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Sri Lankan General Fonseka returns to Lanka dodging warcrimes grilling |
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Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka returned to the country today after cutting short a US visit to skip grilling by the authorities there on alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the war against LTTE."We facilitated General Fonseka's early departure ahead of his Wednesday meeting with the DHS (Department of Homeland Security)," Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told reporters here.
He said Fonseka had earlier agreed to be questioned, but the government feared he would be asked to provide evidence against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. While Fonseka has a green card, Gotabhaya, brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, holds US citizenship. "General Fonseka is a high-ranking public official and our position is that he cannot be used as a source against another high ranking official. That's incriminating," he said. |
