The Sri Lankan Army has rejected the claims laid out in the 2011 US State Department report on human rights, calling it ‘yet another wild allegation’.
Stating that the report was just another attempt by international powers to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces, military spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya said,
“There are no unlawful killings taking place in Sri Lanka and also no paramilitary groups operating as mentioned in the report.”
“We will investigate those complaints and take action where necessary”
Wanigasuriya further went on to state that the carrying of weapons by armed forces was legal and that suspects had been arrested in the murder case of Canadian Tamil Anthonypillai Mahendrasa.
See our earlier posts:
‘We are watching and we are holding you accountable’ (25 May 2012)
Murder of Canadian Tamil ‘solved’ (24 May 2012)
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