MDMK leader Vaiko and PMK founder Ramadoss on Thursday asserted that the presence of even a single Sri Lankan judge in the international investigation panel to probe the war crimes against the Island’s Tamils will ruin justice, while Tamil Maanila Congress leader G K Vasan too supported an international investigation.

Vaiko said the United Nations Human Rights Council should take into account the opinion of Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister Vigneswaran that no one from Sri Lanka, including Tamils should be present as a judge or lawyer in the international court to be constituted by the UN. He also said no one recommended by the Indian government should also get a place.

The Indian government should recognise the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution and bring a resolution for international investigation. “If the Union government failed to do so or tried to help the Lankan government, the Modi government too will be accused of supporting the genocide,” he warned.

He also said the investigation should begin from Sri Lankan Independence Day on February 4, 1948 and probe how Tamils were discriminated and Tamil women sexually assaulted, besides the anti-Tamil riots.

Ramadoss said the presence of even a Sinhalese judge would murder justice and only an international probe could punish the guilty. The report showed that human rights violations were planned and deliberate. Though the probe was on war crimes and human rights violations, genocide could be proved from the report.

(The New Indian Express)