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Sri Lanka Stops Aids Despite Confirming No Dangerous Intentions
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by sivakaran | June 8, 2009 at 08:26 am
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Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo.
This order was given despite accepting there was no ill-intention.
Sri Lanka's defense ministry had initially described the Captain Ali as an Tamil Tiger vessel but the BBC reported that Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa confirmed in a Sunday newspaper interview that the ship "did not have any dangerous intentions."
Sri Lankan autorities claimed that they were not informed and that ship entered illegally.
"The ship had tried to enter Sri Lankan waters without following the proper procedure," an official told news agencies.
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Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona had told the Daily Mirror newspaper that the government had not been informed of any such vessel coming here except through media reports were floating around that a vessel carrying aid was heading to Sri Lanka from Britain.
"The government knows nothing about this because we have not been informed. No one has contacted us to acquire visas or permission to enter our waters," Kohona had said.
Mercy Mission (UK) looked forward to overcome any paper work errors and ensure that the emergency humanitarian relief reaches the much needed IDPs.
Mercy Mission (UK) understands that the Sri Lanka Navy allege that the MV Captain Ali is not in compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. If this is the case and the non-Mercy Mission persons responsible for this compliance did not fulfil their responsibilities and handle these matters in the appropriate, professional manner, Mercy Mission (UK) apologizes, the statement said.
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Mercy Mission (UK) implores the Government of Sri Lanka to engage with the Mercy Mission in order to overcome any paperwork errors and ensure that the emergency humanitarian relief (food & medicine) donated by the Tamil Diaspora are delivered to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the camps.
The Mercy Mission (UK) further insists Sri Lankan authorities were informed.
But, Mercy Mission (UK) wishes to categorically state that the Government of Sri Lanka and the President of Sri Lanka have been notified of the Mercy Mission ship and the project to assist the 300,000 internally displaced persons living in the camps in the North on a number of occasions…
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at 12:20 on June 8th, 2009
When sri lanka governemt is not even generous enough to give the food and medicine for tamils, how could they give their rights .. All these attitudes justifies the need of Tamil Eelam.
at 12:29 on June 8th, 2009
Worse than Zimbawe. We found another Mugabe!!!!
at 14:53 on June 8th, 2009
This ship was sent by the Tamil terrorists in Europe for their fighters in the North. It set sail at a time when the terrorists held a substantial portion of the coast, and the supplies were meant to be for the fighers and their family members who were being starved by the government.
The collusion of an Icelandic national with this "mission" indicates the involvement of the so called European (=nordic neo-nazi) "aid workers" with the terrorists. This Icelandic nazi should have been shot for entering Sri Lankan waters illegally.
Of course we are not going to allow in an illegal ship. If they want the supplies to be sent to civilians, send it through an approved aid agency (Red Cross). Sorry to say fellas, but the aid working business in Sri Lanka is now over. We are not going to let these dirty corrupt aid workers skim millions off aid and live such a luxurious life in Sri Lanka thinking they are above the law. They should all be tarred and feathered and then deported (apart from the Red Cross local staff) to their own countries where they'll be unemployed. Get out of my country you white scum!!