GR permitted a Chinese firm to commence a project at Nandikadal lagoon where SINHALA forces had buried 1000s of bodies of LTTE cadres/ TAMIL IDPs.!!!

Following investigations by India
The Nandikadal fisheries project comes to a standstill



2010-06-28

Sources from the Defence Ministry said that the Defence Secretary’s fisheries project in the Nandikadal lagoon has been temporarily halted following inquiries by the Indian authorities.

Lanka News Web earlier reported that a Chinese company had been assigned to exhume and destroy the bodies of LTTE cadres that have been buried around the Nandikadal lagoon under the guise of a fisheries project.

A senior Fisheries Ministry official when inquired about the respective project said the ministry was not aware of it and asked the question to be posed to the Defence Ministry.

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Government contracts Chinese firm to destroy bodies buried in Nandikadal lagoon



2010-06-15

Diplomatic sources say that the government has permitted a Chinese firm to commence a project at the Nandikadal lagoon where Sri Lankan security forces had buried thousands of bodies of LTTE cadres during the final stages of the war last May.

The Chinese firm has been assigned to exhume the bodies and destroy them beyond recognition.

The project, which is to commence under the Fisheries Ministry, is to be carried out under the close supervision of the Defence Ministry.

Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne has already told the media that a Chinese firm has already requested for permission to commence a fisheries project in the Nandikadal lagoon.

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