Ch4, Its a film- President July 23 2011

Asked about the allegations of human rights violations, and especially about Channel 4s Sri Lankas Killing Fields, which showed gruesome and distressing footage and charged that the Sri Lankan army and government had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the final stage of the war against the LTTE, President Rajapaksa responded: “Its a film.” Referring to the footage showing close-range executions of naked men with their hands tied behind their backs, he asserted that “it has been filmed in Tamil” and that if the footage was true, “it was not the LTTE cadres, it must be the army boys” who were shot. “The man who is shooting,” he explained, “his belt is not the army belt, it is the LTTE belt. If it is true, the LTTE cadre is shooting an army man. If it is not true, its a film. Its not a true document. We are looking into the matter.”

He said allegations supported by evidence would be enquired into. “The LLRC has already requested the original of this [footage]. We said if anybody had any evidence against any police officer or army officer, at any time, we are ready to look into it. This can be from top to bottom.”- The Hindu