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The paper famously exposed a scandal relating to war crimes in Sri Lanka when it revealed and confirmed the presence of British mercenaries of the secret KMS unit working with Sri Lankan troops, and the subsequent termination of this following the discovery of atrocities committed against the Tamil population. The KMS mercenaries walked out after complaining that the Sri Lankan Special Task Force "was running out of control and was indiscriminately killing and torturing Tamil civilians". Noted Human Rights Lawyer Karen Parker cited the news article in one of her NGO interventions criticizing the Government of Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

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