900 former combatants released

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The Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms had yesterday made arrangements to release another 900 former combatants of the defeated terror organisation, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have completed the rehabilitation programme at the Pompamadu and Punethottam rehabilitation centres in Vavuniya.

The ex-fighters, who have received vocational training during their rehabilitation programme, will be reintegrated into the society in a ceremony today held at the Vavuniya Urban Council Grounds, the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Brigadier General Sudantha Ranasinghe said.

According to the authorities out of the 11,644 ex-LTTE cadres surrendered or arrested at the end of the war, 6,500 had been rehabilitated and reintegrated into the society.

The Sri Lankan government recently said all the former female LTTE combatants have been released and they are with their families now. (www.colobopage.com)

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