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The Channel 4 television of Britain Wednesday night aired another video showing an image of a man claimed to be a Sri Lankan soldier with face blurred on screen recounting the atrocities the Sri Lankan soldiers have allegedly committed on the Tamil civilians during the final stages of the war in 2009.
Army Spokesman, Major General, Ubhaya Medawala has strongly denied a Sri Lankan soldier has given any such interview to Channel 4.
"They are attempting to authenticate the fake videos previously aired by the TV station alleging war crimes against the Sri Lankan Army," the Spokesman has told the National News Agency Lankapuwath.
"It is another attempt to tarnish the image of the country and they are videos created by pro-LTTE segments," he has said.
The purported soldier identified as "Fernando" was reportedly operating with the 58 Division which was under the command of Major General Shavendra Silva.
The "soldier", who has reportedly risked his life to speak to the Channel 4 News, has told that Sri Lankan government forces have actively targeted men, women, and children with small arms.
The Sri Lankan government has vehemently rejected a documentary earlier aired by Channel 4 on the alleged war crimes took place during the final stage of the war saying the disturbing images in the Channel 4 film aired without any guarantee of their authenticity have the potential to incite hatred amongst different communities in Sri Lanka.
In May 2009, Sri Lankan authorities arrested and deported Channel 4's Asia correspondent Nick Paton-Walsh, cameraman Matt Jasper and producer Bessie Du for allegedly fabricating a video on the displaced Tamil civilians.
In a video supposedly taken within a welfare center, the Channel 4 team has said that dead bodies were left where they fell and alleged of sexual abuse, along with food and water shortages.
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