{"id":58779,"date":"2012-11-05T02:28:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=58779"},"modified":"2012-11-07T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T10:30:29","slug":"alleged-war-criminals-appointed-again-militarisation-of-diplomatic-service-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/alleged-war-criminals-appointed-again-militarisation-of-diplomatic-service-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged War Criminals Appointed Again, Militarisation Of Diplomatic Service Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By C<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">olombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>External Affairs Ministry <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=G.L.+Peiris&amp;x=5&amp;y=3\">G.L. Peiris<\/a><\/span> has received Government approval for new diplomatic appointments where key serving Army officers are being posted to number two slots overseas, according to the \u00a0Sunday Times Sri Lanka.\u00a0The newspaper said\u00a0in terms of this, Major General <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shavendra+Silva&amp;x=2&amp;y=7\">Shavendra Silva<\/a><\/span> will be Sri Lanka\u2019s Deputy Ambassador in South Africa. He is currently Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/alleged-war-criminals-appointed-again-militarisation-of-diplomatic-service-continues\/gotawitharmy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58809\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58809\" title=\"GotaWithArmy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GotaWithArmy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Major General Jagath Alwis will be the new Deputy Ambassador to Israel. Formerly in charge of the military component of Presidential Security, he is now Director General-General Staff (DGGS) at Army Headquarters.<br \/>\nMajor General Kamal Gunaratne will be the new Deputy Ambassador to Brazil. The current Ambassador is former Police Chief Mahinda Balasuriya. Maj. Gen. Gunaratne is currently Adjutant General at Army Headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Major General Shavendra Silva,\u00a0Major General Jagath Alwis and\u00a0Major General Kamal Gunaratne were allegedly involved in war crimes according to several media reports. \u00a0Even after the war, \u00a0Army chief of staff division, Director General , Major Gen. 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