DNA Secretary and parliamentarian Vijitha Herath told a press conference that several gangs operating in the North were swindling money from parents promising to trace their children who have disappeared during the period of the war.
According to Herath, in some instances, these groups have extorted up to Rs. 500,000 from helpless parents.
He said that the government should therefore release the names of all the Tamil persons now held in custody or rehabilitation centers.
He added that there were around 8,000 such persons.
During the final stages of war last year over 11,000 LTTE cadres surrendered to the security forces. The military had identified 11,800 ex-LTTE cadres for rehabilitation.
Nearly 6200 ex-LTTE cadres are remaining in the rehabilitation centers undergoing rehabilitation and the government says it is planning to introduce them to the society in batches.
