Topic: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's opposition called Tuesday for countrywide protests after its defeated presidential candidate was arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government while serving as army commander. The threat follows Monday's dramatic arrest of former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the opposition's leading figure, who last ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday said defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was "hell-bent" on betrayal and would be court-martialed on charges of conspiring against the president. Fonseka lost by an 18 percentage point margin to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a January 26 election, after which he accused his former commander-in-chief of vote-rigging, vowing to challenge the ...
