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Military court looms over Fonseka in Sri Lanka
Saturday, 27 February 2010 - 3:15 AM SL Time
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Twenty five people have come forward to give evidence against Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Military Spokesman Maj. Gen. Prasad Samarasinghe told exclusively to Ada Derana. He added that collecting evidence for the case is almost over.
In an exclusive interview with Ada Derana Samarasinghe said that Fonseka has rejected the chance to cross examine the witnesses and a chance to provide witnesses to support his case.
Fonseka left active service on November 14, 2009 and thus he is under Military law until May 14, 2010, Samarasinghe said. He added that due to the nature of some of the charges against Fonseka it is necessary to take legal action within 6 months of the reported offence and hence it is likely he should be brought before a military court soon.
The civil court will proceed parallel to the military court however Fonseka has option of challenging the Military court decision at the Appeal Court and then go to the Supreme Court, Samarasinghe said.
He added that according the Military Act a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment could be given according to the severity of the offence. Samarasinghe also stated that though the death sentence does not have effect in Sri Lankathe Military court could hand down the death sentence.
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Damed
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 26 Feb 2010 21:20:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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Even if the military trial is conducted with absolute impartiality any adverse decision is very likely to be viewed as being prejudiced. Even if all the evidence necessitates such a decision the perception of people would be different.The army trying Fonseka under present circumstances will be seen as biased against the ex-army chief. |
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 26 Feb 2010 21:39:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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We Sri Lankans must be ashamed for what is happening in the country. To silence truth. How much of fabricated lies can one come up with? If the Rtd. Gen had committed crime within the time frame of Military law he should have been tried before the nomination papers were handed as a Presidential Candidate. If those who are running this Govt. have nothing to hide. Why not challenge him in the open rather than unlawful imprisonment.
I am not a supporter of any individual. It is sad to see our country going from bad to worse. We blamed for years the minority of terrorism. Now whats become of us?
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 26 Feb 2010 21:41:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Fonseka left active service on November 14, 2009 and thus he is under Military law until May 14, 2010, Samarasinghe said.
If this is the law in SLA, is there any use that SF may get by ignoring his rights in the case...? |
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26 Feb 2010 21:49:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The ex-army chief contends that he relinquished army office in mid-July 2009 and henceforth acquired civilian status. |
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 26 Feb 2010 21:50:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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Twenty five people have come forward to give evidence against Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
these low life scukers knew nothing before the election,
now they are coming forward to give evidence against him to score some Brownie points, how pathetic these people are |
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26 Feb 2010 22:01:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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| It must be noted that there are no formal charges so far either in a military tribunal or civil court.....kangaroo ! |
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26 Feb 2010 22:16:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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no formal charges so far
But gov will make it sure to avoid any embarrassment before the general election. |
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26 Feb 2010 22:25:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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Panuwa,
The US government owes lot more. Your list is out-of-date. Go to page 3 of the last thread.
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 26 Feb 2010 22:50:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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It must be noted that there are no formal charges so far either in a military tribunal or civil court.....kangaroo !
Why are you in so hurry.. It took two years to finish LTTE...We got enough patents...It's work like a frog on pan gradually heated.. |
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26 Feb 2010 22:50:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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One of the main charges for SF is having political discussions with opposition political parties, and this may be JVP.
If SLDF behaves without any political entity, the word opposition may not applicable.
From the other hand, will gov charge him, if he had political discussions with GL Peris, Basil, or Dalas...?
Edited By - sansare - 26 Feb 2010 22:52:42 GMT |
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