The Hon. (Dr.) Najith Indika
Asked the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs whether he is aware of the President’s announcement to resume seven suspended criminal investigations, and sought the current status of the inquiry into the 2011 disappearance in Jaffna of political activists Lalith Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan. He further requested information on whether investigations into other unresolved post-war disappearances in the North and East have been completed, whether political interference delayed such inquiries, and what measures are being taken if so.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs:
¶ 02 Disappearances in North-East after end of Civil War: Details (Q. 516/2025)
¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House: (i) whether he is aware that the President announced the resumption of seven suspended criminal investigations after his appointment; (ii) the current progress of the investigation into the disappearance of the two political activists, Lalith Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan, who disappeared in Jaffna in 2011; (iii) whether investigations have been completed by now regarding any of the other disappearances that occurred after the end of the civil war in the North-Eastern regions of Sri Lanka and which remain unsolved; (iv) whether political interference caused delays in investigations into these disappearances; and (v) if so, what measures are being taken in this regard?
¶ 04 (b) If not, why?
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