Sarath Fonseka’s ‘sexcapades’ and ‘witch hunting’ those juniors calling ‘spade a spade’ coming to the fore

While the Sri Lankan soldiers were involved in a patriotic operation to free the country from the terrorist menace, the Commander in Chief was busy with his little ‘sexcapades’.

Some reliable sources now come out with all his sexploitations and witch hunting.

The rural Sinhalese girls who joined the armed forces with love and patriotism to free the country from the terrorist, encountered an Army Commander who was only keen on looking through their uniform, their body contours and curves. The Army Commander who was supposed to patronize these young women soldiers with paternal care and affection and encourage them to fight for the country, was forcing them, by threat and intimidation, to go to bed with him to fulfill his carnal desires.

In one of our exposures earlier, "In transition: Steamy General Side up in public view -Who is this Wild Vulgar Army Officer?" we wrote: Who had a paradise of women (71 all told) comprising officers and soldiers alike – Capt Lakshimi Denagama, Capt Preethi Weeraratne, Ridmike , Officer Nandani Menike, Cprl Jayasuriya etc? One woman officer even produced two offsprings by this Mr Clean – something that a DNA test could prove.

Our estimate of 71 numbers begins to be wrong as we get more and more details of his successful hunting of women. He not only slept with them but also enjoyed oral sex by continuously talking to them over the phone whenever he was away in some other location.

The Retired General is notorious for wife beating also. He had such saddistic pleasures. (Who is the army officer who bites the breasts of women soldiers until they bleed while they are in bed with him?)

Also he had the habit of punishing Army officers who were duty bound to take disciplinary action against his paramours. He had also gone to the extent of resorting to all illegal measures to threaten them, dismiss them from army service. He also would not hesitate even those scribes who dare to expose him.

Recently Capt (Retd) Upul Illangamage had exposed him and his son-in – law. Subsequently at a TV interview appeared on the 9.30 PM news on ITN on 14/1/10, General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka castigated his former subordinate and one time friend Capt (Retd) Upul Illangamage in derogatory language such as a "Pahara minihek" and "Kalaweddek".

General Fonseka went on to say " Oo pitipasse paththen avilla, kanuwe dige ei danagahagena magen samawa illanna (This low individual will come the rear and along the drain on his knees to ask for my forgiveness). In Sinhala, the word "Oo" is used in a very derogatory way to refer to someone as low individual unless it is used amongst friends or associates to refer to someone known to them. It is difficult to find English words to describe the words used by the General, but it suffices to say that this type of language would not have been used by even the lowliest human being unless he or she was drunk and out of his or her mind. Whatever private grudge and anger that Gen. Fonseka might have on Mr Illangamage because of the disclosures he made about the General's son in law, to air his anger in public that to in filthy language shows how intemperate he is when he gets angry. No one would have noticed this the General was just a retired General. It is different now as this man who used such foul language is aspiring to be the President of Sri Lanka.

Similarly Lt. Colonel Siri Perea of the Volunteer Force, on January 10 was interviewed by the ITN TV. Subsequently General (retired) Sarath Fonseka at the Presidential Election rally held at Pilyandale and Bandaragama – on January 11 publicly announced a warning: "Sri Perera and other officers should be ready after 26 to go to Bogampara or Welikade prisons." (Is it that Sarath Fonseka tells the Lt. Col. Sri Perera to make arrangements for his cell in one of those two prisons? )

A person vying for the top-most position in the country stoops to the lowly low level to attack beautiful rural Sinhalese patriotic women soldiers to satisfy his carnal desires and speaks lowly of those patriotic soldiers and threaten them for courageously speaking the truth.

Lt. Col. Siri Perera of the Volunteer Force joined the Army in 1980 in the Gajabahu corps and later transferred to the Sri Lanka Army Ordinance Corp. According to him in 2008 he was sent on compulsory leave by the former Commander Sarath Fonseka. He was told by the Army Commander that letter has been sent to the President of Sri Lanka, recommending his retirement from the armed forces, but Sri Perera says that he has not received any intimation saying either he has been retired from the Army or not. Neither he has seen a Gazzette notification announcing his retirement .

As Sri Perera is an Officer holding the rank of a Lt. Colonel, he has to be retired from the Army service only by the Commander in Chief on the recommendation of the Army Commander and his compulsory retirement has to be Gazetted.

The story of Lt. Colonel Siri Perera in his own words:

"I was the Commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion Women Corps in the Eastern Province - comprising of the Batticaloa, Ampara and Polonaruwa districts and the battalion Headquarters was located at Dehiaphphakandiya, Ampara district from 2001 – 2004.

At that time there was an undisciplined women soldier named Private Priyangani B.H.S.
I took disciplinary action against her as she had 10 charge sheets and 7 bad reports from various camps in her career.

According to the military rules and regulation, as the Commanding Officer I am responsible to maintain discipline in my battalion which had 30 Lady Officers and 700 women soldiers.

It was brought to my notice about her last chargesheet of the woman soldier and it was about the said Private harassing two women corporals.

That is why, after inquiry I took the decision to recommend the discharge of that Private to from the volunteer force.

I forwarded my recommendation through Colonel Court (Volunteer Matters) in the Welikada 23rd Division. From there it was referred to the Women’s Regimental Command and finally to the Volunteer Force Commander.

At that time the Volunteer Force Commander was Major General Chandrapala and he approved the Discharge recommendation.

While we were in the discharge action of that particular woman Private Soldier, she got herself absent from the regimental headquarters.

Then she filed a Human Rights petition against me and Maj. Gen. Chandrapala. In that petition she included the name of Major General Sarath Fonseka , as witness, who was at that time the Deputy Chief of Staffs of the Sri Lanka Army. Before Maj. Gen. Chandrapala, Major General Sarath Fonseka was the Volunteer Force’s Commander from 09 December 2003 to 20 August 2004. The dismissal order to the Private was given on September 2004.

Major General Sarath Fonseka, while being the Deputy Chief of Staff came to the Human Rights Commission in Colombo on the first day the petition was taken up for review and gave evidence against me and Maj. Gen. Chandrapala.

It has to be noted at that stage there was no summons from the Human rights Commission for the appearance of the witness at its proceedings.

Before Maj. Gen. Sarath Fonseka left his position as the Volunteer Force Commander, he transferred the women soldiers Privates Priyangani and Sakalasooriya (Both at that time must have been around 26 years) to Pallekelle and this act was illegal according to Army Women’s Corp rules and regulation.

According to women Corps Regulation the unmarried woman soldier has to be transferred to a location where it has the accommodation facilities for the said woman soldier. (Women’s Corp Regulation No: 35) At Pallekelle the two women soldiers were boarded in a private house, and they were given vehicle and the Army ration money – which were in fact illegal.

Major General Sarath Fonseka went out of the way and did that because he had immoral relationship with both the women soldiers. His sexcapade with those two soldiers were an open secret in the midst of the army soldiers.

Those two women soldiers used to make telephone calls making use of 081 2422766 Pallekelle, the telephone in that house where they were boarded to contact Major General Sarath Fonseka. According to the telephone bill summary of September – October 2004, both those two Privates has contacted Sarath Fonseka to his Office, residence as well as to his mobile phone. In that particular two months period they have made 111 calls to Maj. Gen. Sarath Fonseka.

I am not aware of the incoming calls that came to that particular phone from Major General Sarath Fonseka.

While Maj. Gen. Sarath Fonseka was the Volunteer Forces Commander he tried to send me on compulsory leave sometime in August 2004. The Army Commander at that time General Shantha Kottagoda reverted back the recommendation. Subsequently after assuming duties as the Commander of the Army Lt. General Sarath Fonseka tried to send me on compulsory leave, but according to the verdict by the Judge Sri Pavan of Court of Appeal (Case No: 2006/98) I obtained the stay Order against the compulsory leave .

In the meantime when the Lawyer retained by me went to a foreign country, the Court of Appael Judge Ranjit Silva on 09 June 2008 dismissed my case without any argument even when the State’s Counsel was not present on a technical point.

I referred that matter to the Supreme Court SC/Special/ 124/ 2008. When the case came for hearing, the State Counsel brought to the notice of the Supreme Court that already HE President in his capacity as the Commander of Chief has already signed my compulsory leave order and pointed out that it is not appropriate to go ahead with the case.

I wish to point out that there was no charge sheet against me; no bad report against me; no military police report against me; there was no Court of Inquiry report against me.

Furthermore, it has to be pointed out that there was no bad reports from the Brigade/ Divisional / Security Forces Commander against me.

Without those reports the Commander in Chief of the Army cannot take any action against me.

Also without any recommendation for dismissal from the Regimental Commander of the Sri Lanka Ordinance Corp where I rightly belonged, the Army Commander cannot take any action or institute any action against me.

Even in case my Regimental Commander might have recommended to take any disciplinary action against me, there has to be the recommendation from the Volunteer Forces Commander.
During those period 2001 to 04 following were the Volunteer Forces Commanders: 1. Major General Susil Chandrapala; 2. Major General Nanda Mallawaratchi; 3. Major General Shyamin Kulatunge and 4. Major General Lawrence Fernando.

On January 10, I was interviewed by the by the ITN TV. General (retired) Sarath Fonseka at the Presidential Election rally held at Pilyandalae and Bandaragama – on January 11 publicy anounced a warning “Siri Perera and other officers should b\e ready after 26 to go to Bogampara or Welikade prisons.”

Cases filed by Army officers against Sarath Fonseka

Given below are details of some more court cases filed by Army officers against the former Commander Sarath Fonseka:

Though the Sri Lankan Courts delivered judgments in favour of the litigants, as Army Commander he never implemented those court rulings which amounts to the contempt of courts and even though he is no more the Army Commander today lawyers are of the opinion, charges can be leveled against him even today for contempt of court and allow the law to take its normal course:

1. Capt. Navarattne v Commander of the Army

a. SC Appeal no. - 43/07; b. SC writ no. – 2402/2004

SC order delivered on 28.05.2009 per Ratnayke J (Sarath N Silva, J Shirani Thilakaweratne J)
Capt. Navarattne (Sinha Regt) was summoned to Sarath Fonseka’s office.

Present in his office were one Miss Rosita and her mother. Capt Navarattne alleged to have had an affair with Miss Rosita and broke off the affairs several months previously.

Sarath Fonseka ordered Capt. Navarattne to marry Miss Rosita within 6 months. However, Capt. Navarattne did not marry her.

Capt. Navarattne was charge sheeted and the charge was heard by Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka himself. Capt. Navarattne was convicted and awarded a forfeiture of seniority by 109 lost numbers. He was also recommended to discharge from the Army.

Capt. Navarattne petitioned to the Court of Appeal and he was partially successful. Judge Sri Skantha Raja held that the decision to discharge was illegal but allowed the forfeiture of seniority to stand.

Capt. Navarattne appealed to the Supreme Court. Held ( Judge Ratnayaka)

Undertaking to marry Miss Rosita was given by the respondent Lt. General Sarath Fonseka. Therefore, he himself cannot file the charge. Decision with regard to the forfeiture of seniority was quashed.

Note: However, the SC decision has not been acted upon so far. Capt. Navarattne is not given his official seniority or his promotion.

2. Punyadase V Commd of Army (Ca No. 867/2007)

Pay and Pension (PxP) officer was released from active service in 1991. A clearance certificate was given to him at that time. He was recalled to active service in 1995 and served for 5 years and therefore, became eligible for a pension. However he was denied on the ground that there was a deficiency of equipment entrusted to him in 1991.

Supreme Court Judge Mahroof

After discharging him from the service in 1991, it is not proper to raise matters that ought have been sorted prior to the first discharge in 1991 (pension granted)

Note: However, despite the court decision the pension has not been granted yet.

3. Capt. Bamunu Aractchi Vs. Commander of Army ( CA No. 622/2006)

Decided on 20.7.2007

Capt. Bamunu Aractchi was convicted by a Summary trial. Later Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka ordered the withdrawal of his commission.

Held Shirani Thilakaweratne

Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka has no to power to withdraw the commission without resorting to the General Court Martial.

4. Ranjith Weerasinha vs Commander of the Army (CA 2148/2005) ;

(CA 2148/2005) ; Decided on 23.7.2007 ( Sri Skanda Rajah J)- do

Commander of the Army has no power to withdraw commission without the court Martial.
However despite clear cut instructions from the court appeal, Lt. General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Army continued to withdraw/ discharge officers / soldiers without court martials.

a. Lt Col Huulgalla Vs. Com mander of the Army (CA 338/2008)- pending

b. Maj A.J Thilak Vs. Commander of the Army (CA 566/2008)- pending

c. WO. J Rajapakse Vs. Commander of the Army (CA 624/2009)- pending

Warrant Officer Rajapakse, a Regimental Seargent Major Voluntary Force HQ. Scolded the former Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka’s one of the many girl friends.

Warrant Officer Rajapakse was arrested by Sri Lanka Military Police, assaulted and later discharged from the army .

A total 40 cases were filed against Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka during his tenure as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, and Asian Tribune learnt that Former Army Commander when he was in office failed to come forward to implement those courts decision in favour of those litigants – a serious breach of law and this is the man now coming forward to run the country, and anyone dares to speak against one of the many hundreds of his comfort girls, that person might face death by firing squad .

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