‘No civilian with white flags was shot at’ – former GA Mullaithivu
[November 5 2010]

<p>The former Government Agent  of Mullaithivu Emelda Sukumar said no
civilian carrying ‘white flags’ were killed by the military while they
were fleeing the LTTE dominated areas.
<p>Sukumar, the present Jaffna GA, testifying before the Lessons Learnt
and Reconciliation Commission yesterday said she had met  hundreds of
civilians who had escaped the LTTE and moved to the government
controlled areas carrying white flags.
<p>“ They were in Vavuniya and told me how they had escaped and
surrendered to the soldiers while carrying white flags. They were not
shot by the soldiers. But the LTTE had shot civilians who tried to
flee”, she said.
<p>Sukumar was the Mullaithivu GA from 2002 to January 2009.