Sri Lanka's president and prime minister are to head a series of high level security meetings in which new security measures are to be laid out, reports The Sunday Leader.
Sri Lanka's Intelligence Unit has been preparing a report to president to government leaders at a series of round table meetings, in the wake of remarks made by the Joint Opposition.
Opposition parliamentarians had raised concerns over security in the Tamil North-East after the reported discovery of explosives and weapons in Jaffna and Mannar earlier this month.
In response, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to interrogate former foreign minister G L Peiris over remarks he made about the explosives, accusing him of having links to the LTTE, whilst Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena reiterated his commitment to national security.
See our earlier posts:
Sri Lankan president ‘totally committed to safeguarding national security’ (07 Apr 2016)
Ranil accuses opposition of ‘LTTE connection’ as Peiris questioned by CID (03 Apr 2016)
Sri Lanka pledges to monitor 'terrorist activity' after arms found in Mannar (01 Apr 2016)
Security ramped up in Jaffna after discovery of explosives (31 Mar 2016)