According to ministry of Defense, the Sri Lankan Government
has
established
a
mechanism
to
provide
details
of
the
current
and
past
detainees
taken
into
custody
by
the
Terrorist
Investigation
Division
(TID)
of
Sri
Lanka
Police,
reports
Colombo
Page.
The
information
will
be
provided
only
to
the
close
relatives
such
as
the
spouse,
children,
parents
and
siblings.
Meanwhile, the resettlement programme launched by the Government
in
the
Northern
and
Eastern Provinces
is
now
in
its
final
stage,
reports
Daily
News.
According
to
the
Army
Spokesman
around,
284,000
persons
in
Northern
and
Eastern
Provinces have been already resettled with another 6,022 persons to
be
resettled.
These
6,022
are
the
persons
who
have
to
be
resettled
in
Mulathivu,
Pudukuduirippu,
Wellamulla
and
Waikkal
areas
and
also
to
be
resettled
in
certain
areas
after
completing
clearance
of
landmines.
Meanwhile, the largest C4 explosive stock of 6250 Kilograms
was
recovered
from
the
Pudukuduirippu
area
by
the
military,
reports
Daily
Mirror.
Pudukuduirippu
town
lies
in
Mulathivu
District
in
Northern Province.
According to a Wiki Leaks cables, reported by Daily
Mirror,
a
man
identifying
himself
as
Jeeva
Ratnam
and
claiming
to
be
a
Liberation
Tigers
of
Tamil
Eelam
(LTTE)
suicide
bomber,
who
requested
asylum
at
US
embassy
in
Colombo
was
handed
over
to
Sri
Lankan
Police
on
November
7,
2005.
The
man
had
claimed
that
he
was
assigned
to
kill
either
Karuna
Amman
(breakaway
LTTE
Eastern
Commander)
or
Douglas
Devananda,
leader
of
Eelam
People's
Democratic
Party
(EPDP).
He
claimed
that
he
had
voluntarily
joined
the
LTTE
when
he
was
fifteen
however,
he
wanted
to
leave
the
LTTE
and
requested
assistance
going
to
the
United
States.
Meanwhile, Gen. Sarath Fonseka will be released soon, as a
result
of
President
Mahindra
Rajapaksa’s
one-on-one
talks
with
Democratic
National
Alliance
(DNA)
MP
Tiran
Alles,
reports
The
Island.
Gen.
Fonseka
could
leave
Nawaloka
hospital,
where
he
was
receiving
treatment
for
a
lung
condition,
as
soon
as
MP
Alles
returns
from
an
overseas
visit.
His
jail
term
technically
ends
July
2013. |
