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Most of those who disappeared have re-appeared
Saturday, 1 September 2007 - 8:23 AM SL Time
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While claiming that reports on disappearances have dropped significantly in recent months, former High Court Judge Mahanama Tilakaratne, who heads the one-man Commission on abductions and disappearances yesterday said of the 1,992 thought to have disappeared from September last year to June this year, 1,425 had returned.
`Since last March, abductions and disappearances have significantly dropped mainly because of the government`s move to prevent such acts,` the former High Court Judge told journalists at the Information Department in Colombo.
He said the committee was still probing the cases relating to the remaining 567 who had disappeared and the outcome of the probe would be made known within the next two months.
The High Court Judge also said the highest number of abductions and disappearances had been reported between last December and January this year.
According to the Commission head most of the disappearances were linked to private matters.
`When a person is abducted, relatives make a complaint, but when he returns no one informs the authorities. This is the reason for the high figure,` he said.
Praising the police department for its contribution to prevent such abductions and disappearances the Judge said the government had paid serious attention by ordering the police to take every possible step to curb such actions.`
Commenting on the situation in the north including the Wanni region, he said 178 were reported to have been abducted but 50 had returned. Of 463 cases of disappearances, 143 had returned. He also said 321 killings were reported from the region during the same period.
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Roshan2007
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2 Sep 2007 03:55:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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..of the 1,992 thought to have disappeared from September last year to June this year, 1,425 had returned.
What happened to the rest of 567 people ?
Are they kaju ata or kos ata? |
rswkv
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2 Sep 2007 13:45:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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What happened to the rest of 567 people
Some could have gone to eelam. |
nirupam
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3 Sep 2007 04:34:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Mahanama Tilakaratne doesn't seem to know where they have re-appeared. His political guesses lead to more disappearances. The judge seems to be confused as no reasons are given for his pilitacal statements. Most of these disappearances happened in the SLA controlled areas of NorthEast but this judge make his comments by sitting in Colombo. |
nada
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3 Sep 2007 05:27:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Guys,
The poor retired judge wants to retain his job. For him his job is more important than the people who have vanished.
If he says the truth then his job and why even the white van treatment. Poor Mahanama too will join the missing persons list.
Very soon Athas, the famous war correspondent, too may vanish. Being a Muslim, as some one said, he may elope with another woman.
GOSL deserves special award for selecting such guys to lead the commissions and various secretariat.
There is one head of the peace secretariat and his job is to promote war rather than bringing in peace! |
PolBanda
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3 Sep 2007 06:58:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nada,
Whay don't you talk about the people captured by LTTE. Have you seen the cages in Thoppigala,where people have been tortured by LTTE?
Can you remember the poor engineer, who was killed by worker in his own house in Avissawell. Had not Police found the case, again it would go against SL government.
Rather, the respected judge want to protect the job, it is some NGo's and LTTE supporters want to keep the bogus figures. |
j2k6
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3 Sep 2007 11:40:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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| This FACT (IE. THAT MOST RETURN AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF ABSENCE) should be made clear to all foreign journalists in sri lanka. they constantly report that missing people disappear and are never heard from again- a blatant lie in respect of these findings which say something totally contrary. These journalists should ALSO realise that 'private issues' are cause to some of these disappearances. |
DrJones
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3 Sep 2007 12:57:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The crux of the matter is that there are people who are abducted for various reasons. Some turn up, some are never heard of. No one with a sane mind can say 'Hey look, we found about 70% of those who went missing, they turned up!', rather, they should investigate about the rest who were abducted/gone missing and are never heard from again. No one can justify a lesser number of disappearances, ('Ah it's only a few hundred people, it's OK'), the goal for the state should be 'Nil involuntary disappearances'. |
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