104 LTTE cadre poisoned, killed at SL rehab centres

Politicians of the main Tamil party TNA politicians and the Tamil media claimed the deaths of some 104 ex-combatants who had allegedly been given poisonous injections. They had claimed physical disability due to the injections being given to them. Northern chief minister C V Wigneswaran has said that the US Air Forces medical team, currently in the Tamil-dominated north, will examine the former rehabilitated LTTE cadres, who he alleged had fallen sick as they were injected with toxins at government detention or rehabilitation centres. State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene rejected the claims as “false allegations.” “It is sad to hear some politicians in the North making false allegations when the government is making a genuine effort to resolve the issue of the Northern people. Government spokesman and Minister of Health Rajitha Senaratne also dismissed the claims.