evidence: PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Opposition parties have insisted that control acts committed by the Guyanese army in the disputed Tigri Area, claimed by Suriname as part of its territory, should not go unanswered. The issue was raised in a public session of the Parliament on Thursday by National Democratic Party (NDP) faction leader Rabin Parmessar following media reports that the Guyana Defence Force intercepted a Brazilian helicopter in the Tigri Area last week and detained two Brazilian nationals. Since 1969, Guyana and Suriname have been at odds over the sovereignty of the Tigri Area, known in Guyana as the New River Triangle. Guyana has laid claim to the area and, in 1969, used military force to drive out the Surinamese armed forces and has occupied it ever since.