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...Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in last month's elections and was defeated by nearly 2 million votes - a few complaints of polling irregularities notwithstanding. On Feb. 8, Fonseka was seized by military police for allegedly conspiring to launch a coup, a charge his supporters say is trumped up. The arrest has deepened concerns over the increasing heavy-handedness of Rajapaksa's rule, which has seen allegations of human-rights abuses as well as the suppression of journalists and other organs of dissent. For Fonseka, who is due to be court-martialed, it's a long fall from the glory days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarath Fonseka | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...This is a military matter that has nothing to do with politics." - Brigadier V.U.B. Nanayakkara, a Sri Lankan military spokesman, in the wake of the Feb. 8 arrest on the grounds of committing "military offences" (New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarath Fonseka | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...troops spoke to General Fonseka and the way they forcibly dragged him away is a disgrace to the security forces. It is a shameful way to treat your former commander." - Rauf Hakeem, leading Sri Lankan Muslim politician and Fonseka ally, after witnessing Fonseka's arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarath Fonseka | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...government is expected to dissolve parliament in the next few days and call legislative elections. Fonseka had indicated that he would be a candidate and had been negotiating an electoral pact with opposition parties when the arrest took place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Arrested | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...Fonseka's arrest is likely to fuel opposition protests that have remained lukewarm until now. The opposition held a protest rally in Colombo on Feb. 3 in which Fonseka participated. Opposition parties had vowed to continue with protests even before the arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Arrested | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

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