Gotabhaya outbursts against UN, International investigations

by senthil5000 | February 4, 2010 at 10:47 pm
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of Sri Lanka's president and defence secretary, in an exclusive interview to the BBC, opposed any international investigation on war crimes during the final stage of the war. His answers to the BBC interviewer:  





"Any international entity can ask for any investigation. There will be no investigations in this country. I will oppose any body, who is trying to do [investigations], because there is no reason [for investigations].

"The real thing we have to do is to bring this country, develop this country, bring peace to the country, reconciliation, by bringing out all these [war crime] things ... will not.

"These are the people who [...] have other motives, asking [for investigations]. Whether it is United Nations or any other country, we are not - I am not - allowing any investigations in this country. There is no reason. Nothing wrong happened in this country. Take it from me. There will be no investigations for anything in this country. I will not allow [it]. That is not what public wants. That is not what this country wants.

"Don't ask anything about any investigation. Don't talk to me [on] any investigation. There will be no investigations in this country. Take it from me. I am the Secretary of Defence and I will oppose anybody who want to have these things. I will not [allow] anything [like it]. This is my final word."


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