Gota admits to allegations of people missing after surrendering to the army

Tuesday, 03 September 2013 

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has today confirmed that there are people reported to have gone missing after surrendering to the army during the final stages of the war.

Addressing the defence seminar in Colombo today, Gotabhaya has disputed the figures on disappearances and deaths during and after the final stages of the war.

He has said that only 26 complaints had been received by the authorities of people missing after surrendering to the military.
Making this statement, Gotabhaya has inadvertently admitted to the allegation that some people who have surrendered to the army during the final stages of the war have gone missing.

The Defence Secretary has added that several people had fled the country during the war to other countries and so far some of those countries have failed to give a full account of the Sri Lankans living there.