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Kiriella wants both war crimes documentaries telecast
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 - 1:40 AM SL Time
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The JVP yesterday said that no one could be held accountable for war crimes or crimes against humanity on the basis of allegations made by a section of the media, a country or a group of countries.
JVP parliamentarian Vijitha Herath emphasised that allegations could be brought by any party at the conclusion of a conflict not only here but in any part of the world, though they couldn t be accepted as the truth, without being investigated.
He was responding to the latest Channel 4 allegation that former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka, too, had been directly implicated in deliberate heavy shelling of civilians during the final phase of the conflict. Channel 4 alleged that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and General Fonseka had been aware of sustained heavy artillery attacks on civilians, on the Vanni east front.
The JVP joined the UNP and the TNA to back Gen. Fonseka s candidature at the Jan. 2010 presidential poll.
Jon Snow, who presented Sri Lanka s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished cited a specific case involving the Defence Secretary and army chief to allege shelling of civilian population. Snow s allegation was based on an Australian UN worker calling on the Australian High Commission to intervene on his behalf to have the artillery fire stopped. The presenter claimed the Australian HC got through to both Messrs Rajapaksa and Fonseka and was able to shift oncoming artillery fire.
The documentary blames President Mahinda Rajapaksa for crimes against humanity. Major General Shavendra Silva and Major General Prasanna Silva are the other Sri Lankans blamed for war crimes. The documentary faults Shavendra Silva for his role as the General Officer Commanding 58 Division, whereas Prasanna Silva is held accountable for atrocities committed by the 55 Division.
Asked whether the UNP was aware of Channel 4 making fresh allegations against General Fonseka, UNP spokesman Lakshman Kiriella, MP said that the former Army chief, too, had been categorised as a war criminal by a section of the media. But the issue here is whether the Rajapaksa administration has missed an opportunity to avoid the Geneva confrontation with the US due to its reckless and irresponsible attitude,` the Kandy District MP said.
`Those in power made several major mistakes. The first was the refusal to allow UNSG Ban Ki-moon s Panel of Experts (PoE) to visit Sri Lanka. If those in power allowed the PoE to interview Gen. Fonseka, he could have cleared many allegations. Then they prevented Gen. Fonseka from appearing before the Lessons learnt and Reconciliation Commission. Whatever the criticism against General Fonseka, no one can deny his role in the war.`
Parliamentarian Kiriella alleged that the government had made another foolish mistake by ignoring an invitation from the US to discuss the issue. Had the government accepted that invitation, the two parties could have come to some sort of understanding, he said. Unfortunately, it wasn t the case, he said.
The UNP spokesman acknowledged that war crimes allegations directed against Sri Lanka were not an isolated case. Wars had never been fought in keeping with international laws, the attorney-at-law said, adding that all countries engaged in conflicts were responsible for atrocities.
The MP urged President Rajapaksa to take the people into his confidence and telecast both Sri Lanka s Killing Fields and Sri Lanka s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished.` It would be ridiculous to deny the ordinary people an opportunity to view the documentaries and come to a conclusion, as the entire world and those with access to the internet had already seen both.
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that war crimes allegations directed against Sri Lanka were not an isolated case. Wars had never been fought in keeping with international laws, the attorney-at-law said, adding that all countries engaged in conflicts were responsible for atrocities.
Sri Lanka faced the worst situation and did the best Sri Lanka could do.
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| A person accused of murder cannot build his defense based on another murderer being on the lose. Law enforcement might look for the other murderer to solve another case but it has no relevence to this case. |
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19 Mar 2012 19:16:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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A person accused of murder cannot build his defense based on another murderer being on the lose.
what about Overseas Living Tamils supporting terrorist - killers in the name of a struggle.
Don't use your WETHAMIZ mentality and twist the question and the response. |
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19 Mar 2012 19:20:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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WETHAMIZ mentality
Everyone speaks of this mentality but I do not understand, can you expand on it?
what about Overseas Living Tamils supporting terrorist - killers in the name of a struggle.
This is some thing that you could explore if you have an unbias, independent, investigation. So now you see why you should support the reso?
I am with you. Lets bring all to justice and close this at least for the future generations. |
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19 Mar 2012 19:24:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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I am with you. Lets bring all to justice and close this at least for the future generations.
To begin with, Tamils should hand over all the LTTE fund raisers and funding organizations - heads to the Sri Lankan govt.
If you don't agree to Sri Lanka we can send them to Abu gharib or gunatamo.
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I think they had just one and they did hand him over or he did cut a deal and cross over with 600 bank accounts, 7 ships and many more. I just remember these two from GOSL breefings.
Bank accounts of KP could be frozen
Sri Lanka Minister and Defence Spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella disclosed at a news conference here on Tuesday that the government has sought the advice of the Attorney General s office to take up the subject of possible freeze of nearly 600 bank accounts belonging to Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP), LTTE chief Velupillai s successor, currently in the custody of the authorities here.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article58862.ece
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To begin with, Tamils should hand over all the LTTE fund raisers and funding organizations - heads to the Sri Lankan govt.
Anu-on-dole,
yes LTTE current leader and past head of international operations and fund collections.... KP is in Srilanka under custody of Srilankan government. He has alll the details including 600 bank accounts. What rlse do you need?
What's happening to KPs investigation? |
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19 Mar 2012 19:37:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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To begin with, Tamils should hand over all the LTTE fund raisers and funding organizations - heads to the Sri Lankan govt.
Do you want these former LTTE fund raiser to live in luxury at expense of SL tax payers???
See...you forgot our good old friend KP anna.
Don't hand over LTTE bugger to GoSL. |
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19 Mar 2012 19:41:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Do you want these former LTTE fund raiser to live in luxury at expense of SL tax payers???
that is actually LTTE money.
He handed over so many foreign accounts and some ships.
He is getting interest back from the govt. |
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