Sri Lanka: Ex Army chief found guilty

Sri Lanka Mirror
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Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was found guilty and given a three year prison sentence with hard labour after the verdict was given on the ‘White Flag’ by the Colombo High Court today (18).

the court also imposed a fine of five thousand rupees or six months in jail for default.

The verdict of the Colombo high court trial-at-bar - comprising Justices Deepali Wijesundara, Z. Rasheen and W.T.M.P.B. Waraweva was divided with Justices Deepali Wijesundara and Z. Rasheen in favour of the verdict.

Justice W.T.M.P.B. Waraweva was of the view that Mr. Fonseka should be released from the charges.

The former Army Commander was the respondent in the case, in which the attorney general has filed charges against him, that he had told the newspaper that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had ordered that surrendering LTTE cadres be shot during the final stages of the war.

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