The abducted Disabled police officer who worked for Gen. Fonseka dumped near Town Hall by abductors after torturing him to lie about the General

(Lanka-e-News, Feb.15, 2010, 9.45AM) A disabled Police officer J. Ashok Kumara residing at ‘ Kusume gedera’ Ragama working for General Sarath Fonseka who was abducted on the 11th of Feb. was found abandoned near the Town Hall yesterday after being tortured to force him tell lies about Gen. Fonseka . The abductors had dumped him and gone. The group who abducted him had inflicted cruel torture on Kumara by painful plucking of his hair one by one from his eye brow. According to Ashok Kumara he was abducted by a group in police uniform and taken in a police vehicle . Later he was blindfolded and mid way transferred to another vehicle. After they traveled about an hour , the blindfold was removed . The group who was there wore black dresses.

After taking him to an unknown destination he was subjected to torture . He was forced to state and admit the following statements as true : 1. that the General gave him a weapon 2. that he saw General Fonseka and Ajuna Ranatunge engaged in sexual relationship with Upeksha Swarnamali the actress who played the role as General’s assistant in the teledrama ‘Paba’ 3. that when preparing Kumara’s pension payment, the General Fonseka who was the Army Commander at that time made obscene advances to his wife.

The abductors have tortured Kumara forcing him to surrender to these requests .When Kumara had stubbornly refused , these torturers have brought him and dumped him in the vicinity of Town Hall stating ‘ go and complain to any police , we are not afraid’, and gone away. Ashok Kumara who is undergoing treatment at the Ragama Hospital said , he could identify the culprits in Police uniform and those in black suits who tortured him if he sees them again.

Free General: JVP to start a march in protest from Campbell Park tomorrow

A protest march organized by the JVP demanding the Govt. to release General Fonseka will start from Campbell Park tomorrow (16) at 3.00 p.m.

The march which will commence at Campbell Park will leave for Lipton circus where a demonstration is to be staged.

Final decision next week regarding elephant symbol after discussion with all parties –Ranil

(Lanka-e-News, Feb. 15, 2010, 10.40AM) Although the Executive Committee of the UNP has decided to contest under the elephant symbol, the leader of the party Ranil Wickremesinghe said, by virtue of the powers vested in him, he can under the circumstances finally decide after discussing with all parties with a view to arriving at a suitable decision in the best interests of all. Hence, he will discuss with all parties and take a final decision next week whether it is will be the elephant symbol or any other. Ranil Wickremesinghe stated this at a media briefing at his official residence on the 14th where Tissa Attanayake and Karu Jayasooriya also participated. Mr. Wickremesinghe opened his speech with the remark ‘War Hero Sarath Fonseka is in jail, KP the villain is in a palace’ Saving Fonseka and Ekneliyagoda who was abducted are not two matters, they are one, protecting the crumbling Democracy in the country, he pointed out.

We have held over 20 very successful demonstrations and protests for the release of Gen. Fonseka. But, the Govt. is pressurizing the media not to write about them. When I asked the President to release Gen. Fonseka, he tells me to speak to the Army Commander. I did not think the President was so foolish and naïve as to give such replies. Anyway I opened his mind by telling him I am before the President of the country ,and as the Head of the State he can tell the Army Commander or the Navy chief. I made it clear to him that I met him to discharge my duty and following traditions to request the release of an erstwhile Army Commander who saved the country, the people and the President himself from the deadly terrorists who stalked the land for the 30 years and a threat to even President’s life. It is the President’s duty to comply after I have made a request, he noted.

Police inspect Bank Safe of election funds of Gen. Fonseka

find Rs. 15 million and $ 5.5 lakhs

(Lanka-e-News 16.Feb.2010 9.30AM) The election funds of the opposition Presidential candidate Gen. Fonseka deposited in a safe in a private Commercial Bank was inspected by the CID yesterday (15).

This inspection was done with an order obtained from the Courts . It was confirmed that a sum of Rs. 15 million and US dollars 5.5 lakhs in cash were found in the Bank Security Safe in the name of Dhanuna Thilakaratne and his mother .

The Lawyers of Dhanuna had declared that these monies were funds received for Fonseka’s election purposes, and they have adequate documents to prove that.

Dhanuna Thilakaratne’s family told Lanka e news that the Police after the inspection of the Safe had left with or without sealing it , adding that they suspect this is a scheme by the Govt. to link these funds to the HI Corp Co. alleged deals .

It was however further revealed that the amount of Dollars in the Safe was much below the amount allegedly involved in the HiCorp Co. deal.