http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201203/20120329another_batch_384_ex_ltte_cadres.htmThursday, March 29, 2012 - 5.25
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Another batch of 384 ex LTTE cadres
to be integrated today

Three hundred and eighty four ex-LTTE
cadres who had completed their term of rehabilitation will reintegrated to the
society today.With the latest batch, 10,490 ex- LTTE combatants,
including 2,170 females have been rehabilitated and reintegrated in to the
society since the country was liberated from terrorism in May 2009, said
Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Dinesh
Hettiarachchi.The last remaining group of former LTTE cadres will be
released by mid-2012 after providing them the mandatory 12 months
training.The former combatants receive training in vocational skills
before their release through the programs organized by Sri Lanka military to
earn a living on their own once released. The government has released Rs. 300
million to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms to provide loans up
to a maximum of Rs.250,000 to the rehabilitated former LTTE cadres to start
their own employmentDuring and immediately after the final phase of the
Humanitarian Operation 11,700 LTTE cadres have surrendered to the government
security forces. The government has allocated Rs.750 million for the
rehabilitation process for this year and has spent Rs. 2.5 billion on the
rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres since May 2009.