Sri Lanka Court discusses rehabilitation of former female LTTE political wing leader

A Sri Lankan court has directed the counsel appearing for a former leading member of the LTTE women's wing to consult the Attorney General to send her for rehabilitation in order to re-integrate her into the society.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singapulli has directed the counsel appearing for LTTE Women's Division Leader Subramaniam Sivathai alias Thamalini to discuss with the Attorney General on the possibility of sending Thamilini for rehabilitation.

The Magistrate has issued the directive following submissions from Thamilini's counsel that the suspect who was remanded for over two years in remand prison was undergoing imprisonment and hardships without being charged.

The counsel had said his client's younger days were taken away by the LTTE and now she had to spend the rest of her life in imprisonment.

A special police team arrested Thamalini on May 27, 2009 at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Vavuniya. She joined the LTTE in 1991 and received battle training in a LTTE camp in Nirveli.

Meanwhile, the CID has said that it had sent the extracts of the investigation report to the Attorney General's Department and that Department was yet to take any action on it.