Peiris: UN inquiry is a 'travesty of justice'

Sri Lanka's minister of external affairs reiterated the government's refusal to take part in the UN inquiry into mass atrocities stating that the OHCHR Investigation into Sri Lanka (OISL) was a "travesty of justice".

Speaking at Sri Lanka's Defence seminar on Monday, G.L. Peiris said "evidence for the investigation is being clandestinely collected by people in Sri Lanka" and claimed that witnesses were being paid to submit evidence, the Colombo Gazette reports.

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