President calls for urgent report into LTTE vehicles in Army use

Aug 11, 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena has ordred the Army commander to immediately make a list of LTTE owned vehicles seized by the Army.

The president has cited intelligence reports to him that those vehicles were being used for illegal activities, and could be used to unleash violence during the election. He has stressed that all these vehicles should be listed and confiscated.

Previously, the police arrested one such vehicle, a white van, being used by Maj. Gen. Prasanna Silva for his personal use. According to the law, all LTTE used vehicles and other properties should be produced before courts and confiscated. Later, they could be used by the military, but only through the justice ministry secretary. However, many top military officers are presently using such vehicles without following this procedure.

It is now revealed that most of the white vans being used to abduct people during the past were the ones that had been seized from the LTTE.

Despite regular highlights by the media about these vehicles and illegal activities, the present government, too failed to take any concrete measure.