The wife of former army commander General Sarath Fonseka said that she has not been able to find her husband since he was arrested on Monday, for what the army said were military offenses.
AP - Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former army chief has been cut off from family and friends after being arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government while serving as army commander, his wife said Tuesday.
AFP - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will face a court martial for "military offences", an official said Tuesday.
* Feb 08, New York: The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona and the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York hosted a gala concert on February 5th for 350 guests at the prestigious Asia
AFP - The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential vote, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, was arrested Monday hours after vowing to give evidence before any war crimes tribunal.
Increases the bookmark twitter facebook digg Google Windowslive Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo reddit stumbleupon A high-level delegation led by Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe left for United Nations Human Rights Council
Sarath Fonseka, the main opposition candidate in last month's presidential election in Sri Lanka, was tonight arrested at his party's offices. General Fonseka, a retired four-star general who lost to President Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 26 vote,
A former Sri Lankan general who ran against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January has been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country's government, authorities announced Monday night.
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