Channel 4 journalist, an LTTEer - Defence Ministry
The Defence Ministry yesterday said that
Issipriya the woman who is alleged to have been a journalist and a
news presenter in the Channel 4 documentary, was an LTTE cadre. The
ministry also released a photograph of the identity card issued by
the LTTE to Issipriya, in which she was clad in combat attire,
confirming her military involvement with the LTTE. Issipriya was
born in 1982 in Jaffna and was subsequently recruited by the LTTE
and underwent military training in the Vanni.
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Another 500 ex-LTTEers to be reintegrated into society
The government will reintegrate another batch of
500 former LTTE combatants into society next week. According to
Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe,
these former LTTE combatants underwent a comprehensive
rehabilitation programme.
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