The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Rauff Hakeem questioned the Government’s refusal to disclose details of persons who died and were cremated during the previous administration, asking for the names and addresses of the deceased and their next of kin. He challenged the Minister’s claim that medical ethics prevent such disclosure and requested that any specific ethical prohibition be identified, noting that the previous Government’s forced cremation policy had been acknowledged as a mistake.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my second supplementary question is this. The Hon. Minister said medical ethics prevent disclosure of this information. I am unaware of such an ethical bar. If it exists, show it to us. We ask only for names and addresses of those who died and were cremated, and their next of kin. How is that covered by ethics? The previous Government made a mistake — even the then President apologized. That is not the point. We want to know the names and addresses of those forcibly cremated. Is there an ethical barrier to providing that? I am surprised.
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