Over 420 ex-LTTE cadres sent home today
[September 30 2010]

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<p>Over 420 ex-LTTE cadres, who have completed rehabilitation, have been released to their parents at a ceremony held in Vavuniya this morning.

<p>Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brig. Sudantha Ranasinghe said the remaining ex-LTTE cadres under going rehabilitation would be released in batches. 

<p>“We have landed over 247 males and 158 females to their families. They were given vocational training in the fields of carpentry, computer, wiring, construction and beauty culture”, he said.

<p>Among the released ex-cadres there are disabled and married rehabilitates. Nearly 8,000 ex-cadres are still under going rehabilitation and over 11,000 LTTEers surrendered to the military during the final days of the battled that defeated the LTTE in May 2009.