Colombo, May 28: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has rejected demands from the global community for an independent probe into the alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the civil war, saying a commission appointed by the government will look into the issue.
Rajapaksa said if the commission appointed by him points finger at anyone, even at his relatives, he will take action against them.
“This is an internal matter. I don’t want my internal matters to be inquired by any other country or any other NGOs. So we will look after that. That’s why we appointed a commission so if there is any violations, we will see,” he told Al-Jazeera television channel in an interview.
He was asked why the Sri Lankan government was not allowing any independent body to investigate of it was so confident that the army did not commit any crimes.
–Agencies