24-hour information on TID detainees
June 14, 2011 11:01 am
A round-the-clock mechanism has been established in three centres to provide details of the detainees and those who are already released from detention by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID).
According to a public notice issued by the TID, details of the detainees could be obtained by visiting
- Terrorist Investigation Division, Second Floor, New Secretariat Building, Colombo 1
Tel: 011-2384400 e-mail : dirtid@police.lk
- Terrorist Investigation Unit, Kandy Road, Vavuniya (Opposite the DIG’s office)
Tel: 024 3243207
- Terrorist Investigation Unit, Racecourse Road, Boosa, Galle
Tel: 091- 2267084
Details of these detainees will be issued only to the spouse/ children/ parents or brother/ sister.
Those who seek information should establish their identity through a certificate issued by either the OIC or the Gramasevaka of the area of residence.
In January this year President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed special committee appointed to study the cases of detained LTTE suspects and expedite legal actions where necessary.
The committee headed by Deputy Solicitor General Shavindra Fernando and includes Senior State Counsel P. Kumararatnam, Chethiya Goonesekera and Dinal Ratnayake follows a recommendation by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), the Policy Research & Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat said today.
