91.   Navy patrol boats that chased the trawler issued repeated warnings before opening fire, Ramli said.

92.   Navy patrols boats which chased the trawler issued repeated warnings before opening fire, Ramli said.

93.   One survivor, identified only as Uchendu, said he was rescued by a navy patrol and blamed the accident on overloading of the ship.

94.   Ronnie Labigan was in shock when a navy patrol boat picked him up off Maimbung late Wednesday, several hours after escaping, Marine Colonel Ponciano Millena told reporters.

95.   Sources reported seeing two navy patrol boats in hot pursuit of the ferry, as thousands of people gathered on the shore to watch.

96.   The ban was put into effect several years ago to prevent Tigers posing as fishermen from attacking navy patrols.

97.   The navy patrol was moving from the northeastern port of Trincomalee and moving northwards towards the peninsula of Jaffna when it was attacked, the sources said.