Sri Lanka's justice minister, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said he "categorically rejects all allegations of war crimes against the armed forces" in an interview to the BBC Sandeshaya.
Mr Rajapakshe warned that "legal action would be taken against anyone who alleges that the country’s armed forces had committed war crimes", reported News Radio.
"Anyone who brought up the subject of mass graves in the North was an enemy of the nation and the war heroes," Mr Rajapakshe added.
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