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meeting on the integrity of the judiciary was
convened on Friday at the Lanka Oberoi with Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe in attendance. Outside, placard
carrying journalists demanded the removal of Chief Justice
Sarath N. Silva. Picture shows Premier Wickremesinghe with
Chairman, UN Human Rights Commission, P. N. Bhagwati, while
Co-ordinator, Judicial Integrity Programme, Dr. Nihal
Jayawickrema looks on. Chief Justice Sarath Silva did not
attend the meeting Photos by Berty Mendis and Asoka
Fernando
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Balasingham in shock exposure
LTTE
reveals story of Mias
The LTTE last
week charged that President Chandrika Kumaratunga and former
Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte refused to accept
bodies of dead soldiers killed in battle because it was
politically damaging and instead characterised the dead as Missing
In Action (MIA).
LTTE
Chief Negotiator, Anton Balasingham made this disclosure during
the peace talks when the government delegation called for the
release of soldiers held in LTTE custody.
The
government delegation raised the issue of soldiers missing in
action numbering almost 2,500 when issues relating to human rights
came up for discussion.
Balasingham
told the government delegation and the Norwegian facilitators the
LTTE does not have in captivity any soldier taken into custody
during battle.
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