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L’opposant sri lankais est détenu dans un lieu secret - Firefox. Air is clearing over Fonseka trial | Asian Tribune - Firefox. Colombo, 15 February (Asiantribune.com): Sarath Fonseka - Facing Court Martial Doubts of many whether Retired General Sarath Fonseka could be tried under the Army Act has now been clarified and even cleared by the lawyers of Sarath Fonseka and the true position has been conveyed to him by his lawyers, Asian Tribune has reliably learnt. In the meantime it is learnt that Police Criminal Investigation Department officials were with Sarath Fonseka yesterday to question him on his Arms Dealer Son-in-law’s HiCop company and also about the deals carried out in the import of arms related items to the Sri Lanka Army. But it is unclear whether the police was able to unravel the mystery behind the British Boneo Company, another company Danuna Tilakaratne made use of to carry on export of Arms related military hardware to Sri Lanka. has already clarified that there is no company called British Borneo Company either in Australia or in any part of the world.

Has learnt that Gen. According to Army Act ; Court martial of Sri Lankan g. Sarath Fonseka. The controversial court martial of the former Sri Lankan army commander General Sarath Fonseka opened behind closed doors at the high-security national naval headquarters in the capital, Colombo, today. Major General Prasad Samarasinghe, a military spokesman, said Fonseka had appeared before a three-member panel to face charges that he had undertaken political activities before resigning from the army to campaign in January's presidential election. He will face a second charge of breaching regulations on purchasing military hardware tomorrow, Samarasinghe said. Government figures allege Fonseka also planned to take power in an armed coup immediately after being defeated in the poll and plotted to assassinate members of the family of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, many of whom hold senior positions. The former army commander has denied all the allegations, saying they are politically motivated and intended to deny him the chance to run in parliamentary elections next month.