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Major General Shavendra Silva is seen here in November 2010 after giving evidence before the Trial-at-Bar against former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka on the White Flag issue. In his evidence Silva said that not a single LTTE cadre or civilian was killed during the Vanni humanitarian operation. The Army received them as Sri Lankan citizens he is reported by local media to have said.

Some of the injured persons who surrendered were dispatched to the Colombo NationalHospital for immediate treatment, Major General Silva, 46, said. He said that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had given clear instructions to the Army who was conducting the humanitarian operation in the Vanni District, to receive the LTTE cadres and the civilians who surrendered without harming them.