Gen. Goonewardene also said that officers attached to international development agencies don't come in SLAF planes. Aid personnel come in ICRC ships which operate only thrice a month. The Jaffna Security Forces Commander however said that almost anything, including computers were now available in the Peninsula. The private sector also charters ships. He said that this was despite the fact that there were three army divisions, as well as the navy, the SLAF and the police, numbering some 40,000, stationed in the peninisula.
Infiltrators are even in Colombo.
Gen. Goonewardene said that infiltration to the peninsula took place from the east, as well as from Ponneryn which was on the other side. The Jaffna Security Forces Commander said that some of the infiltrators come with forged identity cards as refugees. Gen. Goonewardene said that in Jaffna, like in Colombo, there are check-points, cordon and search operations. This is because we must ensure that the terrorists are not allowed to disrupt normalcy. He said that the infiltrators were hardcore armed cadres, such as the pistol group who are threatening politicians.