UK sanctions: Govt. appoints three-member committee

A committee consisting of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister, Vijitha Herath, Justice and National Integrity Minister, Harshana Nanayakkara, and Deputy Minister of Defence, Aruna Jayasekara, has been appointed to examine the recent UK sanctions on ex-military top brass and one-time Ampara-Batticaloa LTTE commander, and make recommendations to the Cabinet-of-Ministers. The UK, on 24 March, sanctioned Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda, Generals Jagath Jayasuriya and Shavendra Silva, and Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, alias Karuna, responsible for successfully leading the LTTE in some key battles. The appointment of the three-member team was announced by Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr.

Nalinda Jayatissa. The Minister said the proposed committee would submit a report with recommendations to the Cabinet-of-Ministers on the further measures to be taken after studying the facts in this regard and to empower the committee to obtain the service of any officer/intellect deemed to have subject expertise in the relevant field, and considered essential..