Sri Lanka Navy rescued 71 from human smugglers

[rapa]

Sri Lanka Navy rescued 71 people from a large trawler which the SLN towed to Trincomalee after it was disabled off Mullaitivu. The vessel was first detected 150 nautical miles off Sri Lanka's East coast. Investigations revealed that the trawlers was engaged in a human smuggling operation. There had been 91 Myanmar and Balngladeshi nationals on board. Twenty of them had died due to hunger and their bodies had been thrown into the sea.

The Navy first suspected the trawler to be smuggling arms for the LTTE. It is not yet revealed who is behind the human smuggling operation.

 

[shiwankaswe]

hoda news akak thanks

 

[lasitha3]

thanks macho......

 

[rapa]

It is now confirmed that the suspicious vessel detected in the seas of Mullaithiv is not a ship transporting arms to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE). Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) dispatched several of its fast attack craft and warships to investigate the vessel when its presence was detected for the first time close to midnight yesterday.

Apparently the ship was transporting illegal immigrants from Myanmar to Malaysia and was left stranded in the seas north est of Sri Lanka when it was hit by engine failure. Out of the 120 immigrants on board, nearly 40 have died due to the lack of essential supplies. The rest of the personnel on board have been rescued by the SLN.

Correction: The ship was transporting 91 passengers and 20 of them had died by the time the ship was discovered by SLN. Rest have been rescued. Several of the survivors too are in critical condition.

Update: The ship has been towed to the Trincomalee port.

 

[sakala]

thanx RAPA...

 

[rapa]

Navy Kindness
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[nagaya]

Navy Kindness
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[ereshthush]

thanks machan for de news

 

[sonicvc15]

ela ape y virayoo batte denawaaa

 

[trevyy]

thanx machan............

thank god they were found otherwise by the time the ship got 2 Malaysia all the ppl will be dead.....

thees smugglers should be shot......... SIN AFTER ALL ITS HUMAN LIVES""""""