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Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times / Colombo, June 17, 2011.
A government commission examining the last years of the Sri Lankan civil war will look into the Channel 4 documentary that shows footage of alleged war crimes including military personnel executing unarmed men and women and dumping bodies in trucks. The LLRC’s decision to look into the disturbing do cumentary came as China on Friday reiterated its support to the Lanka government on not allowing any external probe into allegations of war crimes. “Chinese President Hu Jintao told President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Petersburg that China opposes external forces trying to interfere in the affairs of Sri Lanka,” Bandula Jayasekara, chief of Rajapaksa’s media cell, said via a cell phone message from Russia.
Reports on Friday said the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) appointed last year by President Mahinda Rajapaksa will get the documentary, Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, examined by experts.
“We will review the film and subject it to our examining. We have been similarly examining documentary evidence such as photographs as part of our routine procedure from time to time including the Channel 4’s previous video,” Lakshman Wickramasinghe, LLRC spokesperson, told PTI in Colombo.
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