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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Former army commander and war hero Sarath Fonseka has begun a three-year sentence in a Colombo jail for implicating the government in alleged war crimes.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A former military commander and opposition leader has gone on trial over war crimes accusations against the Sri Lanka government.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A former Sri Lankan army chief says he will appeal through a civilian court for the rank, pension and medals stripped from him by a military court martial.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Gen. Sarath Fonseka, former head of the Sri Lankan Army and a candidate for president, was convicted Friday of engaging in politics in uniform.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka may get a dishonorable discharge for meddling in politics while serving in uniform, a military court said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 9 (UPI) -- Former Sri Lankan Gen. Sarath Fonseka, now in military detention, denied accusations by the defense secretary that he is a liar and a traitor, the BBC reported.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 4 (UPI) -- A Sri Lankan appeals court suspended the court martial of former Gen. Sarath Fonseka until it decides on his petition questioning the military trial.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 22 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's former military chief Sarath Fonseka, freed from custody briefly Thursday to be sworn as a lawmaker, called for rule of law in the country.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 8 (UPI) -- Sri Lankans voted Thursday to pick a new parliament in the first polling since President Mahinda Rajapaksa's military ended the prolonged Tamil Tiger civil war.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 16 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's former army chief, once hailed as a hero in the campaign against rebel Tamil Tigers, faces charges he says are designed to remove him from politics.
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