Thread by @Rama_Krishnan

#SriLanka #MissingPerson @ompsrilanka - Presidential aspirant @gotarox has dismissed as a mere “allegation” about complaints regarding those who had surrendered themselves to the army and never rejoined their families. I am afraid he hasn't gone through August 2015... 1/5

#SriLanka #MissingPerson @ompsrilanka ...report of the Parangama Commission of Inquiry, which was constituted by his brother, @PresRajapaksa Rajapaksa, in August 2013. On pages xxv, xxvi under the chapter of “executive summary” of the report, this is what it says: 2/5

#SriLanka #MissingPerson @ompsrilanka ...There are credible allegations, which if proved to the required standard, may show that some members of the armed forces committed acts during the final phase of the war that amounted to war crimes giving rise to individual criminal...3/5

#SriLanka #MissingPerson @ompsrilanka ...responsibility. These include such incidents as: …..the disappearance of busloads of persons who surrendered in the last days of the conflict. One such busload was accompanied by a Catholic Priest, Father Francis.” 4/5

#SriLanka #MissingPerson @ompsrilanka - I hope @gotarox will respond as a highly informed person in future to any such question on the complaints. 5/5