More ex-Tigers join hunger strike

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Another 100 ex-Tigers in remand prison today joined the hunger strike launched by 80 of their colleagues on Thursday demanding that the authorities either expedite their court cases which according to them had been dragging on for years or in the alternative to release them.

Prison authorities said 50 ex-Tigers at the Vavuniya remand prison, 20 at Kalutara another 30 who were at the Colombo Remand Prison (CRP) have joined the hunger strike.

But the Prisons Department charged that the former combatants launched the hunger strike hoping they would get a pardon on the third anniversary of the war victory.

“Even the top officials visited them and promised that their cases will be taken up at the earliest available date, but they are continuing with the hunger strike,” a senior prison officer said. (Supun Dias)

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pem Saturday, 19 May 2012 06:35 AM

no one will tkae note this now.

RAJ Saturday, 19 May 2012 09:30 AM

Let them go on hunger strike and die...it will be easy for the government.

Real peace Saturday, 19 May 2012 10:09 PM

Charge them or release. For Gods sake we are a civilised nation.

Asanka Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:48 AM

Where were you when these Dogs blowing up bombs everywhere and killing thousands of innocent people. There are situations where we have to be civilized in our conducts. but for these dogs, let them kill themselves.

Nodrog Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:58 AM

Did they think of the rights of the innocent civilians, children included, before butchering them in cold blood?

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