Sri Lanka military to return jewellery to Tamil civilians
17 Oct 2014 4:22 AM IST
Rejecting accusations levelled against it by the Tamil diaspora, the Lankan military on Tuesday said it has invited the rightful owners to contact the civil coordinating offices in the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) regions to receive their items on verification of ownership.
The military said a considerable stock of gold jewellery had been recovered from the Tamil Eelam Banks and Eelam Pawning Centres run by the LTTE.
‘All those recoveries of jewelleries were duly documented, properly catalogued and detained for safe keeping under the custody of the security forces on the directions of the President,’ an army statement said.
So far 2377 ‘legitimate claimants’ have been identified to such jewelleries pawned by them to the LTTE, it said. The military said President Mahinda Rajapaksa has started the process with a symbolic return of gold jewellery to 25 claimants on Sunday.
The military said a considerable stock of gold jewellery had been recovered from the Tamil Eelam Banks and Eelam Pawning Centres run by the LTTE.
‘All those recoveries of jewelleries were duly documented, properly catalogued and detained for safe keeping under the custody of the security forces on the directions of the President,’ an army statement said.
So far 2377 ‘legitimate claimants’ have been identified to such jewelleries pawned by them to the LTTE, it said. The military said President Mahinda Rajapaksa has started the process with a symbolic return of gold jewellery to 25 claimants on Sunday.
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