
"I Arrested Your Children on Orders from Higher Military Officers"
Corporal Rajapakse, the Sri Lankan soldier appearing in the court case concerning the disappearance of young Tamils from Jaffna, talked to the parents of the missing young people during lunch break.
Answering questions from the parents about their children he said that he arrested their children in Ariyalai on orders from higher officers and handed the arrested people to the higher officers immediately. He added, "I do not know what had happened to them after that. However, I will talk about these higher officers concerned in courts."
30 July 2004
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