Members of the military are demanding information from the Divisional Secretariats about the people who reported to the presidential commission on the disappeared in Jaffna, reported the Uthayan newspaper.
The army is said to be focusing on the details of those witnesses who implicated the security forces in their testimony. The majority of the 175 witnesses have blamed the army for the disappearances, the paper further said.
Desperate search for disappeared continues (16 Feb 2014)
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