{"id":150969,"date":"2015-09-17T12:32:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=150969"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:01:53","slug":"sri-lankan-courts-can-conduct-credible-investigations-namal-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-courts-can-conduct-credible-investigations-namal-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Courts Can Conduct Credible Investigations: Namal Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan courts have already demonstrated that they have the resources and the capability to conduct credible investigations within the existing legal framework, says the former President&#8217;s son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Namal+Rajapaksa&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Namal Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Updating his Facebook status Namal Rajapaksa MP said; &#8220;I believe the OHCHR&#8217;s call for the creation of hybrid court in Sri Lanka is a complete insult to the entire legal system in this country. Sri Lanka is fully capable of conducting any domestic inquiry that may be needed and should be allowed to proceed without foreign interference. Sri Lankan courts have already demonstrated that they have the resources and the capability to conduct credible investigations within the existing legal framework. The double standards practiced by certain sections of the international community is injustice in itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Namal-Rajapaksa-Facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-150970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Namal-Rajapaksa-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Namal Rajapaksa Facebook\" width=\"494\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Namal-Rajapaksa-Facebook.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Namal-Rajapaksa-Facebook-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":142563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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