“Interviewer: Prime Minister, it's 6 years, since the war, and there is still no investigation.”

— Ranil Wickremesinghe

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Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1949

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“Interviewer: Prime Minister, it's 6 years, since the war, and there is still no investigation.”

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