Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE.
This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the "Killing Fields" series where three different segments were aired.
Amza, a native Tamil speaker, has said that he could provide ample evidence to prove that Channel-4 had a sinister motive to discredit Sri Lanka in connivance with the pro-LTTE diaspora organisations.
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