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Main opposition presidential candidate has accused the brother of the country’s president of ordering war crimes. Government says that the General boasted in July about the killing of surrendered leaders.
The Human Rights ministry says the general is contradicting his own statement.
General Sarath Fonseka alleges that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who’s Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, ordered that all the Tamil Tiger rebel leaders be killed and not allowed to surrender at the time the civl war ended in May.
General Fonseka also told the media on Sunday, that the defence secretary, sent a message to senior Tamil Tiger leaders that they should walk towards the military carrying white flags.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091213_fonseka.shtml
Main opposition presidential candidate has accused the brother of the country’s president of ordering war crimes. Government says that the General boasted in July about the killing of surrendered leaders.
The Human Rights ministry says the general is contradicting his own statement.
General Sarath Fonseka alleges that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who’s Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, ordered that all the Tamil Tiger rebel leaders be killed and not allowed to surrender at the time the civl war ended in May.
General Fonseka also told the media on Sunday, that the defence secretary, sent a message to senior Tamil Tiger leaders that they should walk towards the military carrying white flags.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091213_fonseka.shtml







