Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 -- An individual engaged in a hunger strike staged by a group of Development Officers in front of the Presidential Secretariat, demanding permanent employment, has been hospitalized.

A female who was engaged in the strike was taken to the hospital by a 1990 ambulance service after falling ill, said Ada Derana reporter.

A total of four Development Officers, including the hospitalized individual have been on a hunger strike since yesterday, demanding authorities to absorb them into the teacher service since they have been working in schools for seven years.

Meanwhile, a tense situation arose earlier today between the protesters and police.

The protesters burned a box labeled "Funeral of Justice" this morning after whi...