Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) General Secretary and former MP M.A. Sumanthiran has welcomed the recent sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom (UK) Government on four individuals, three of whom are former military commanders of the Sri Lankan armed forces.
“We welcome the sanctions imposed by the UK today, which include former senior Sri Lankan military commanders, and a former LTTE military commander who later led the paramilitary Karuna Group, operating on behalf of the Sri Lankan military against the LTTE,” Sumanthiran said in a statement on ‘X’ on Monday.
The UK Government on 24 March announced it has imposed sanctions on four individuals responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the Sri Lankan civil war.
The individuals sanctioned by the UK are former Head of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Shavendra Silva, former Navy Commander, Wasantha Karannagoda, former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Jagath Jayasuriya, and former military commander of the LTTE, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan aka Karuna Amman.
The UK Government said the measures, which include UK travel bans and asset freezes, target individuals responsible for a range of violations and abuses, such as extrajudicial killings, torture and/or perpetration of sexual violence, during Sri Lanka’s civil war. (Islandnews)
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