Sri Lanka will detain terror suspects

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Sri Lanka will continue to detain hundreds of terror suspects and outlaw the defeated rebel Tamil Tiger group despite wartime emergency laws being lifted.the los angelesws that experience curbed civil and political liberties for thereforeme of the past 30 years lapsed on Tuesday and the federal government didn't present a motidirectly to resume them, officials said on Thursday.But President Mahinda Rajapaksa approved 4regulations under the facilityful Prevention of Terrorism Act that became effective on Tuesday, Attorney-General Mohan Peiris claimed.Two of the regulations will permitthe federal government to continue to carry rebel suspects and the rehabilitation of the rebels who've surrendered, he said.Peiris didn't say for a way long the suspects in custody can be detained. Tamil MPs say tlisted here are about 900 such detainees.the federal government could also be holding about 3000 ex-rebels in military-run rehabilitation centres. About 11,000 Tamil rebels surrendered on the top of the war and almost8000 were freed after rehabilitation, the army says.Peiris claimed the 4regulations were imposed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act on a "temporary basis" and thon the federal government will shortly usher in a brand new "Emergency Consequential Provision Bill" in order to containthem as permanent law.the federal government defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers greater than two years ago, and were under intense international prescertain to raise the wartime state of emergency laws.the los angelesws had allowed the federal government to detain suspects without trial, displace residents from their land and ardiversityubiquitous military checkpoints.The'sland were under a state of emergency since 1983 with the exception of brief lapses to assist peace talks between the federal government and rebels.A suspect detained under the emergency laws may well be held for as much as 365 days and not using appearing in a court.