COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena held discussions with the family members of missing persons at the Presidential Secretariat. In the meeting, he said he has a clear understanding regarding issues faced by each community in this country, and said that the government, including himself, is committed to provide solutions to them in an open and fair manner. Regarding allegations made about some persons being apprehended in detention centres run by the government, he said there is no such secret detention centres for the present government and no one is held in custody.
Sirisena stressed that his aim was to provide swift solutions for the issues faced by family members of the missing persons. The President instructed to submit a new application through District Secretaries to obtain complains of the family members of the missing persons, to collect their appeals as well as to collect their information. He also instructed to issue a circular to all the District Secretaries stipulating to collect that information before December 15.
