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Sri Lanka recruiting Tamil police in Jaffna | Almost four months after eliminating
the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), the Government of Sri Lanka
has commenced recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna.
The BBC quoted Defence Ministry officials as saying that this is the first time
in 30 years that a recruitment of Tamil police personnel is taking place. Over
6,500 people applied for 500 police constable jobs in Jaffna, a statement on the
defence ministry website said. Police said the advertisement for male and female
police constables and drivers placed a few days ago had received an enthusiastic
response. A police spokesman said that applicants were being vetted more strictly
than recruits elsewhere in the island. Although Jaffna has been under army control
since 1995, the city bordered the rebel-held areas of Sri Lanka. Between 1992
and 1995 it was under rebel control. Police spokesman Nimal Mediwake said: Young
male and female candidates were being thoroughly vetted.We have to go through
their details about their family background." |
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