Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) revealed that the identity cards of abducted Tamil youth were found in the possession of a Sri Lankan navy officer.
Investigating the abduction of six Tamil youth from Colombo, Police spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekera said, “these abductions have taken place during the latter part of the war and they had been detained at Navy camps in Trincomalee and at Chaithya Road in Colombo”.
“National identity cards of these abducted youths had been found in the possession of one Navy officer at the time of his arrest,” he added.
No one has yet been charged with the abductions.
The spokesperson went on to state that whilst two of the suspected navy officers had since retired, “it is also stated that some, who are still in service, are making efforts to safeguard the suspects”.
Also see our earlier posts:
Sri Lankan navy commander ‘aware of abductions’ of children (24 June 2015)
Sri Lankan Navy abducted children confirms police spokesperson (03 Mar 2015)
Sri Lankan attorney general will not represent navy in abduction case (24 Apr 2015)
Strong international involvement needed to address ongoing torture in Sri Lanka says Freedom From Torture (13 August 2015)
Sri Lanka continues 'multifaceted assault of terror' on Tamils under new government (29 Jul 2015)
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