Sri Lanka war commission says report ready

Sri Lanka war commission says report ready

A Sri Lankan war commission said Sunday that its final report is ready and going through the final touches before it is handed over to the president.

The Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) said its report will be handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa before November 15 as scheduled.

Media coordinator of the LLRC Lakshman Wickramasinghe told Xinhua that a draft of the final report is now being analyzed before the final document is completed.

He also said that the report will not be placed in the public domain and instead will be directly handed over to the president.

Sri Lanka has been accused of committing human rights abuses during the final stages of the war against the rebels, an allegation the government has rejected.

The Sri Lankan president appointed the eight member Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission in May last year to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events which took place in the Sri Lankan conflict between February 2002 to May 2009.

The commission has been charged with reporting whether any person, group or institution directly or indirectly bears responsibility over some of the incidents which took place before the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels two years ago.

It was also tasked with reporting on measures to be taken to prevent the recurrence of such concerns in the future and promote further national unity and reconciliation among all communities.

Editor: Yamei Wang

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COLOMBO, Oct. 30 (Xinhua)