Sri Lanka to recruit Tamils to police

Sri Lankan police said Monday that they have embarked on a rapid recruitment program to enlist Tamil speaking officers in the multi-ethnic Eastern Province.

Jayantha Wickramaratna, the police spokesman, told reporters that "we will recruit youth from Ampara and Batticaloa districts", adding that 1,000 of them would be targeted between Nov. 10 and 14.

He said that the police department needed Tamil speaking officers to serve in the Eastern Province's newly opened police stations.

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