Britain probes ‘aid ship’ heading for Wanni

The Sri Lanka High Commission in London has raised serious concerns with the British authorities over a humanitarian aid ship scheduled to set sail from Britain next week, to deliver aid to the thousands of civilians trapped in the No Fire Zone in the Wanni.
The ship will carry over 2000 metric tonnes of food and medical aid for the civilians, collected by British politicians and celebrities, various British Tamil charities and UK based organization ‘Act Now.’
The ship, according to the organizers of the event will sail from Britain next week to deliver the aid supplies to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka High Commission in the UK says however that it has serious concerns about the ship’s cargo, claiming that Tigers have used previous aid ships to smuggle in arms and urged the British government to look into the issue, the Guardian reported.