Malaysia is “watching and monitoring the progress of reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction” in Sri Lanka, said a Malaysian MP, ahead of a visit by a group of parliamentarians to the North-East.
Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto said in a statement said her government would never forget the deaths of over 40,000 Tamils in 2009, and stated that the parliamentarians trip would be to “ensure that the spirit of basic human rights was upheld in Sri Lanka and other democratic nations too”.
The Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on Displaced People of Sri Lanka will be visiting the North-East and will “engage with other caucuses and national human rights institutions to pressure the government to keep its promises,” she said.
“It’s heartbreaking to visit the land where tens of thousands of ethnic Tamils had perished at the hands of the savage Rajapakse regime,” added the MP.
“The way forward, to be the voice of the ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, was to constantly pressure and take the Sri Lanka Government to task and make known that Malaysia and Malaysian MPs are watching and monitoring the progress of reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts for the displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka.”
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Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto said in a statement said her government would never forget the deaths of over 40,000 Tamils in 2009, and stated that the parliamentarians trip would be to “ensure that the spirit of basic human rights was upheld in Sri Lanka and other democratic nations too”.
The Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on Displaced People of Sri Lanka will be visiting the North-East and will “engage with other caucuses and national human rights institutions to pressure the government to keep its promises,” she said.
“It’s heartbreaking to visit the land where tens of thousands of ethnic Tamils had perished at the hands of the savage Rajapakse regime,” added the MP.
“The way forward, to be the voice of the ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, was to constantly pressure and take the Sri Lanka Government to task and make known that Malaysia and Malaysian MPs are watching and monitoring the progress of reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts for the displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka.”
See more from Free Malaysia Today here.