Colombo: Sri Lanka will free 1,200 more rehabilitated former Tamil Tiger guerrillas by September-end, Xinhua reported on Monday.
This would take to 17,000 the number of former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who have gained freedom since the war ended in May 2009, said a senior official.
A Dissanayake, secretary in the Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry, said all the former fighters had got vocational training to start new lives.
IANS
First Published: Monday, September 19, 2011, 21:50