Army major general submits misleading name list to court ! (Audio hereunder)
(Lanka-e-News -15.July.2016, 10.00PM) The name list submitted to the Mullaitivu court by an army Major General on the 14 th regarding a group of individuals who went missing during the final phase of the war , when the army took over has been categorically rejected by the Mullaitivu district judge S. Samsudeen.
During the final four days of the war , a large number of Tamil residents were entrusted to te custody of the army by their relatives with supporting evidence in order to provide security to them . However as they have by now gone missing , 14 habeas applications were filed in this connection in the Mullaitivu court.
When this case was heard last in February, since the army major general revealed that the name list of those who were entrusted to army custody is available , the judge ordered him to appear with the name list to give evidence.
Lawyer R. S. Ratnavale who appeared on behalf of the petitioners said , the name list produced by the army officer on the date the trial was heard was different, as confirmed by the court.
As the list produced by the army officer is the list of the 12139 members of the LTTE who surrendered and were rehabilitated , that list cannot be accepted the Mullaitivu court stated, while rejecting it.Accordingly ,the Mullaitivu court ordered the army officer to produce the correct name list on the 29 th of September – the next date of trial.
As the list produced by the army officer is the list of the 12139 members of the LTTE who surrendered and were rehabilitated , that list cannot be accepted the Mullaitivu court stated, while rejecting it.Accordingly ,the Mullaitivu court ordered the army officer to produce the correct name list on the 29 th of September – the next date of trial.
Lawyer Rathnavale informed court that a majority of those who surrendered were members of the LTTE organization. Following the announcements made by the army that their lives will be safeguarded, they were entrusted to the custody of the army by their relatives with supporting evidence , he added.
When the custody of this group was being handed over to the army , two catholic priests were present as witnesses appointed by the army , in addition to recording the evidence and to translate the language . Thereafter , the group that was entrusted to army custody along with the two priests were loaded into a bus and taken to a different destination , the petitioners have stated.
The lawyer revealed that these priests have by now gone missing , and a habeas corpus case in the same way has been filed in the Mulliativu court in regard to one of the priests who is now missing.
By Dinasena Rathugamage from Vavuniya
Translated by Jeff
Translated by Jeff
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