Domestic Inquiry, Militarisation & Victim-Witness Protection

• by Kusal Perera 
• - on 09/04/2015 

Balendran Jeyakumari was arrested with her then 12 year old daughter in March 2014 on charges she possessed two stolen mine detectors. Lugged in remand prison for almost a year, she was allowed conditional bail in March, 2015. She had to report to the nearest police station every last Sunday of the month. Yet there are no charges filed against her with only a “B” Report holding her as an accused for over one and a half years. On 02 September there were reports, war affected families in Mannar were on protest against the proposed domestic investigation, demanding instead an independent international investigation on all war related crimes. There was the possibility this protest would spread across Vanni. That same day, Jeyakumari was noticed to appear before the Kebithigollewa Magistrate’s Court. On Wednesdays the MC sits in Padaviya. She was to be remanded again. Her lawyer appealed for bail while the police objected. She was granted bail but with strict conditions.

Domestic Inquiry, Militarisation & Victim-Witness Protection by Thavam Ratna