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SLMM to double check on disputed camp
The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission is to make a further effort tomorrow to resolve the crisis over the LTTE's refusal to pull a military camp out of what is widely seen as a government-controlled area.

SLMM Deputy Chief Hagrup Hauckland said the monitors were standing by their ruling that the camp was in government-controlled territory in Kinniya and should be pulled out but it would send officers for a further survey in view of the LTTE's insistence that the camp was in its territory.

"We will send our officers to carry out a fresh survey. We are convinced that the camp is in a government-controlled area but the LTTE claims otherwise. The LTTE continues to ignore our ruling but we hope to sort out the matter. Work is expected to begin tomorrow," Mr. Hauckland said.

Meanwhile, Monitoring Mission chief Tryggve Telefsen is to meet LTTE political leader S. P. Thamilselvan tomorrow to discuss various issues, including the controversy over the camp.

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