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Army major general submits misleading name list to court ! (Audio hereunder)

(Lanka-e-News -15.July.2016, 10.00PM)  The name  list submitted to the Mullaitivu court  by an army Major General on the 14 th regarding a group of individuals who went missing  during  the final phase of the war , when the army took over has been categorically rejected by the Mullaitivu district judge S. Samsudeen.

During the final four days of the war , a large number of Tamil residents  were entrusted to te custody of  the army by their relatives with supporting evidence in order to provide security to them . However as they have by now gone missing ,  14 habeas applications were filed in this connection in the Mullaitivu court.

When this case was heard last in  February, since the army major general  revealed that the name list of those who were entrusted to army custody  is available , the judge ordered him to appear with the name list to give evidence.

Lawyer R. S. Ratnavale who appeared on behalf of the petitioners said , the name list produced by the army officer on the date the trial was heard  was different, as confirmed by the court.
 
As the list produced by the army officer is the list of the 12139 members of the LTTE who surrendered and were rehabilitated , that list cannot be accepted the Mullaitivu court stated, while rejecting it.Accordingly ,the Mullaitivu court ordered the army officer to produce the correct name list on the 29 th of September – the next date of trial. 

Lawyer Rathnavale informed court that a majority of those who surrendered were members of the LTTE organization. Following the announcements made by the army that their lives will be safeguarded, they were entrusted to the custody  of the army by their relatives with  supporting  evidence , he added.

When the custody of  this group was being handed over to the army  , two catholic priests were present as witnesses appointed by the army , in addition  to recording  the evidence and to translate the language . Thereafter  , the group that was entrusted to army custody  along with the two priests were loaded into a bus and taken to a different destination , the petitioners have stated.

The lawyer revealed that these priests have by now gone missing , and a habeas corpus case  in the same way has been filed in the Mulliativu court in regard to one of the priests who is now missing.

The audio tape of lawyer Rathnavale can be heard by clicking  on the voice tape herein.

By Dinasena Rathugamage from Vavuniya
Translated by Jeff

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