COI collects statements on war crimes
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) on missing persons is collecting written statements related to alleged war crimes and human rights abuses as part of its extended mandate, a spokesman of the Commission said. Secretary to the Presidential Commission H.W Gunadasa said that statements will be accepted till December 31 this year and a notice to this effect had already been issued. He said that once the deadline of accepting written statements ends the COI will begin making inquiries into the statements and take the next step. President Mahinda Rajapaksa had in July expanded the mandate of the Presidential Commission on mission persons and appointed international experts to advice the commission. The Government had said that the President was of the opinion that the Commission of […]