The Director General of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle, dismissed the statement made by Human Rights Watch as "part of promoting pro-LTTE propaganda".
Hulugalle added,
“Even when the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was established to look in to these allegations, they had a negative approach and criticised it.”
HRW denounced the Sri Lankan army’s own inquiry into alleged rights violations as yet another delaying tactic, aimed at stalling international pressure and action.
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