TMVP releases child soldiers, does not carry guns in public - UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) said the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), the
political party which is transforming itself from an armed group to a
party contesting elections released 39 child soldiers to a Government
led rehabilitation program and restricted its armed recruits to the
interior forest in the Eastern Province and they no longer travel in
public carrying guns.
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PC Polls smooth: UNP in desperation
No major incidents were reported by the three Returning Officers of
the three districts except for unconfirmed allegations levelled by two
anti-government election monitoring organisations. But the main
opposition UNP has made several unsubstantiated allegations of vote
rigging.
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Turn-out 60% with heavy forenoon voting
The Provincial Council polls in the Eastern Province yesterday has
recorded sixty percent of voter turn out in the districts of Trincomalee,
Batticaloa and Ampara districts, according to the Department of
Elections.
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