Army to publish 'new report' into war crimes allegations

Sri Lanka's armed forces announced the release of a new report, by the country's security forces, as a response to the report by the UN panel of experts.

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said.

“As a response to specific paragraphs that made allegations against the military during humanitarian operations in the Darusman report, we all in the tri-services are now giving final touches to the compilation of a new report that will be shortly submitted to the international community,”

“The Security Forces conducted the humanitarian operations, with a zero casualty policy,” Jayasuriya added, while addressing military personell at Sapugaskanda Defence Services Command & Staff College (DSCSC) recently.

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