Various misinterpretations are being spread about the circumstances related to the arrest of former CDS/Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka said Military Spokesman Major General Prasad Samarasinghe at MCNS today(10).

The General Sarath  Fonseka was arrested under section 57(1) of the Army Act on the evidence so far gathered, the Military Spokesman emphasized. Officers/Soldiers are bound to abide by the clause 57(1) of the Army Act even six months after leaving the Army, the Military Spokesman explained.

Explaining the circumstances of the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka, Major General Prasad Samarasinghe said. Military Officers, who had gone to arrest the General, had requested him to cooperate. But the General had refused and scolded them. Though the General resisted the arrest, no physical force was used. Later, the General had been led to the vehicle said the Military Spokesman who totally denied assault during arrest.

The former Army Commander/CDS is being treated befitting a General. He has been given maximum security and all facilities in the Naval Headquarters the Military Spokesman revealed.

General's wife Mrs. Anoma Fonseka visited the General with the lawyer Mr. Wijayadasa Rajapakshe and spent 03 hours last evening and also took him meals. She visited her husband today (10). The Press reports to the effect that the General's wife has not been able to visit him are false, he asserted.

Answering a query the Military Spokesman said, the General has been arrested on the basis of certain evidence gathered. Charges will be framed based on the summary of evidence and decision taken whether to court martial or not. Anyone found guilty at the Court martial has the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal and finally to the Supreme Court. He has unhindered access to his lawyer, Major General Prasad Samarasinghe stressed.

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