27 May,2009 08:03 AM IST | | Agencies
More than 9,000 Tamil Tiger fighters have been questioned by judges following Asia's longest modern war and the majority will undergo rehabilitation, the Sri Lanka's military yesterday.
Many of the remaining 2,000 who have "self-confessed" are likely to face trial.
"They have taken guns, fought against the army. So they have to go through rehabilitation so that they can live as normal Sri Lankans," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
After declaring victory over the separatist rebels last week, the government must now decide the fate of about 2.62 lakh people, nearly all of whom fled the fighting.
The military has said it killed 22,000 LTTE fighters during its 34-month offensive to end the 25-year civil war and lost 6,200 of its own soldiers.
