The floating armory not regulated internationally a threat to India : Indian Navy commander hints at Gota’s armory
(Lanka-e-News- 09.Dec.2013, 10.00PM) The Indian Navy Commander Admiral D. K. Joshi had said , the armory located outside the legal territorial limits of Sri Lanka purportedly to ward off sea pirates and in the Indian sea territory is a threat to the security of India. He made this revelation to the Times of India newspaper.
The International Maritime Organization ( I M O) should introduce a regulating mechanism in regard to this armory , otherwise this is a serious unlawful operation in the Indian ocean , and is posing grave threats to the Indian security , Joshi added.
Recently , a shipping craft ‘MV Seaman Guard Ohio’ was taken into custody. In it there were 25 armed security personnel of 4 nationalities. They were taking a load of weapons and bullets unlawfully to Tuticorin . They belong to a private Co. which is providing security to commercial ships of sea pirates. There are a number of such companies operating in the Indian sea territory. In them there are also personal security details. They climb on to ships and climb down claiming that they are providing security to vessels which is part of their duty. Yet they do not state which country their vessels belong; no are there reports. This state of clandestine operations provide the best environment conducive to a terrorist who wants to cause a bomb attack.
How many of such vessels are there in this special security zone? What are the weapons that are there ? How many security soldiers are there ? In this connection an international regulatory mechanism must be put in place. Following the sinking of 4 parent ships of pirates in the vicinity of the Lakshadveepaya sea and Minicoy islands, within 450 nautical miles of the Indian territorial sea , there had been no piracy attacks for the last two years.
Hence this controversial floating armory is unnecessary, Indian Navy Commander had pinpointed. The latter who visited SL last month had echoed the same view when he was here too.
It is to be noted that it is the SL defense secretary who is the main person who is responsible for the maintenance of the floating armory off the seas of Galle citing the ground it is to safeguard commercial vessels from pirates of Somalia. It is noteworthy that this is run by a private security company belonging to the SL defense secretary.
Though Gotabaya is a defense secretary and a government servant and he cannot legally run such companies , yet since he belongs to the country’s ruling (rather country’s routing) Rajapakse family who think they are above the law , this defense secretary is running multiple private security firms under his security Organization illegally .
It was revealed in the British Parliament recently , that a British Co. had sold arms to this floating armory. Previously ,the United Arab emirates government impounded a ship loaded with arms headed for SL , but after the intervention of the SL Navy , the ship was released after the SL Navy claimed that they were consigned to SL . Intriguingly however this consignment of weapons never arrived in SL.
In truth this consignment of weapons were headed for Gotabaya’s floating armory. There is no report at all on the quantity of these weapons; out of whose funds? ; what are the weapons; what are they for? If a private Co. has imported them the details should be made known to the government. That procedure had also not been followed. It has also not been probed why a private Co. is in need of such a large consignment of weapons?
During the period of the LTTE terrorism , their main business apart from heroin was arms deals. At that time they imported 5000 tons of TNT explosives though that amount was not used during the war. After the war concluded too, that large amount of explosives was not retrieved which implies that the LTTE had sold the TNT to another terrorist organization. SL in fact received assistance internationally to crush the LTTE based on the grounds that the LTTE is not a rebel organization , and it is an organization that is a threat to the security of the entire zone .
Now the LTTE no longer exists . Yet there are demands for illicit arms. In India alone there are 35 terrorist organizations which are proscribed. Though the LTTE is not there its illicit arms dealing father is still there . His name is K.P. who is under the care ,protection and affection of Gotabaya . Even the wife of LTTE sea tiger leader Soosai who knows all the secrets is with Gotabaya . In addition Gotabaya had met with another LTTE leader in Italy and had discussions . The same defense secretary Gotabaya also has a floating armory and it is this armory that had received consignments of illicit arms from many countries without any records.
Don’t all the above data and details prove that SL defense secretary certainly has a very proud record to boast of ?
(Lanka-e-News- 09.Dec.2013, 10.00PM) The Indian Navy Commander Admiral D. K. Joshi had said , the armory located outside the legal territorial limits of Sri Lanka purportedly to ward off sea pirates and in the Indian sea territory is a threat to the security of India. He made this revelation to the Times of India newspaper.The International Maritime Organization ( I M O) should introduce a regulating mechanism in regard to this armory , otherwise this is a serious unlawful operation in the Indian ocean , and is posing grave threats to the Indian security , Joshi added.
Recently , a shipping craft ‘MV Seaman Guard Ohio’ was taken into custody. In it there were 25 armed security personnel of 4 nationalities. They were taking a load of weapons and bullets unlawfully to Tuticorin . They belong to a private Co. which is providing security to commercial ships of sea pirates. There are a number of such companies operating in the Indian sea territory. In them there are also personal security details. They climb on to ships and climb down claiming that they are providing security to vessels which is part of their duty. Yet they do not state which country their vessels belong; no are there reports. This state of clandestine operations provide the best environment conducive to a terrorist who wants to cause a bomb attack.
How many of such vessels are there in this special security zone? What are the weapons that are there ? How many security soldiers are there ? In this connection an international regulatory mechanism must be put in place. Following the sinking of 4 parent ships of pirates in the vicinity of the Lakshadveepaya sea and Minicoy islands, within 450 nautical miles of the Indian territorial sea , there had been no piracy attacks for the last two years.
Hence this controversial floating armory is unnecessary, Indian Navy Commander had pinpointed. The latter who visited SL last month had echoed the same view when he was here too.
It is to be noted that it is the SL defense secretary who is the main person who is responsible for the maintenance of the floating armory off the seas of Galle citing the ground it is to safeguard commercial vessels from pirates of Somalia. It is noteworthy that this is run by a private security company belonging to the SL defense secretary.
Though Gotabaya is a defense secretary and a government servant and he cannot legally run such companies , yet since he belongs to the country’s ruling (rather country’s routing) Rajapakse family who think they are above the law , this defense secretary is running multiple private security firms under his security Organization illegally .
It was revealed in the British Parliament recently , that a British Co. had sold arms to this floating armory. Previously ,the United Arab emirates government impounded a ship loaded with arms headed for SL , but after the intervention of the SL Navy , the ship was released after the SL Navy claimed that they were consigned to SL . Intriguingly however this consignment of weapons never arrived in SL.
In truth this consignment of weapons were headed for Gotabaya’s floating armory. There is no report at all on the quantity of these weapons; out of whose funds? ; what are the weapons; what are they for? If a private Co. has imported them the details should be made known to the government. That procedure had also not been followed. It has also not been probed why a private Co. is in need of such a large consignment of weapons?
During the period of the LTTE terrorism , their main business apart from heroin was arms deals. At that time they imported 5000 tons of TNT explosives though that amount was not used during the war. After the war concluded too, that large amount of explosives was not retrieved which implies that the LTTE had sold the TNT to another terrorist organization. SL in fact received assistance internationally to crush the LTTE based on the grounds that the LTTE is not a rebel organization , and it is an organization that is a threat to the security of the entire zone .
Now the LTTE no longer exists . Yet there are demands for illicit arms. In India alone there are 35 terrorist organizations which are proscribed. Though the LTTE is not there its illicit arms dealing father is still there . His name is K.P. who is under the care ,protection and affection of Gotabaya . Even the wife of LTTE sea tiger leader Soosai who knows all the secrets is with Gotabaya . In addition Gotabaya had met with another LTTE leader in Italy and had discussions . The same defense secretary Gotabaya also has a floating armory and it is this armory that had received consignments of illicit arms from many countries without any records.
Don’t all the above data and details prove that SL defense secretary certainly has a very proud record to boast of ?
