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Families of massacred policemen commend LLRC report

Family members of the missing policemen in Sri Lanka have welcomed the recommendation by a presidential panel for a full investigation into the alleged killing of six hundred policemen. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has recommended that the killing of nearly 600 policemen in the east who surrendered to Tamil Tigers in 1990, should be investigated.
The policemen were ordered by the government led by Ranasinghe Premadasa to lay down the arms and surrender to the LTTE. The Commission is of the view that this matter warrants a full investigation because of the nature of the crime and the bearing it has on reconciliation."
The parents of the missing policemen have said it is important for the families to find those responsible for the crime. One of the policemen who escaped has told the families that at least 130 policemen were taken away by abductees in three buses. Then their hands were tied, beaten and later burnt using used tyres.
The police department has been paying salaries of all policemen who are still officially regarded as missing. (niz)
Courtesy : Department of Government Information