Gen Fonseka to be produced in court on June 7

Sarath MALALASEKERA

Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Champa Janaki Rajaratna directed the Army Commander to produce General Sarath Fonseka in court again on June 7.

Deputy Solicitor General Wasantha Navaratna Bandara who appeared for the Attorney General said the CID investigators had recorded a statement of Kshenuke Seneviratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to Geneva in connection with a statement made by General Sarath Fonseka to a week-end English newspaper.

Deputy Solicitor General Bandara in his lengthy submissions emphasised that the Officials of the UNO had also inquired about this statement from the Sri Lankan Ambassador.

The CID investigations had revealed that General Fonseka had made a false statement to the English week-end newspaper. He will be charged under the Criminal Procedure Code and under the Emergency Regulations, Sections 28 and 29, the DSG said.

The CID had also recorded two statements from a journalist who had recorded General Sarath Fonseka's statement and the proprietor of the newspaper organisation. These two statements had been forwarded to the Courts, the CID said.

Attorneys Gunaratne Wanninayake with Ajith Pathirana and Nilanthi Pieris appeared for General Sarath Fonseka.

The case will be called again on June 7.