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General Jagath Jayasuriya, VSV, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer; he was the Chief of Defence Staff, the head of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces as a Full General from 1 August 2013 to 15 June 2015 and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, the head of the army as a Lieutenant General from 15 July 2009 to 31 July 2013. [1]
- 1980 - 2015
- Sri Lanka Army
With knowledge that a suspected war criminal was visiting Australia and likely to return, a formal request to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was submitted in 2019 to investigate retired General Jagath Jayasuriya, for serious allegations of torture, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed under his command in the final phase of the ...
Mar 30, 2022 · Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations | Australia news | The Guardian. Retired Sri Lankan general Jagath Jayasuriya is accused in...
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Mar 31, 2022 · Australian Tamils and human rights groups have called on the Australian Government to impose sanctions against Sri Lankan General (retired) Jagath Jayasuriya for his command role in atrocities in Sri Lanka and following failure by the Australian Federal Police ( AFP) to investigate the former Army Commander after he was allowed to enter Australia.
Aug 29, 2017 · AFP. Jagath Jayasuriya (centre) commanded troops in the final months of the war. Human rights groups have filed lawsuits in Brazil and Colombia against Sri Lanka's ambassador in Latin America,...
General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army who was promoted to the rank of General, received honours from the troops at the Army Headquarters during a special parade at MoD grounds on Monday (17) morning. He is the youngest General in the Army to have received this rank while serving as the Commander of the Army.
General Jagath Jayasuriya, newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) assumed duties on Friday (2) morning as the third CDS at his office, Colombo 7.\r \r Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, new Commander of the Army, senior officers representing Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force were present at the occasion.\r \r After placing his signature ...
