PM reassures SLMC
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress that the issue of the LTTE setting up police stations and courts in the eastern province would be included in the agenda of the next round of peace talks between the government and the LTTE.

SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem said the LTTE action was a violation of the ceasefire agreement. "We have written to the Norwegian Ambassador as well as the Prime Minister and he has assured us that these matters would be taken up at the next round of talks. In the meantime, we expect the LTTE to exercise some restraint in this regards," Mr. Hakeem said.

He said the Muslims would never submit to LTTE domination. "We need substantial authority in our areas and we will not be subject to any compulsion to comply with an LTTE administration," he vowed.

Mr Hakeem met the Prime Minister to discuss the issue after the LTTE began setting up more police stations and prepared to set up its own courts in the East. The LTTE has declared that it would cover not only the uncleared areas, but also accommodate complaints from the cleared areas.

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