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Monday, December 27, 2010 - 04.58 GMT |
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Ex-LTTE cadres reintegrated into society |
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Nearly hundred ex-LTTE combatants, who successfully completed their rehabilitation programmes, were released on Saturday at a ceremony held in Vauniya to mark Christmas.
Sources in the Bureau of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation said that there were 98 male and two female former LTTE cadres and they had been handed over to their family members.
The government has so far rehabilitated and released over 4,500 former LTTE cadres, including over 300 females.
Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that government’s re-integration of former LTTE combatants into the civilian life had received many accolades from international quarters. The Government had provided opportunity for ex-LTTE combatants to reintegrate into civilian society by providing job opportunities and training in different vocations.
"We are helping ex-combatants to return to society and re-integrate with their families as some of them are breadwinners," he added.
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