Sri Lankan War: ‘Thousands of Missing Tamils are Dead, Actually,’ says Gotabaya Rajapaksa!

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that thousands of persons reported missing since the time of Sri Lanka’s civil war are “actually dead,” reports The Hindu.

Sri Lankan War: ‘Thousands of Missing Tamils are Dead, Actually,’ says Gotabaya Rajapaksa!

This remark from the President came in a recent meeting with the UN Resident Coordinator, as per a statement from his office. Explaining further as to what he is going to do about the missing persons, Rajapaksa said, “These missing persons are actually dead. Most of them had been taken by the LTTE or forcibly conscripted. The families of the missing attest to it. However, they do not know what has become of them and so claim them to be missing,” the statement read.

It is being learnt that after the “necessary investigations”, steps would be taken to issue death certificates of the missing persons, while their families would be supported, according to an official press release.

Families of thousands of ‘missing’ persons in Sri Lanka’s war-affected north and east have been demanding the whereabouts of their relatives, including those who saw their near and dear ones surrendering to the Army. Family members are refusing to accept their kith and kin’s disappearance as ‘death’ and demand to see the bodies. Some have taken legal recourse.

அரசியல், விளையாட்டு, நாட்டுநடப்பு, குற்ற சம்பவங்கள், வர்த்தகம், தொழில்நுட்பம், சினிமா, வாழ்க்கை முறை என பலதரப்பட்ட சுவாரஸ்யமான செய்திகளை தமிழில் படிக்க இங்கு கிளிக் செய்யவும்      

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