Ex-Tigers to be released

Ridma Dissanayake

Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe stated that 480 ex-LTTE cadres will be released on April 23.

Their release is made to coincide with the Sinhala and Tamil New year. All these rehabilitants are married and all of them have children as well, he added.

These rehabilitants will be released at the Vavuniya Cultural Center on Saturday. According to the Brigadier Ranasinghe over 7000 rehabilitated ex-LTTE cadres have been released so far and some 4100 cadres are still in the rehabilitation centres.