justify its false claim that LTTE had constructed several new camps in Trincomalee," Elilan, LTTE Trincomalee district Political Head told Tamil Net, reacting to media reports Monday that Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) had destroyed a Liberation Tigers camp.
"There is no truth in the SLN’s claim. Because the LTTE at no stage had old or new camps in the particular place which is located close to army and navy camps," said Elilan.
The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission did not inform the LTTE about the SLN claim that it had located a LTTE camp in Palampoddaru area," Elilan said.
The SLN in its report said the LTTE camp was destroyed by government troops in the presence of SLMM monitors.
Elilan Tuesday met the acting head of the Sri Lanka Monitor-ing Mission (SLMM) in Trin-comalee regarding the claim of SLN destroying LTTE camp in the presence of SLMM monitors.
SLMM monitors in Trinco-malee are reported to have maintained silence when Elilan poin-ted out that LTTE had no camps in the particular area before and after the ceasefire agreement."
(http://www.island.lk/2004/11/04/news3.html)
