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The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) while hailing the passage of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill in the Parliament on Friday said that the Act should be used to find out the fate of thousands of soldiers and police personnel who had been missing from the camps and police stations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

National Organiser and the Western Provincial Councilor of the JHU Nishantha Warnasunghe said today that even many former LTTE cadres who had been released after undergoing rehabilitation would have to be arrested again in order to find out as to what happened to more than 5000 soldiers missing from the army camps in Mullaitivu, Elephant Pass and Kilinochchi as well as more than 600 police personnel who are said to have been butchered by the LTTE after they surrendered to the terrorist organisation.

Warnasinghe while addressing a public meeting in Kurunegala under the theme "Let's lead the country on the correct path without giving in to the defeated corrupt forces" stated that if the Tamil politicians were not prepared to forget the past and march together to the future, past atrocities of the LTTE also have to be investigated.

He asserted that the OMP should be an institution that is responsible to the people of this country and not to Geneva or Brussels. However, he warned that the OMP will reopen the old wounds and rekindle animosity and distrust among communities instead building national unity. "But we can't help. If they want to find out as to what happened in the past, we'll find out." (Pushpakumara Jayaratne)


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  • Unchikun Sunday, 14 August 2016 05:56 PM

    Ai Ai Sir. This was long overdue and thanks for the support from you party.

    Anja Sunday, 14 August 2016 05:56 PM

    Thanks for opening your mouth via DM Android App

    Selvyn Sunday, 14 August 2016 06:26 PM

    Time has come for the peace loving people to defeat these crocodiles politically via DM Android App

    Sri Lankan Sunday, 14 August 2016 06:35 PM

    Let it be from any party or person THE TRUTH IS A TRUTH. Take this opportunity FIRST TO find what happened to our heroic soldiers and policemen. via DM Android App

    Nero Sunday, 14 August 2016 06:50 PM

    Whenever these guys go to public meetings they forget that they are in the government

    Buwa Sunday, 14 August 2016 06:52 PM

    Puh. Did all they can to stop this bill and now trying to twist it around as if this was brought forward to find out missing soldiers.

    Cobra Monday, 15 August 2016 06:29 AM

    But Ven. Rathana Thero is not happy, no?

    Aruna Monday, 15 August 2016 09:19 AM

    Including the ones missing in Batalanda area and during 1988/89 too!

    Sri Lankan Monday, 15 August 2016 10:35 AM

    YES Batalanda too should be inquired without any political favours. What happened to those youth. They were NOT arrested but abducted and went missing via DM Android App

    Perumal Monday, 15 August 2016 10:55 AM

    If any citizen has gone missing whether he is a Tamil, Sinhala, Muslim or any other community, there must be a regular mechanism to ascertain the circumstances and accountability relating to it. There cannot be any differences in treatment of such matters due to communal or language differences.

    gayan Monday, 15 August 2016 12:19 PM

    What's the hell this people are doing ? They looks disarray . No clear policy, only for power.

    Mano Monday, 15 August 2016 05:51 PM

    Why most of majorly people are afraid of this Act ?If they have not killed or made disappeared do not worry.


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