Information on the current whereabouts of the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada, retired Brigadier-General Tissa Weeratunga, and on whether he has been charged with human rights abuses [LKA19863.E]

Information on the current whereabouts of the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada, retired Brigadier-General Tissa Weeratunga, and on whether he has been charged with human rights abuses, could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty DIRB country file. 1992-present.

DIRB country file. 1992-present.

The International Who's Who. 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, and 1994-1995.

Oral sources and on-line searches (including the Canadian Business-Current Affairs Index from 1988 to January 1995)