Rajapakse and the ICC

Mahinda with ICC delegation (Picture: ColomboPage)

A delegation of the International Cricket Council met with war crimes suspect Mahinda Rajapakse on Saturday evening.

The president of the ICC, Alan Isaac, led the delegation that was hosted by Rajapakse a day before the Twenty20 World Cup final in Colombo.

See here our view on comments by the Governor of the Bank of Sri Lanka Nivard Cabraal, who said that the image of cricket can 'fade away' the horrors of war crimes and genocide.

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