LLRC report tabled in Parliament: “Security Forces had not deliberately targeted civilians in the NFZs” – LLRC
The final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was tabled in Parliament by Leader of the House Nimal Siripala de Silva a short while ago.
“In evaluating the Sri Lanka experience in the context of allegations of violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the Commission is satisfied that the military strategy that was adopted to secure the LTTE held areas was one that was carefully conceived, in which the protection of the civilian population was given the highest priority. The Commission also notes in this regard that the movement of the Security Forces in conducting their operations was deliberately slow during the final stages of the conflict, thereby evidencing a carefully worked out strategy of avoiding civilian casualties or minimizing them,” the report stated in its Principal Observations and Recommendations.
CLICK HERE TO READ FINAL LLRC REPORT
Among the conclusions of the Commission is that “On consideration of all facts and circumstances before it, the Commission concludes that the Security Forces had not deliberately targeted the civilians in the NFZs, although civilian casualties had in fact occurred in the cause of crossfire. Further, the LTTE targeting and killing of civilians who attempted to flee the conflict into safe areas, the threat posed by landmines and resultant death and injuries to civilians, and the perils inherent in crossing the Nanthi Kadal Lagoon, had all collectively contributed to civilian casualties. It would also be reasonable to conclude that there appears to have been a bona fide expectation that and attack on LTTE gun positions would make a relevant and proportional contribution to the objective of the military attack involved.”
“Having reached the above conclusions, it is also incumbent on the Commission to consider the question, while there was no deliberate targeting of civilians by the Security Forces, whether the action of the Security Forces of returning fire into the NFZs was excessive in the context of the Principal of Proportionality. Given the complexity of the situation that presented itself as described above, the Commission after most careful consideration of all aspects, is of the view that the Security Forces were confronted with an unprecedented situation when no other choice was possible and all “feasible precautions” that were practicable in the circumstances had been taken,” it further said.
The report also states the process of reconciliation requires a full acknowledgement of the tragedy of the conflict and a collective act of contrition by the political leaders and civil society, of both Sinhala and Tamil communities. The conflict could have been avoided had the southern political leaders of the two main political parties acted in the national interest and forged a consensus between them to offer an acceptable solution to the Tamil people. The Tamil political leaders were equally responsible for this conflict which could have been avoided had the Tamil leaders refrain from promoting an armed campaign towards secession, acquiescing in the violence and terrorist methods used by the LTTE against both the Sinhala and Tamil people, and failing to come out strongly and fearlessly against the LLTE, and their atrocities practices.
In May 2010, President Rajapaksa appointed the eight-member Commission to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period, Feb 2002 to May 2009, their attendant concerns and to recommend measures to ensure that there will be no recurrence of such a situation.
The LLRC held its first sittings on August 11, 2010. In November 2010, the President extended its mandate till May 15, 2011.
The Commission had regular public hearings in Colombo and in the former conflict affected areas of Vavuniya, Batticaloa and Kilinochchi. This included field visits to meet people directly affected by the conflict. It has received over 1,000 oral submissions and over 5,000 written submissions.
The government appointed an Inter-Agency Advisory Committee (IIAC) headed by the Attorney General of Sri Lanka to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations made by the LLRC during its inquiry.
The LLRC had made recommendations on action to be taken with regard to detention of suspects, land issues, law and order, administrative and language issues and socio-economic and livelihood issues.
Following recommendations by the Commission a special committee was appointed in January 2011, to study the cases of detained LTTE suspects and expedite legal action where necessary.
Implementing reconciliation measures suggested by the IIAC the government is gradually releasing lands occupied by the military as High Security Zones (HSZs) in the country, especially in the North.
The Sri Lanka Army officially handed over Subash Hotel on Victoria Road in Jaffna town in which the 52 Division Headquarters was established since December 1995, to its owner in March this year.
256 houses surrounding the Palaly HSZ have already been returned to civilians and another 2392 houses have been identified for civilian occupation in more than 2500 hectares of the land that was set apart for HSZs.
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission comprised Mr. Chitta Ranjan de Silva PC (Chair), Mr. Chandirapal Chanmugam , Prof. Karunaratne Hangawatte, M. T. M. Bafiq, Mr. Maxwell Paranagama, Mr. HMGS Palihakkara, Dr. Amrith Rohan Perera PC and Mrs Mano Ramanathan.
Source: Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka
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Ha, ha, isn’t it hilarious ?
Only this crossbred German Freidrich M finds the LLRC Report hilarious, because his loyalty is to diaspora Tamils/LTTE and the enemies of our Motherland. He is therefore a traitor and an enemy of the Motherland.
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Welcome back Udurawana,
Hope you had id good if you did have a break !!
The LLRC report; the joke of the year. The Commission wrote its report and the Maharajajini, lying in his sarong in the easy chair, appears to have doctored the recommendations.
What is published is a sanitised version that fits into the agenda Blue brothers Government and its siddekicks.
I am doing a forensic on the version of the report that is found on the Govt website. I will publish my findings shortly.
What a hilarious hoodwink; this report will not get anywhere; it will be shredded to bits and it is likely to lead to an international investigation into the war crimes that are alleged in the last stages of the genocidal war at the forthcoming UNHRC sessions in Feb.
Quote from the LLRC report:
“Seeds of reconciliation can take root only if there is forgiveness and compassion.”
The leadership has been incapable of this over the past 60 years. Can there be any hope now ?
I wouldn’t be surprised if this character who calls himself ‘Udurawana’ (any relation of Rawana?) is actually a diaspora Tamil kotiya.
Who are these ‘international organisations’ he extols of? AI, HRW etc etc are NGOs funded hugely by the imperial West led by yankee USA. They are the TOOLS of USA and the imperial West to vomit whatever drivel imperial West approves of. The Freeworld hardly pays attention to the biased and bogus views of these NGOs, vomitted every so often by them. What is laughable and even frustrating is the TOTAL SILENCE of these very same self-appointed ‘watchdog’ organisations and UNHRC, Navi Pillay et alia, re the GROSS human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed daily by USA, Britain, France, NATO, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Yemen.
Freidrich M and Udurawana (diaspora kotiya) are also deafeningly silent on this heinous crimes of the imperial West.
Freidrich ‘Himler’ M, the German hybrid, claims he is doing a ‘forensic’ on the LLRC Report and will be ‘publishing his findings’ soon. What hilarious grandiosity!!! He has now qualified himself as a ‘forensic expert’. From what university I wonder. From Berlin University? The whole world is eagerly awaiting his ‘expertise’ and ‘forensic report’. The man is totally deluded. Perhaps he is another candidate for Angoda. Only thing is there are so many of these people with delusions-of-grandeur that this ‘descendent of some ancient SL king’ (by his own proud claim) will have to wait his turn, unless ofcourse he agrees to sleep on the floor at Angoda on a pedura.
To the readers of Onlanka:
FORENSIC REPORT ON THE REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA IN THE GOSL WEBSITE PURPORTING TO BE FROM THE LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOCILIATION COMMISSION
I forensically examined the Adobe PDF document published by the GOSL on its website purportedly from the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. I report as follows:
1. Filename:
The document bears the filename “FINAL LLRC REPORT.pdf”
2. Date Published:
The report was published on the GOSL website on 16 Dec 2011
3. Date handed over:
Photographic evidence indicates a leather bound hardcopy of the Report was handed over by the LLRC Chairman to HE President of SL at his residence on Sunday 20 Nov 2011
4. File creation:
The named file was created on 17 Nov 2011 at 14:10:24+5.30 GMT using the creator tool “Adobe PDF Maker 10.1 for Word” by Author “Test”
5. File modification
The named file was modified on 22 Nov 2011 at 10:34:10+5.30 using the creator tool “Adobe PDF Maker 10.1 for Word” by Author “Test”
6. Outcome of examination:
6.1 General:
The document was produced by converting a MS Word document into Adobe pdf format. It includes a number of scanned pages inserted as images in pdf format.
6.2 Pages:
The document contains 407 pages.
6.3 Pages – Specific
The 9th sheet in the document bearing the signatures of the Commissioners is of interest. It is a scanned page inserted into the document. It bears the page number “ix” which sequential to adjoining pages.
However the page numbers in all pages other than that of the page of interest appears on the bottom right hand side of the page.
The page number in the page of interest appears in the middle of the bottom of the page.
7. Conclusion
This document appears to have been produced by two separate sources. All pages other than the page referred to in Section 6 has been produced by one source.
The page referred to in Section 6 (the page bearing the signatures of the commissioners) appears to have been produced by another source and printed in hardcopy from which a scan of the page has been inserted into the published document.
8. Recommendation
A further examination is required to draw firm conclusions on the authenticity of the document.
Brilliant my dear Frederick,
In simple words what you are saying is that the GOSL produced its own report and planted the signatures of the Commissioners?
And the “planting” was done by on the 22nd Nov, two days after it was handed over?
Brilliant my dear Frederick.
Hay… All supporters of terrorists…! You can only now bark wildly in vain & get no where by your motivations.!
Does any f–king human right org ask how many sinhala people killed by ltte in this war…??????
And the rights of those innocent people…?
Only this stinking tamils have the human rights & not for others…?
BULL SHIT….!!
Do you dream to hamper SL by intl influences, while they’ve failed to do so by saving prabhas life before…?
FM claims to have ‘Forensically examined the Adobe pdf document published by the GOSL on its website’. I checked the GOSL website but found no such LLRC report published yet.
FM has not given us the website address. So his credibility is at stake. If he does provide us the website address from where he had access to the said report, we could all read it and draw our own conclusions.
As for the so-called ‘Forensic Exam.’ by him it is totally ridiculous! Does he now claim to be also a Graduate in Forensic Science? This man’s claims/delusions are getting even more grandiose by the day.
Dear Nicholas,
Please visit “The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka” a at http://www.priu.gov.lk
In the top story titled “LLRC report tabled in Parliament”, click on “Full Story”.
Under “Full Story”, click on the link to the “Final LLRC Report”
The link to the report is:
http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201112/FINAL%20LLRC%20REPORT.pdf
Best of luck.
My forensic report on the FINAL LLRC REPORT has gone viral on the Internet and has provoked amazement World wide.
Hey Julian,
I am shocked by your claim to authorship of the Forensic Report.
Please withdraw.
I do not wish my report to go viral. It is meant for the readers of Onlanka only.
To all readers of Onlanka:
The LLRC report is available in the Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka.
The site address is priu.gov.lk
Click on the top story “LLRC Report tabled in Parliament” and this will lead to the pdf referred to in my forensic report.
Brother Frederick,
Apologies. I did place copy of the text of your forensic report on this popular website (I am not namimg it here) and it went viral on the Internet, the website having received more than 30,000 hits in a couple of hours.
There’s been lots of feedback and contributions too.
The story goes like this:
An digital copy of the report had been sent to Bell Pottinger for sanitisation prior to the reports’ release. Bell Pottinger had completed their work and provided their sanitised version to GOSL around the 17th Nov.
The Commission was thereafter requested to hand-in its report to GOSL which they did on the 20th Nov. This was in hard copy, leather bound bearing original signatures of the commissioners.
Thereafter, the signature page was scanned and inserted as an image into the sanitised digital version of the report prepared by Bell Pottinger. The insertion took place on the 22nd Nov, 2 days after the authentic report was handed over.
Bulla de Silva and his team did a great job and so did Prof Vitharana and his team some time back in relation to devolution.
All such efforts by sincere Sri Lankans go into the rubbish bin of history. The sincerity is trampled by the jackboots of the all-powerful Blue Brothers and its cohorts.
Thank you Julian,
Your copy of the Forensic Report has certainly stirred the hornets net on the web.
Can we claim proof beyond reasonable doubt the LLRC report published is not the Report produced by the Commission?