The presidential commission investigating cases of missing persons in Sri Lanka has started its hearing in the country's eastern Trincomalee province.
"The relatives of those who have forcibly disappeared are tired of going before various mechanisms set up by the government of Sri Lanka from time to time," Tamil Civil Society Forum (CSF) said in a letter to the commission.
The CSF said that the commission's line of questioning of the relatives is wrong. They are designed to probe people's socio economic conditions than helping to find the missing relatives.
"The appointment of international experts by the previous Rajapaksa government was meant to help the government face international pressures on human rights accountability," it said.
Commenting on the new government of the President Maithripala Sirisena, the CSF said, "the present government also seems to continue with the approach adopted by the previous regime towards truth, justice and accountability."
Tamil groups have expressed dismay over the decision by the UN Human Rights Council to delay its Sri Lanka investigation report on being prompted by the Sirisena government to do so.
Sri Lanka's new government won a six-month delay in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes.
According to UN estimates, more than 40,000 civilians were killed in Lanka during the final phase of the three-decade-long conflict that ended in 2009. The Sri Lankan government disputes the UN figure.
A group of people whose relatives have disappeared held a protest holding placards urging for a credible investigation into disappearances of people. "I want a certificate to say if he is dead or alive," one placard read.
The commission was established in August 2013 by the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. It has received over 20,106 complaints including approximately 5000 from relatives of missing security forces personnel.
During these sittings, the commission has heard oral evidence of 1440 complainants. The recorded evidences of these complainants are being analyzed for further investigations through an independent investigative team.
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