Former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the release of Tamils detained for political reasons posed a serious threat to national security.
Claiming the Tamils were "hardcore LTTE members", Mr Gotabhaya said that some of those on the list to be released were involved in major attacks on Colombo.
Mr Rajapaksa said that during a study conducted amongst those detained, some had reiterated their commitment to the "original tasks" given to them by the LTTE. Mr Rajapaksa said that they could influence thousands of rehabilitated cadres. "Don’t forget among the rehabilitated could be even suicide cadres and those who had served specialised branches such as the intelligence and explosives experts."
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