400 convicts in LTTE prisons
By Chris Kamalendran
Some 400 persons convicted by LTTE courts are being held in LTTE controlled prisons in Mullaitivu.

LTTE's Legal and Administration chief Iliyathamby Pararajasigham better known as 'Para' said the persons held were all Tamils and had been found guilty of offences including murder, rape, robbery and brewing of illicit liquor.

He said since 1992 more than 23,000 cases had been taken up by the LTTE and only in 800 of these cases had there been appeals, with 52 of them being referred to the special bench. He said they were willing to allow any international body to visit the male and female prisoners and look into their welfare. The courts have so far ordered four executions, three for rape and one for murder.

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