On My Beat: Fonseka’s letters are smuggled out for vilification campaign

Reports emerging from Oklahoma reveal that Sarath Fonseka, the former Army Commander, is involved in a vilification campaign against Sri Lanka Government and against Sri Lanka’s armed forces.

Asian Tribune further learns that he has managed to smuggle out of the Navy Commander’s Chalet, where he was presently held, nearly 20 letters to his handlers in the West.

It is alleged he took advantage of the leniency in supervision by those guarding him to smuggle out those letters through his wife as well as his lawyers from his place of custody to his handlers in the West.

The same sources in Oklahoma which had earlier revealed information about Sarath Fonseka’s Arms Dealer son-in-law Dhanuna Tilakaratne, inform Asian Tribune now that already those letters are on its way to Apsara, his eldest daughter’s place in Oklahoma to be delivered personally to a few high valued handlers in the United States.

Asian Tribune learns that when the first letter, said to have been written by Sarath Fonseka appeared in the Channel 4, and said to have been smuggled out, it seems that the CID had questioned Sarath Fonseka.

Accordingly, it is learnt that Sarath Fonseka has not denied that he has sent it to Channel 4 by smuggling that letter out.

Army sources told if Sarath Fonseka continues behave in clandestinely smuggling out letters in order to continue his smearing-campaign and mud-slinging at the Government leaders, they might have to force stop the privileges he is presently enjoying while being in custody.

Major General Parakrama Pannapitya, the hero who liberated the East in a humanitarian campaign, told Asian Tribune that he was in remand prison for five and a half months in 2009, on charges manipulated by Sarath Fonseka as he was involved in ‘Ttreasure Hunting’, was never given the facility of telephoning even to his three children who were kids.

He asked why such privileges are given to Sarath Fonseka who has worked against the Army Law of the country?

He pointed out that Sarath Fonseka is not kept under the military custody as a guest of the Government but as a suspect for violating numerous sections of the Army Act.

Maj. Gen. Prakrama Pannapitya further said that Sarath Fonseka has to be treated alike an ordinary suspect and not like some extraordinary person who has to be provided with all sorts of privileges.

- Asian Tribune -