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Nov 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appointed a five- member independent committee to comprehensively examine the report submitted by the US Department of State to the US Congress over the incidents during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka and to provide recommendations.
Speaking to the media the Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said that a final report on the findings will be submitted by this committee on December 31, 2009.
The committee comprises five high ranking intellects and legal experts in the country headed by President's Counsel D.S. Wijesinghe.
The other members of the committee are President's Counsel Nihal Jayamanna, President's Counsel and Former Attorney General C. R. De Silva, Attorney at Law, formerly Senior Legal Draftsman and leading educationist, Mrs. Manoramanadan, Former Vice Chancellor of the Eastern Province University and Principal of Muslim Ladies College Mrs. Jesima Ismail.
The US State Department recently submitted a report titled "Report to Congress on Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka" to the Appropriations Committee of the US Congress.
The report, in addition to citing the atrocities committed by the Tamil Tigers, mentioned incidents alleged to have committed by the Sri Lankan security forces during the final stages of war between January and May 2009.
Sri Lankan government said the report appears to be unsubstantiated and devoid of corroborative evidence.
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