Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya has instructed the Gang Robbery Investigation Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate reports that five women were allegedly detained at the notorious Gun Site underground detention facility within the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dockyard in Trincomalee.

The directive follows an order issued by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court. The Trincomalee Magistrate's Court has decided to resume proceedings in several cases that had previously been kept in abeyance, amid emerging evidence that some victims of enforced disappearances were allegedly held at the Trincomalee Naval Base.

The Gun Site facility has long been linked to cases of enforced disappear...