Government starts probing murder of aid workers in Muttur
- Tuesday, 16 July 2013 -
In the run up to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in September and impending visit of UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay to Sri Lanka next month, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government has suddenly sprung in to action.
With the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka adopted in March coming in for review, the government is now trying to show progress.
As part of this programme, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been instructed to prepare a comprehensive list of witnesses in the controversial case involving the murder of 17 aid workers in Muttur in 2006.
According to the National Plan of Action on the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), the CID is conducting investigations into the killing of the aid workers of Action Against Hunger, a French humanitarian agency.
The National Plan of Action, which was last week placed in the public domain by Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga, stated that the outcome of the Muttur inquiry was forwarded to the Attorney General.
The LLRC had called for an investigation into the incident after human rights groups and the international community continuously raised the failure to take to task those responsible.
A team of Senior State Counsels are also reviewing material related to the incident, the National Plan of Action stated.
As part of this programme, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been instructed to prepare a comprehensive list of witnesses in the controversial case involving the murder of 17 aid workers in Muttur in 2006.
According to the National Plan of Action on the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), the CID is conducting investigations into the killing of the aid workers of Action Against Hunger, a French humanitarian agency.
The National Plan of Action, which was last week placed in the public domain by Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga, stated that the outcome of the Muttur inquiry was forwarded to the Attorney General.
The LLRC had called for an investigation into the incident after human rights groups and the international community continuously raised the failure to take to task those responsible.
A team of Senior State Counsels are also reviewing material related to the incident, the National Plan of Action stated.
