SL refutes new canard

http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/12/02/news01.asp

SL refutes new canard
*Elongated version of ear
lier video
*Common pattern in sinister moves
The Sri Lankan High Commission in London in a statement issued Tuesday categorically denied that the Channel 4 News TV video is authentic.
When Channel 4 News telecast a similar video last year, the Sri Lankan Government clearly established, by reference to technical considerations, that it was not genuine but fake. The present video is nothing more than an elongated version of the same video, the statement said.
It added: “It is observed that there is a common pattern in these sinister moves.
“Some sections were replete with photographs of alleged war crimes when Sri Lanka’s application for the extension of GSP+ facility was being considered by the European Commission.
“A leading British newspaper had received photographs of alleged war crimes when the Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister visited the United Kingdom last October.
“The suppliers themselves had admitted that they were not in a position to confirm the authenticity, place or the veracity of the material supplied by them. The latest move coincides with the visit to the United Kingdom of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
“It is no secret that the anti-Sri Lankan separatist lobby which is behind these moves live in comfort mainly in the West, and have not contributed towards restoration of normalcy and livelihoods of the deprived people affected by the conflict. Instead they continue to resuscitate the separatist ideology.
“Defeat of the LTTE has opened up democratic freedoms to the entire country. An eight member Lessons Learn and Reconciliation Commission appointed after the end of the conflict which is tasked to report on the lessons to be learnt from the past events and recommend measures to ensure that there will be no recurrence of such a situation.
The Commission has sat many times including in the former conflict zones and made interim recommendations.
The support for the extremists who seek resurgence of violence in order to incite hatred is fast diminishing."

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