The whereabouts of the sixteen Tamil men who were arrested on 17 February 1993, and whose detention has not been acknowledged by the authorities, remain unknown. Justice Soza of the Human Rights Task Force has written to a number of UA participants to inform them that the Army Commander in Batticaloa District has appointed a committee to inquire into these arrests, and a police investigation is also underway. The whereabouts of the two men arrested on 27 December 1992 also remain unknown.
