Sri Lankan officials dismissed Channel 4 News video evidence that showed LTTE journalist, Isaipriya, alive in Sri Lankan military custody before she was found killed.
The Sri Lankan government said instead, that Isaipriya was a Lieutenant Colonel of the LTTE and died in the final battle with the Sri Lankan army.
Speaking to BBC Tamil service, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan military, Brigadier Wanigasuriya, said,
“We reject outright the video. It is a complete fabrication.”
Further rejecting earlier videos of summary executions of LTTE combatants, he reiterated that no LTTE combatants had died in military custody stating,
“We have rehabilitated about 12000 (LTTE Members) and reintegrated into society.”
Wanigasuriya went on to argue that it was nothing new for Channel 4 to discredit Sri Lanka at important times for the country.
The latest rejection of video evidence comes as Channel 4 is set to screen the No Fire Zone movie on British television at 10.50pm this evening.
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