▁court . ▁ ▁Hand ling ▁of ▁the ▁t sun ami ▁dis aster ▁During ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁a ▁sc andal ▁er upt ed ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁w ides p read ▁dis content ▁with ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁government ▁aid ▁to ▁Sw edes ▁who ▁fell ▁vict ims ▁to ▁the ▁not orious ▁t sun ami ▁dis aster , ▁killing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Swedish ▁tour ists ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁The ▁criticism ▁emer ged ▁early ▁since ▁the ▁government ▁refused ▁to ▁give ▁clear ance ▁to ▁prepared ▁Swedish ▁military ▁rescue ▁plan es ▁to ▁aid ▁in ▁the ▁rescue ▁efforts ▁in ▁Asia . ▁The ▁plan es ▁were ▁left ▁str and ed ▁on ▁Swedish ▁air fields ▁and ▁Swedish ▁tour ists , ▁in ▁many ▁cases ▁sever ely ▁injured , ▁had ▁to ▁wait ▁for ▁the ▁few ▁crow ded ▁regular ▁fl ights ▁that ▁were ▁available ▁back ▁home ▁to ▁Sweden . ▁A ▁committee ▁initi ated ▁an ▁investigation ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁to ▁shed ▁some ▁light ▁on ▁what ▁really ▁happened ▁during ▁the ▁Christmas ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁if ▁anyone ▁ever ▁had ▁noticed ▁the ▁early ▁reports ▁from ▁the ▁Swedish ▁military ▁intelligence ▁offices . ▁The ▁sc andal ▁es cal ated ▁into ▁a ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁Swedish ▁standing ▁committee ▁of ▁constitution ▁inqu eries ▁( const itution al ▁court ) ▁as ▁it ▁became ▁evident ▁that ▁Swedish ▁government ▁officials ▁either ▁li ed ▁or ▁refused ▁to ▁answer ▁properly ▁to ▁the ▁questions ▁asked ▁by ▁the ▁investig ators . ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁the ▁sc andal ▁reached ▁its ▁clim ax ▁as ▁top