CV Wigneswaran has said the US Air Forces medical team will examine former rehabilitated LTTE cadres.
Sri Lanka's Tamil politicians have alleged that over 100 former LTTE cadres at rehabilitation centres were injected with poison leading to their deaths, prompting the government in Colombo to reject their claims today.
Politicians of the Tamil National Alliance and the Tamil media claimed the deaths of some 104 former combatants, who had allegedly been given poisonous injections. They also claimed that many former LTTE cadres had suffered physical disability due to the injections being given to them.
Northern Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran has said that the US Air Forces medical team, currently in the Tamil-dominated north, will examine the former rehabilitated LTTE cadres who he alleged had fallen sick because they were injected with poisonous substances at the government rehabilitation centres.
State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene rejected the claims as "false allegations".
"It is sad to hear some politicians in the north making false allegations when the government is making a genuine effort to resolve the issue of the northern people. Anyone, including those from the international community, can visit the rehabilitation camps after obtaining permission from the government and see for themselves the work that is being done," he said, referring to claims by members of the northern provincial council.
Government spokesman and Minister of Health Rajitha Senaratne also dismissed the claims on Wednesday and said local doctors can be asked to examine them.