By Sandun A. Jayasekera
Law enforcement authorities are carrying out investigations before filing charges against 881 ex LTTE cadres who would be prosecuted once investigations have been completed, Deputy Solicitor General Shavendra Fernando said yesterday.
He said 22 ex LTTE cadres had been charged in the Magistrate’s Courts and another 278 in the High Courts while 200 were in remand custody and 204 released on bail.
Of the 4,281 LTTE combatants arrested during the last stages of the humanitarian operation some 1,000 had been discharged due to lack of evidence.
With regard to the legal implications of detaining ex LTTE combatants even after the emergency regulations were lifted, Mr. Fernando said according to section 40 of the Public Security Ordinance, suspects arrested under the PTA could be detained for a further interim period.
“The Supreme Court in a judgment has ruled that there are legal provisions to detain those being investigated under the PTA even after the lifting of the Emergency Regulations. Even International Law accepts the position taken by the Supreme Court that suspects can be detained for an interim period for the purpose of carrying out terrorism-related investigations,” Mr. Fernando said and added that the Attorney General’s Department and other state agencies had dealt with 3,394 out of a total of 4,281 taken into custody either by the armed forces or the police towards the tail end of the conflict.
Law enforcement authorities are carrying out investigations before filing charges against 881 ex LTTE cadres who would be prosecuted once investigations have been completed, Deputy Solicitor General Shavendra Fernando said yesterday.
He said 22 ex LTTE cadres had been charged in the Magistrate’s Courts and another 278 in the High Courts while 200 were in remand custody and 204 released on bail.
Of the 4,281 LTTE combatants arrested during the last stages of the humanitarian operation some 1,000 had been discharged due to lack of evidence.
With regard to the legal implications of detaining ex LTTE combatants even after the emergency regulations were lifted, Mr. Fernando said according to section 40 of the Public Security Ordinance, suspects arrested under the PTA could be detained for a further interim period.
“The Supreme Court in a judgment has ruled that there are legal provisions to detain those being investigated under the PTA even after the lifting of the Emergency Regulations. Even International Law accepts the position taken by the Supreme Court that suspects can be detained for an interim period for the purpose of carrying out terrorism-related investigations,” Mr. Fernando said and added that the Attorney General’s Department and other state agencies had dealt with 3,394 out of a total of 4,281 taken into custody either by the armed forces or the police towards the tail end of the conflict.
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