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President tells Opposition Leader:

Fonseka's arrest legal

*He could appeal to Supreme Court

*Investigations will be expedited

UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday morning and among the matters they discussed was the arrest and detention of Retired General Sarath Fonseka, a press release from the President's media division said.

The President explained to the Opposition Leader that the arrest and detention of Sarath Fonseka was not an act against him but a an Army disciplinary step. Fonseka has been provided with facilities to appeal against his arrest to the Supreme Court.

He said investigations regarding the case would be done expeditiously. The Opposition Leader asked whether someone other than Mrs. Anoma Fonseka could be permitted to take food and other necessities to Fonseka and the President replied that it could be arranged by the Army Commander. But he had seen media reports that said Mrs. Fonseka wished to take meals for her husband and if she so wished she could take meals to him. President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he could recall that he too was detained for serving the public, his wife Shiranthi who was pregnant at the time brought his meals to the remand prison, the press release stated.

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