{"id":206697,"date":"2019-11-30T16:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T11:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=206697"},"modified":"2019-11-30T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T11:28:36","slug":"conduct-a-thorough-and-impartial-investigation-into-abducting-swiss-embassy-employee-hrcsl-tells-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/conduct-a-thorough-and-impartial-investigation-into-abducting-swiss-embassy-employee-hrcsl-tells-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Conduct A Thorough And Impartial Investigation Into Abducting Swiss Embassy Employee: HRCSL Tells Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has urged acting Inspector General of Police to\u00a0conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/abducting-swiss-embassy-employee-official-statement-by-the-embassy-of-switzerland\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">the abduction of an employee of the Swiss Embassy<\/span><\/strong><\/a> in Colombo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204972\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/deepika-udagama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204972\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/deepika-udagama-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/deepika-udagama-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/deepika-udagama.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-204972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Udagama<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Writing to the acting IGP CD Wickramaratne, the Chairperson of HRCSL, Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Deepika+Udagama\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Deepika Udagama<\/span><\/strong><\/a> said: &#8220;The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned by media reports that an employee of a diplomatic mission in Sri Lanka had recently been abducted by a group of unknown persons who had allegedly demanded that she provide them information pertaining to Sri Lankans who have sought protection through that embassy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Commission urgently calls on you to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into this alarming incident. As you would agree a speedy and impartial investigation into the matter to unearth those responsible is absolutely essential to strengthen public confidence in law enforcement and to dispel public fears,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Udugama said: &#8220;When the public entertains such fears it has a chilling effect on democratic rights and freedoms. 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