HRC to investigat​e on sub standard fuel

HRC to investigat?e on sub standard fuel[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 08:43.31 AM GMT +05:30 ]The Human Rights Commission (HRC) announced it will investigate the incident involving sub standard fuel being sold by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) if a complaint is lodged.

The HRC says selling sub standard fuel to the people which resulted in the people having to face severe hardships and difficulties is a violation of their rights.

According to the HRC it has a mandate to investigate human rights violations and so will investigate any complaints that may be lodged against the CPC over the incident.

The HRC says any individual who wishes to lodge a complaint against the CPC can do so at the HRC office or via telephone.

The public had to wait in long queues to obtain petrol following the incident while the direct victim of the poor quality fuel ended up with damaged vehicles which had to be repaired.

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