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Tamil detained on Channel4 video

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Channel4 television recently aired a documentary with video evidence of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka

Police in Sri Lanka say they arrested a Tamil man on suspicion of providing video footage to British Channel 4 television to be included in a documentary on alleged war crimes committed during the last stages of the war.

Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a secret report to Colombo magistrate court said that Nandavanam Jegatheeswaran was arrested in Kandy on 30 June.

The suspect, who has arrived from UK, has provided British Channel4 television false video clips implicating Sri Lanka military in war crimes, police said.

The police were granted permission by the court to detain and question the suspect for 90-day period.