{"id":3408,"date":"2025-03-28T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:30:15","slug":"where-were-they-during-ltte-terror-ex-navy-chief-slams-uk-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has responded to the sanctions imposed by the UK government against him and several others alleging them of widespread human rights violations during Sri Lanka\u2019s military operations against the LTTE.<\/p>\n<p>Karannagoda claimed that the sanctions are not based on any transparent investigation or legal proceedings, but reflect the selective application of international pressure, targeting those who played key roles in Sri Lanka\u2019s military victory.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the same foreign entities that now impose restrictions did nothing while Sri Lanka was under siege by terrorists and ignored atrocities committed by the LTTE.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, commenting on the matter, Minister of Health and Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the government has already announced their decision clearly and firmly as a country and that however, the opposition is always looking for a political slogan to fight against.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not fall for that. The stability of the country is the most important for us right now. When we are walking towards that goal with the rest of the world, we will take clear actions based on our diplomatic principles\u201d, Dr. Jayatissa added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has responded to the sanctions imposed by the UK government against him and several others alleging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has responded to the sanctions imposed by the UK government against him and several others alleging&#8230;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ceylontribune\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/wasantha.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lead Stories\",\"Local\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408\",\"name\":\"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/wasantha.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?p=3408#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/wasantha.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/wasantha.jpg\",\"width\":746,\"height\":437},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ceylontribune\",\"description\":\"Online distribution of local and foreign news, business news, and sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a\",\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceylontribune.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune","og_description":"Former Navy Commander, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda has responded to the sanctions imposed by the UK government against him and several others alleging&#8230;","og_url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408","og_site_name":"ceylontribune","article_published_time":"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":746,"height":437,"url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SMW Kodithuwakku","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SMW Kodithuwakku","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408"},"author":{"name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/#\/schema\/person\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a"},"headline":"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions","datePublished":"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408"},"wordCount":202,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg","articleSection":["Lead Stories","Local"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408","url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408","name":"\u2018Where were they during LTTE terror?\u2019: Ex-Navy Chief slams UK sanctions - ceylontribune","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-28T03:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-28T03:30:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/#\/schema\/person\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=3408#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wasantha.jpg","width":746,"height":437},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/","name":"ceylontribune","description":"Online distribution of local and foreign news, business news, and sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/#\/schema\/person\/43235a690a128bd153738d372a358d8a","name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SMW Kodithuwakku"},"url":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3409,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}