The government is to investigate the TNA's complicity in crimes committed by the LTTE announced the paramilitary leader and deputy minister, Vinayagamoorthy Karuna.
The news was reported in the Sinhala language newspaper Divaina on Friday.
Translation by Keerthi Warnakulasooriya, reproduced below:
'The government has decided to investigate TNA's complicity in war crimes committed by Prabakaran.
The Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Karuna has revealed the relevant information concerning said crimes. He has revealed that the TNA received instructions from the political wing head of the Tigers, Thamilchelvan, when he met the TNA parliamentarians in Kilinochchi.
Moreover, Karuna has confirmed that the TNA MP Sritharan is a close relative of the former LTTE Jaffna commander, Theepan.
Meanwhile, the government has received information that the TNA parliamentary group, now in Switzerland, has demanded a war crime investigation against Sri Lanka.
The TNA group has also submitted a false report against Sri Lanka to the human rights council.'
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