Hidden Hand behind Sri Lanka War Crimes Evidence

How did the Diaspora know who and who accompanied the President?

Lanka News Web has received inside information from an authoritative member of a Diaspora Organisation outside the UK - which is a member of the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) that some of the evidence presented at the Magistrates Court in London against Maj Gen Gallege last week were handed over to them by certain individuals from Embassies in London and the US. They didn't want to disclose the country, however LNW has through other sources confirmed that this particular country maintains friendly relationship with Sri Lanka and has been helping the Lankan Government in their war efforts. Lanka News Web has seen part of the video evidence against Maj Gen Gallege, the British Court was shown by the Barrister appearing on behalf of the GTF. This video must have been shot by a member of the 59th division or the Task Force 1.

GTF believes that it would have been impossible for the judge not to have granted the arrest warrant after watching this video along with some of the photographs and documentary evidence (we haven't seen), had the Major General remained in the country.

We are also been reliably informed that the GTF will be meeting the British Foreign Office shortly to share some of the evidence they have now unearthed on Brig. Prasana de Silva (then Commanding Officier of the 55th Division) and challenging the acceptance of Mr. Silva's credentials by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to be an officer at the Lankan Embassy in London. 'the evidence is damning' said a member of the GTF. In their view the FCO will be called in for questioning of their processes by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the UK Parliament when these evidence are shared with the Parliamentarians of the committee.

Yesterday's Channel 4 news bulletin implicated another victorious Major General Kamal Gunaratne. They alleged that crimes were committed by him and his officers of the 53rd Division. LNW has obtained some exclusive photos of Maj Gen Kamal Gunaratne in action during the war. These photos were again taken on 18 May 2009 according to the properties of the photographs. However Channel 4 alleged that the news caster Issai Priya was murdered with her hands tied behind her back by members of the 53rd division in cold blood on 19 May 2009.

We have used discretion and not published another 13 photos of Maj Gen Kamal Gunaratne at war and in what appears to be a victory party on the evening of 18 May 2009.

The video of LTTE Col. Ramesh being interrogated by Sri Lanka military and the denial by the Defence Ministry of his death in the hands of the military would also raise more questions on how these photos and video evidence are coming to surface without some insider leakage.

It is also obvious that some external forces are at work in bringing these evidence to surface before the UN deadline of 15 December for evidence being submitted to the UN Panel.

LNW has heard the recording of a conversation between the Sri Lanka government spokesperson Hullugalle and the Daily Telegraph reporter Dean, last week. In this recording Mr. Hullugalle seems to happily suggest with a chuckle that Col. Ramesh was killed in a battle before the end of the war. When Dean confronted him with the video evidence, Mr. Hullugalle pauses for a few minutes and then shockingly suggests that he was at home right now and that he would really like to go to work in the morning to properly investigate the facts before answering any further questions. By doing so, Mr. Hullugalle has raised unnecessary questions of credibility as if he wasn't sure of his facts in the first place by suggesting an unsure answer. He should have just referred the reporter straight to the Defence Ministry, instead of dithering. LNW has also watched the Headlines News - India interview in their Ground Zero programme with Mr. Hullugalle on 2, December 2010. These interviews raise another question of how weak and ill informed some government officials who appear as spokespersons.

In the next few days LNW will be publishing some exclusive photographs of Major Generals Gallege and Gunaratne during the war. We are also trying to obtain some of the evidence on Brig. Prasana de Silva. Watch this space!
An armed Maj Gen Kamal Gunaratne bends down to take a closer look at a particular dead body
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An armed Maj Gen Kamal Gunaratne inspects some of the dead bodies of his victims (Click imag to enlarge)
Maj Gen Kamal Gunaratne speaking to the Defence Secretary on a mobile communications kit whilst his clearly identified team members watch on (Click imag to enlarge)