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FSP warns thousands of RAW operatives in Lanka, claims threat to national sovereignty
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that approximately 4,000 operatives from India’s premier intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), are currently active in Sri Lanka. The claim was made by FSP Propaganda Secretary Duminda Nagamuwa during a seminar titled “Is India the Big Brother?” held at the Foundation Institute in Colombo last week.
Nagamuwa accused RAW operatives of facilitating India’s strategic initiatives aimed at seizing control of critical national assets, including oceans, energy resources, land, ports, and airports. “India’s ambitions extend beyond economic agreements and could ultimately jeopardize Sri Lanka’s sovereignty,” Nagamuwa warned.
He cited President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to India in December, during which discussions reportedly culminated in awarding the digital national identity card contract to an Indian company. “If implemented, this poses a severe national security threat,” he said.
Nagamuwa also highlighted land allocation concerns in Trincomalee, where 7,000 acres, including port areas, have been designated as an Indian economic zone. The allocation could displace nearly 3,765 families, with relocation and compensation efforts already underway under the current administration.
India’s involvement in Sri Lanka’s energy sector was another focus of the seminar. Nagamuwa referenced the reversal of a renewable energy project awarded to a Chinese firm, which was later handed to an Indian company following Indian intervention. He noted the Adani Group’s growing presence, with approval to build wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn generating 350 MW, and potential expansion to 20,000 MW. “This could make Sri Lanka’s power sector heavily reliant on Adani, mirroring its influence in Bangladesh,” Nagamuwa said.
Additionally, Nagamuwa criticized the leasing of the Trincomalee oil tank farm to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for 37 years, later extended by another 50 years under Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s administration. Plans for an oil pipeline from India to Trincomalee signal further Indian control over energy resources, he said.
Nagamuwa expressed concerns over India’s growing influence in ports, airports, and transport infrastructure. He pointed to plans for ferry services, high-speed road and rail links, and potential control of airports like Palaly to enhance connectivity with Indian cities.
Citing the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), Nagamuwa warned it could lead to an influx of Indian labor into Sri Lanka, impacting local employment and wages.
He urged the government to recognize these trends as a threat to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, warning of economic encroachment reminiscent of China’s acquisition of the Hambantota Port. “Sri Lanka risks losing control of its resources and infrastructure, undermining energy independence and economic stability,” Nagamuwa said.
During an operation conducted in the dark hours of 22 Feb 26, the Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended twelve (12) Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, in the sea area south of Mannar.
The seized boat and the Indian fishermen were handed over to the Fisheries Inspector of Dikovita for onward legal proceedings.
FSL assures legal backing for them
Families of those sentenced to death by the Three-member Gampaha High Trial-at-Bar, over the killing of SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Atukorale, and his police bodyguard, met a senior official of the Presidential Secretariat, yesterday (23), to seek backing for their move to appeal against the verdict.
Having made representations, they addressed the media, outside the Presidential Secretariat, where they declared their intention to move the higher court against the decision.
The SLPP MP and his security officer were killed by an Aragalaya mob on 09 May, 2022, at Nittambuwa. The same day Aragalaya mobs unleashed violence against the then government MPs across the country, torching dozens of their properties.
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday said that they would help the families of those sentenced to death to move court against the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar decision. Responding to The Island queries, FSP spokesman Pubudu Jayagoda said that their representatives had already met the families and necessary work was being done to move the Supreme Court. Twenty three persons were acquitted and four handed six-month prison terms, suspended for five years
Jayagoda said that one of the HC judges differed in the ruling. Asked whether they received backing from any other political party and groups that had been involved in the 2022 protest campaign to defend those who had been found guilty, Jayagoda said such support was lacking.
The JVP/NPP played a significant role in the violent protest campaign that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down. Pointing out that the Attorney General, too, was appealing against the court decision on the basis that the number of persons sentenced to death should be much higher, Jayagoda said that the Nittambuwa incident couldn’t be examined in isolation without taking into consideration the SLPP goon attack on Galle Face protesters on 09 May, 2022. (SF)
Offshore Patrol Vessel P 628 of the Sri Lanka Navy departed Baltimore, USA, for Colombo, on 20 February.
The ex-United States Coast Guard Cutter, USCGC Decisive was officially handed over to the SLN on 02 December, 2025, as the latest addition to the SLN fleet, under the Pennant Number P 628.
Measuring 64 metres in length, this ‘B-Type Reliance Class 210-foot Cutter’ is equipped with advanced technological systems and facilities, capable of conducting extensive surveillance operations spanning up to 6,000 nautical miles per patrol.
The vessel’s voyage to Colombo is historic, possibly marking the longest-ever passage undertaken by a Sri Lanka Navy ship. Covering approximately 14,775 nautical miles, the journey will see the P 628 navigate from Baltimore through the Atlantic Ocean, the Panama Canal (a first for a Sri Lankan naval vessel), the Pacific Ocean, and into the Indian Ocean, via the Straits of Malacca. The ship is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka during the first week of May, 2026.
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