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Feb 05, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has launched an operation to hunt down the army deserters who failed to take the opportunity given yesterday to surrender, military officials said.
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said heeding to the amnesty called to coincide with the 62nd Independence Day yesterday, 1,422 deserters surrendered to the authorities but there are thousands more listed as deserters who did not take the opportunity.
The surrendered troops will not be prosecuted, the spokesman said.
The law enforcement authorities say the deserters are responsible for a majority of crimes in the country and the government wants to clean up the military.
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