Sri Lankan Minister D.M. Swaminathan said the Attorney General was reviewing the cases of 20 former LTTE cadres who have been detained under the government’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Daily Mirror quoted the minister as stating the Attorney General was deliberating on whether the former cadres would be prosecuted or cleared for “release or rehabilitation”, adding,
“There is a delay on the part of the Attorney General’s Department in clearing these cases”.
His comments come after a political prisoner in Jaffna began a hunger strike on Monday, having been held in detention since 2006.