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'The murders (of Tamils) are said to have been committed by police
either acting without orders or with the connivance of the police' - Sir John Foster Q.C., David Astor, Robert Birley, Louis Blom-Cooper, James Fawcett, Dingle Foot & Michael Scott; - The London Times 20 September 1977. |
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I heard the A.S.P. (Asst. Superintendent of Police) shouting 'shoot
them like dogs. It is either they or we'... - M.R. Joseph, witness at the Sansoni Commission (Sessional Paper No. VII-1980; p 97) |
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'There is considerable body of evidence that the army kills innocent
(Tamil) civilians.' - Robert Kilroy-Silk M.P. & Roger Sims J.P., M.P; Report of Visit to Sri Lanka on Behalf of the (UK) Parliamentary Human Rights Group; February 1985 |
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'At present the armed services are under restraint because in any
incident that may result there can be inquiries by coroners which may even lead later to
trials before law courts. This puts the services at a great disadvantage... In order to
free the (armed) services of these disabilities, security regulations will be published.
They will remove the obligations to have coroners inquests following any shooting
incidents by Armed Services' - Bulletin of the Sri Lanka Department of Information 4 June 1983 |
