The Sri Lankan government will pay for the legal costs of military personnel facing war crimes charges, Minister Champika Ranawaka assured military officers, the country's Sunday Times newspaper reported.
The minister, who is also the General Secretary of the Buddhist monk party, the JHU, has reportedly been assigned the task of speaking to the armed forces about the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka report, by the president, Maithripala Sirisena, and the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe.
"The prospects of officers or other ranks in the armed forces facing charges of war crimes appeared minimal in the light of mechanisms the Government is putting in place," the paper noted.
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The minister, who is also the General Secretary of the Buddhist monk party, the JHU, has reportedly been assigned the task of speaking to the armed forces about the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka report, by the president, Maithripala Sirisena, and the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe.
"The prospects of officers or other ranks in the armed forces facing charges of war crimes appeared minimal in the light of mechanisms the Government is putting in place," the paper noted.
See more here.