Sri Lanka recently staved off attempts by Western nations to launcha UN war crimes probe. Photo AFP
UN Asks Sri Lanka To Answer New War Crime Charges -- AFP
COLOMBO — The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to explain allegations by a former army general that surrendering Tamil rebel leaders were killed in cold blood in mid-May, the government said on Monday.
The presidency in Colombo said the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, sought explanations on what had happened to three rebel leaders and their families who wanted to surrender.
"The government is making a careful study of the UN Rapporteur?s letter, prior to a formal response, and any action that may be necessary," the president's office said in a statement.
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