The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has stepped into the row between the military and the Eastern province's chief minister, seeking reports on the incident from both parties.
The row was sparked off after the chief minister told a navy officer at a civilian event to "just get out of here", prompting the ministry of defence on Thursday to state the military would ban the chief minister from entering any camps.
Mr Wickremesinghe intends to hand over both reports to the president on his return from Japan, the Daily Mirror reported.
He has also requested both sides to stop giving comments to the media until the president has made a decision on the issue, the paper added.
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