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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10909217" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.ndtv.com/news/Warcrimesstory.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Over two years after Sri Lanka's war against the LTTE, the Mahinda  Rajapakse government has for the first time indirectly admitted that  some of its army personnel may have indulged in human rights violations  in the final phase of the war. They add that these army personnel may  therefore be indicted in coming months.According to Rajiva Wijesinha,  Adviser on Reconciliation to the Lankan President, some of these army  personnel have been found guilty of killing civilians during the final  phase of the war against the LTTE, and accordingly action will be taken  against them.The Sri Lankan government has been under tremendous  pressure from the international community for some time now for the  alleged killing of killing of several thousand civilians during the  civil war. According to Wijesinha, the government is dealing with this  by setting up the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)  which is going to recommend changes to the government. He says the LLRC  has already made some reports which calls for potential indictment of  some army personnel. The final report is expected in November.But  Wijesinha also makes it clear the LLRC will not be a witchhunt. "We are  not going to run around asking everyone did you indulge in war crimes?  If we have prima facie evidence that would be investigated."He  adds, "I think the white flag incident needs to be investigated. I hope  very much that the LLRC would recommend it. In the eastern province  where there is impunity someone has been indicted. But we are not going  to make the trial public. We are not going to make a song and dance of  it.''                                                          The white flag incident  refers to an incident with Sri Lankan army troops allegedly gunned down  LTTE forces who were surrendering, towards the end of the civil war. The  incident attracted international condemnation, and is seen as one of  the major reasons for the setting up of the government probe today.<a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/sri-lanka-to-probe-human-rights-violations-by-its-army-personnel-130496" target="_blank">NDTV</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/sri-lanka-to-probe-human-rights-violations-by-its-army-personnel/209519" target="_blank">video</a></blockquote>

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