Jailed LTTE prisoners on strike

17 May 2012 08:44 am

A group of 80 ex-LTTE prisoners who are being held at the Colombo Remand Prison in Welikada have commenced a hunger strike urging authorities to hasten court hearings or to release them.

A senior prison officer said that they have been in remand for nearly three years and some have been in remand more than five years. (SD)