Sri Lanka president receives US court summons...

Sri Lanka's justice ministry has received a summons issued by a US federal court for President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The summons is linked to three civil cases filed under the Hague Convention by relatives of Tamil victims of alleged extra-judicial killings.

The alleged killings took place during the Sri Lankan civil war.

The petitioners are claiming financial damages under the US Torture Victims Protection Act.

A Sri Lankan justice ministry source confirmed to the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror newspaper that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had received a summons and said the government would not respond to it. More...

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