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Sri Lanka won’t allow UN war crimes panel to visit

By Washington Examiner
Published August 19, 2014 2:51pm ET
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Sri Lanka won’t allow UN war crimes panel to visit
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2013 file photo, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks during a media briefing on the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa says he will not allow a U.N. panel investigating allegations of war crimes to visit Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa told foreign journalists on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 that he does not accept any investigation by the United Nations into allegations of abuses by his soldiers and the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels at the end of the country's civil war in 2009. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) | Eranga Jayawardena

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president said Tuesday he will not allow a U.N. panel investigating allegations of war crimes to enter the country.

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