The General Amnesty extended by the Ministry of Defence to tri forces deserters has so far seen more than thirteen thousand deserters seek legal discharge.
According to Military Spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera, as of Friday (8) a total of 11,847 Army, 679 Navy and 525 Air Force deserters have produced themselves to their respective service offices and obtained clearance and legal discharge.
The General Amnesty will end on Wednesday (July 13) and Service personnel who had been absent without official leave (AWOL) can obtain their legal discharge by producing themselves together with require details.
Accordingly Army, Navy and Air Force personnel can produce themselves to respective regiments or their last service station, Naval Complex in Welisara and Air Force Headquarters respectively.
After the general amnesty period legal actions will be taken against all those who fail to seek legal discharge, the defence ministry said in a statement.
