Sri Lankan military has been intimidating the kith and kin of missing persons, reported Tamilnet. A group of Sri Lankan military intelligence operatives, summoned family members of the detained and disappeared persons and warned them not to pass on information to foreign agencies such as the United Nations.
When questioned by families about the whereabouts of the detained and missing persons, the Sri Lankan military continued to assert that they had only detained persons who were members of the LTTE.
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