Fonseka given mobile phone to talk only to daughters
Sandasen Marasinghe
Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe yesterday said
former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka was given the chance to use
a mobile phone since yesterday on the condition that it be used to
contact his two daughters only.
The Military Spokesman in response to a question raised by a
journalist at a press conference at the Media Centre for National
Security, said Fonseka was given this opportunity of using a mobile
phone while he was in the Military custody as a privilege granted by the
Army Commander but not on the orders of anybody.
Samarasinghe emphatically stated that the opportunity was restricted
only to talk to his two daughters.
In response to another question, he said that there was enough
ventilation at the residence where Fonseka was being held. It has a
number of rooms, an office room, visiting room and a pantry.
He said it was once the official residence of the former Navy
Commander.
He queried as to how one could find the ventilation inadequate after
staying there for long as few weeks. |