The Patriotic National Movement, in a press statement issued yesterday (24), warned the authorities to be wary of certain NGOs backed by some foreign bodies which were, under the cover of providing humanitarian assistance to tsunami affected areas of the country, importing helicopters, vehicles, heavy machinery and other material to be handed over to LTTE.
The LTTE was known to have possessed a light aircraft even before the tsunami disaster and now the intelligence sources have said the organization possesses two light aircraft. How the LTTE procured these aircraft and why a particular NGO imported two helicopters has to be viewed as very serious matters affecting the national security of the country and authorities should without taking heed of the liberal views in some quarters should take stringent measures to stem the tide of aid flow into the LTTE and prevent the danger of the organization making use of the tsunami to pose a stronger threat to national security, the statement said.
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