Sri Lanka withdraws from UN war investigation pact

Sri Lanka has withdrawn from a UN resolution that would allow war crimes allegedly committed during the country’s civil war to be investigated.
That is despite a promise by the new government to probe historic allegations.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo.

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