Sri Lanka Arrests General Sarath Fonseka - Al Jazeera 08.02.2010

Sri Lanka Democracy Under Attack!
They humiliated, disgraced our war hero infront of three democratic people's leaders! The terrorist who killed 600 surrendered police officers is sitttin on a ministerial chair! The General who freed Sri Lanka from terror was dragged from legs, fallen on the floor! This is how a democratically elected president with 60% votes treated the national war hero with 40% of votes in Sri Lanka Presidential election 2010.

I am not talking about the "Maha Rajano", but the system he is in-charge of. When all legal entitlements are deprived to citizens their formal rights are insignificant. Anything can be done to them. No consequences will follow.Today every Sri Lankan is a legal non-entity in this sense. Abysmal lawlessness and individual rights cannot coexist.The society is reduced to a zero through devaluing and destruction of public institutions and rights on which the system is premised too have no meaning.

Release General Sarath Fonseka!
Protect Democracy In Sri Lanka!
Stop Political Harassments!

Dailly Mirror: "An overwhelming majority of people who voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January 26 polls did not want General Sarath Fonseka to be arrested. The thinking was Ok he has been acting stupid during the last two months but here is the man who led the Sri Lanka Army in the security forces epic victory over the LTTE. Since the General was not seen as presidential material they decided to side with the incumbent President.

The same way if Sarath Fonseka was elected the majority of the Swan supporters would not have tolerated any move to send President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Bogambara. After all here is the president under whose regime we won the war. Forget about nepotism and other charges he should be treated with some respect they would have thought. Ours is a civilized nation.

Read more: Hero To Zero
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/editorial/106-editorial/3326.html

DBSJ:Read How General Fonseka was arrested, assaulted, forcibly dragged http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1372


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Al Jazeera: General Sarath Fonseka, the defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election, has been arrested at his office in Colombo for "military offences", defence officials have said.

General Prasad Samarasinghe, a military spokesman, said the arrest related to offences from Fonseka's time in the army, which ended in November when he quit and entered the presidential race.

"General Fonseka has been arrested on charges of committing military offences," Samarasinghe said in an official statement on Monday.

The former army chief "was dragged away in a very disgraceful manner in front of our own eyes", Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka's Muslim Congress leader, told the Reuters news agency.

'Coup plot'

Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez, reporting from Colombo, said: "The director-general of the media centre for national security, Lakshman Hulugalle, has confirmed the arrest of Fonseka by the military police.

"Hulugalle said there was evidence that General Fonseka has been involved in a conspiracy coup to topple the government and President Mahinda Rajapaksa while he was army commander and then chief of defence staff".

Many credit Fonseka with winning the war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May.

However, he fell out with Rajapaksa soon after and the pair fought a bitter election campaign.

Fonseka was defeated by Rajapaksa last month by six million votes to four million.

He rejected the results and vowed to challenge them in court.

Fernandez said: "General Fonseka had claimed that a witch hunt has been launched against him and his supporters."

Fonseka has been accusing the government of trying to frame him. Several senior military officials, close to him, have also been purged since his defeat in the election.

The government has been seeking legal advice to bring a court martial against the general on charges of plotting to overthrow the administration.
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THE CHAGRGES
Even though there are leading police personnel present along with the Army personnel, Brigadier Wijesri, the head of the Military Police says that they have come to make a military arrest and reads out charges against him.
The main charges are:

• Politicking whilst in uniform

• Conspiring against the Commander-in-Chief whilst in Service,

• Harboring more than 1,500 deserters whilst on service,

• And corrupt practices in relating to military procurements
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TIMES ONLINE: Sri Lanka opposition leader held for 'plotting coup'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7019554.ece?token=nul...
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Release General Sarath Fonseka!
Protect Democracy In Sri Lanka!
Stop Political Harassments!

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[NoEalamInSL]

Jan 12 (Island) Supreme Court appoints five-judge bench to hear White Flag appeal. Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, appointed a five-judge-bench of the Supreme Court, to hear the appeal filed by General Sarath Fonseka against the White Flag judgment by a Trial-at-Bar. The Bench will comprise Chief Justice Bandaranayake, Justice N. G. Amaratunga, Justice K. Sripavan, Justice P. A. Ratnayake and Justice Priyasarth Dep. The appeal will be called before the Supreme Court on Feb. 8, 2012.

[NoEalamInSL]

Dec 25 (SL)Fonseka Omitted From Mahawamsa. Fonseka will not be mentioned in the new chapters of “The Great Chronicle” the single most important work of Lankan origin. Sarath Fonseka, who was removed from the history of the army, has now lost his place in the new chapters to be added to the Mahawamsa. A new volume, with three chapters dedicated to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be added to the Mahavamsa. The chapters will highlight the President’s role in ending a 30 year war in the country.

[NoEalamInSL]

Happy Belated Birthday (18 Dec) General Sarath Fonseka! Sri Lanka salutes you for defeating terrorism.You are the only Army Commander who accomplished that mission! General Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka (born 18 December 1950) (known as Sarath Fonseka) RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, SLSR is a former Sri Lanka Army officer and the current Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Fonseka played an instrumental role in ending the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009.

[NoEalamInSL]

Feb 8 (DBS) First anniversary of General Sarath Fonsekas arrest. Feb 8th 2011 is the first anniversary of General Sarath Fonseka’s arrest. He was taken into custody by a contingent of soldiers on a Monday evening while he was engaged in a discussion with some political party leaders. Information was scanty at the time of the arrest about the manner and mode in which the ex – army chief was arrested although it was expected. Upon hearing the news I got in touch with many contacts on the phone

[NoEalamInSL]

Jan 26 (Island)'SF’s Leader interview cause of post-war troubles' . Denying the main news item of The Sunday Leader of Dec. 13, 2009, captioned, Gota ordered them to be shot, the Defence Secretary on Tuesday said the ‘story’ had brought immense pressure on the government and the country. The Defence Secretary said that due publication of the news item, on the basis of an interview with the former Army Chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the govt had incurred the wrath of the Tamil speaking people

[NoEalamInSL]

Jan 14 (LG) Destroying your enemy.‘Nahi Verena Verani’- 'Hatred ceases not by hatred but by love' the words of Lord Buddha echoed at the assembly of Nations gathered to decide the future of the wartime enemy Japan after the end of World War II. It was in San Francisco on 6th September 1951. The words were uttered by HE J R Jayewardene, then Minister of Finance and representative of the Government of Ceylon. Although the words are well known, often taught in schools and highlighted during WW2

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WTF HE DESERVED IT LONG LIVE OUR SINHALESE KING

[NoEalamInSL]

(Lanka-e-News, 13Jan.2011)Plot to Kill General Fonseka in Courts. Two LTTE suspects move suspiciously towards Fonseka in the court premises. When Gen. Sarath Fonseka was brought to the Colombo High Court today (13) for the white flag case, two LTTE suspects who were also brought to court in connection with another case were seen trying to get close to Fonseka inside the court Hall. A security officer who observed this took steps immediately to take the two LTTE suspects out from the court Hall.

[NoEalamInSL]

Jan 13 (Island) Witness says two pages of Frederica’s note book were torn out. Testifying before the Trial-at-Bar, hearing the ‘White Flag case’, on Wednesday, former Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratne said that two pages of the note book belonging to prosecution witness and Editor of The Sunday Leader Frederica Jansz, which had been produced in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, in connection with the investigation, were torn out and its last pages remained blank