Sri Lanka Govt to recruit 200 ex-military personal to monitor prison offcials.
Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard near the Welika maximum prison in Colombo on November 10, 2012. Sri Lanka's military was called in to quell the worst prison riot in nearly three decades that left at least 16 people dead and 43 wounded, officials said. AFP PHOTO / Ishara S.KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had instructed the formation of a special unit of retired military personnel to check all prison officers who enter and leave prisons, according to State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation, Lohan Ratwatte.
Ratwatte has told The Island that earlier only junior prison officers were frisked, but recent developments had shown the need to frisk even the most senior prison officials.
The objective was to stem the flow of drugs, cellphones and money into the prisons, he said.
“The President has instMilitary ructed us to recruit 200 military personnel who retired after 12 years in service. We are trying to recruit them soon.”
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