The Tamil National Alliance will appeal the aquittal of all suspects in the case of the assassinated former Tamil politician, N Raviraj this week.
“The judgment is indicative of the people’s distrust in the country’s Judiciary. It is in this scenario that we demand an international panel of judges to probe the alleged war crimes. A lawyer who watched the interests of the aggrieved party, I will file an appeal,” Mr Sumanthiran was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
Asked whether he thought the aquitted suspects were responsible, Mr Sumanthiran reportedly said he would not accuse them directly, "but it was sad to find that the government failed to bring the real culprits in the broad daylight crime to book and left them at large for a long time."
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