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The OMP/the Commission has established its head office in Colombo, and following the consultations with the public, regional offices were opened in Matara, Mannar, Jaffna, Batticaloa, and on August 2021, in Kilinochchi as well.
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The previous commissions were mainly involved in gathering information from various sources, responding to new complaints lodged by the families and translating them into a simplified database; while observing the new incoming complaints. And spent more time on establishing the office, recruiting qualified staff, and capacity-building of the officials in the first three years.
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Based on the information obtained from the families and relatives of the missing persons, in 2020, the OMP published the details of 21,374 complaints received, which is called “the provisional list”. The general public was requested in assisting to furnish the records related to their complaints. Accordingly, The progress made by OMP as of 30th of November 2023 as follows
Number of the complaints of Missing Persons
No Description Sub total Total 01 Total Number of Complaints / Cases received by the OMP initially 21,374 02 No. of Cases with missing military personnel/ Cases with double entries 6,386 03 The number of active complaints / Cases 21,374 - 6,386
= 14,98804 Total number of preliminary inquiries concluded 4,795 In 2020 184 In 2021 95 In 2022 2,111 In 2023 2,405 05 Balance cases to be inquired 12,341 Cases reported with the date of missing between 2000-2021 – Phase I 1,230 Cases reported with the date of missing between 1980-2000 – Phase II 3,173 Cases reported with the date of missing before 1980 + the date is not clear – Phase III 5,278 + 512
= 5,790Further details about inquiries