The former Sri Lanka army commander Sarath Fonseka, said he was 100% sure the army as a whole did not commit any war crimes in the final stages of the armed conflict, as he "was monitoring each and every progress day and night".
Adding that there were allegations such as the white flag case, Mr Fonseka, who recently joined the ruling UNP led coalition government as a minister, said there should be an inquiry into the case.
"The Army as a whole did not commit any offense like that. I am 100% sure since I was monitoring each and every progress day and night. But there were allegations, such as the White Flag case. There were people who were trying to link me to this episode and put me to jail. I think that there should be a proper inquiry on the White Flag issue," he told Nation.lk in an interview published on Saturday.
"I can give the assurance for 99.9% for the Army that nothing like that would have happened. But if one odd man somewhere has committed anything without the knowledge of the others or the authorities, he should be punished."
