The security detail of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should be increased rather than decreasing it, his spokesman Rohan Welivita said in a statement today.

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Commenting on certain reports that Rajapaksa's security detail has been reduced from 500, Welivita said that the security detail was not 500 in the first place for it to be reduced from that number. Only 102 military personnel were assigned for his security, said Welivita.

He added that increasing the security detail was vital since Rajapaksa's life was still in danger. The recent release of some ex-LTTE inmates has increased the threat, he added.