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HARDtalk - Gotabaya Rajapaksa - Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary

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The final programme in Hardtalk's Sri Lanka series is devoted to a one-on-one interview with the powerful Defence Secretary - and brother of the president - Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Stephen Sackur questions the Defence Secretary on the Sri Lankan army's conduct in the final days of the war, the accusations of war crimes made against some members of the government and the actions of the judiciary. He also asks about the government's vision for the future of the Tamil people.