Chandrika 'still faces threats to her life'

Colombo: Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga has complained to President Mahinda Rajapakse that her security is being systematically pruned despite threats to her life.

Chandrika is reported to have made the allegations in a letter to the President in which she claims that the threat to her life was from the Tamil rebels as well as sections from the government, the Sunday Leader newspaper reported.

The ex-president who is still the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main partner in the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition government has requested the government to provide her with information about the policy with regard to her security as both the leader of the SLFP and the ex-president.

Chandrika claims that that the LTTE, even after she left office, has stated they will not forgive her as along as she lives for liberating Jaffna and many other steps she took as head of the state.