_ Mullaitivu - Protests have begun in front of the Kottapaya naval base in the Vattuvakal area. Land Survey Department officials visited the area for land acquisition for the naval base Landowners and political figures who had gathered at the site joined in the protest, demanding that the land not be surveyed. Tensions are high in the area and riot squads have been called in to the naval base. Most of the 617 acres of land in the Kottapaya naval base is public