Wants Prabha tried here before extradition to India
Ruling
out a general amnesty to the LTTE, now rapidly losing ground on the
eastern flank, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday
emphasised that LTTE leader and his chief lieutenants would be tried
for crimes they had committed, both here and abroad.
Even if they surrendered to the army, the government would go ahead
with legal proceedings, he said.Rajapaksa told The Island that
although ordinary LTTE cadres would be rehabilitated to facilitate
their return to civilian life, the top LTTE leadership shouldn’t
expect clemency. Prabhakaran and the likes of Sea Tiger leader Soosai,
Intelligence chief Pottu Amman, Sornam, Theepan, Nadesan and Ramesh
would be punished.
