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Fonseka Refuses To Accept Charge-Sheet
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Colombo News Desk CND on 14 March, 2010 06:59:00
 
He has re-iterated the position he took at the recording of 'summary of
evidence' that he is not covered by military law and that his arrest is illegal.
On Thursday, the Government named a three member General Court Martial presided
by Major General Harsha Weeratunga. The Court will hear five charges contained
in two different Charge Sheets.
According to JVP frontliner Anura Kumara Dissanayake, former joint spokesman for
retired General Fonseka, lawyers will represent the former Commander of the
Army. They will object to the constitution of the General Court Martial on the
grounds that it is illegal.
Among lawyers retained by retired General Fonseka is Daya Perera, PC, one of the
country's best known criminal lawyers.
Until recently Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in Canada, he is one of the few
criminal lawyers qualified in military law in Stanmore, Middlesex, UK and spent
time with the British Army of the Rhine back in the late 1960s.
A former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, he is
currently holidaying in Canada and is due back in Colombo shortly.