China protests to Tyronne
By Chris Kamalendran
China yesterday strongly protested to the government over the Mullaitivu incident where suspected LTTE cadres attacked a trawler, killing 15 Chinese nationals and three Sri Lankans.

Chinese Embassy Counsellor Zhang Weiguo fired out a protest to Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando and called for a full investigation following claims by the injured crewmen that the attack was carried out by the LTTE.

Minister Fernando told The Sunday Times a full investigation was being conducted.
The protest from the Chinese embassy came as the Scandinavian monitors were undecided whether the investigations came under their purview.

"According to the statements recorded from the survivors, the attack was carried out by LTTE members who were in civilian clothing. But we will have to check as to how these people were identified," Monitoring Mission spokesman Teitur Torkelsson said.

He said the monitors had recorded the statements of the survivors and would also be meeting the LTTE leadership on the incident. Meanwhile Navy sources said last night that so far no bodies of the crew members who died in the attack had been recovered.

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