A special commission appointed to investigate thousands of people who went missing during Sri lanka’s ethnic conflict has got about 18,000 complaints, an official said Thursday.
In February, President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the mandate issued to the special commission tasked with investigating thousands who disappeared during the three-decade war that ended in 2009, reports Xinhua.“During the hearings held in the northern and eastern provinces in the last six months, the commission received additional complaints, bringing the total to about 18,000,” said Maxwell Paranagama, Chairman of the Presidential Commission inquiring into missing people.
As many as 397 new complaints were made last week in Mullaitivu district alone. Mullaitivu saw some of the worst fighting.