Question follow-through · 14747

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether criminal charges (a) have been made and (b) convictions have been secured against Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia by BIOT authorities.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 18 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 21 Nov 2024
Answer: 28 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether criminal charges (a) have been made and (b) convictions have been secured against Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia by BIOT authorities.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
Where allegations of criminality are made on BIOT, they are investigated by the authorities there and criminal charges brought and prosecuted where appropriate.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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