32 Tamil political prisoners will be released on November 9th, leader of the opposition and TNA leader, R. Sampanthan has said.
Mr Sampanthan said that the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, had reassured him that the 32 would be released on the 9th, with a further 30 to be released before the 20th and another 48 to be released pending investigation.
The opposition leader had met with Mr Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, to discuss the release of Tamil political prisoners, for which demonstrations and campaigning have intensified across the North-East in the past month.