Over a year after liberating Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu from the LTTE, the government will re-establish the judicial system in the two districts from next month replacing two decades of 'Kangaroo Courts' run by the LTTE.

Jaffna High Court authorities are working towards re-establishing the judicial system in Kilinochchi on March 1 and in Mullaitivu later.

Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu had 'Kangaroo Courts' administered by the LTTE with its judges and police force since 1987.

The LTTE `Kangaroo Court' system was headed by an ex-EROS senior member called K. Pararajasingam. The LTTE's Court houses in various parts in the North and the East remained under LTTE's control. Executions by firing squads and imprisonments in undisclosed areas deep in the jungles were carried out by the LTTE Court houses, the Ministry of Defence website said.

The Judicial Service Commission has appointed S. Sivakumar as the new District Judge of Kilinochchi. The Court house in Kilinochchi will begin in a makeshift building until a new Court complex is built.

Measures have also been taken by the Ministry of Justice to rebuild new Court houses in Kayts, Mallakam, Point Pedro and Chavakachcheri.

The Asian Development Bank and USAID will provide the financial assistance in rebuilding the Court houses in the peninsula.