{"id":159158,"date":"2016-03-13T13:34:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T08:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159158"},"modified":"2016-03-17T20:19:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:49:59","slug":"fonseka-wants-impartial-probe-into-lasantha-killing-no-mention-about-keith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/fonseka-wants-impartial-probe-into-lasantha-killing-no-mention-about-keith\/","title":{"rendered":"Fonseka Wants Impartial Probe Into Lasantha Killing, No Mention About Keith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Field Marshal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sarath+Fonseka&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarath Fonseka<\/span><\/a> has called for an impartial investigation into the murder of Sunday Leader founder editor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lasantha+Wickrematunge&amp;x=14&amp;y=5\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-large-numbers-of-military-personnel-revered-fonseka-like-a-god-gota\/keith\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-46384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/keith.jpg\" alt=\"keith\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/keith.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/keith-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/keith-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Delivering his inaugural speech in parliament, Fonseka said that the previous administration tried to send him to the gallows saying he was connected to Wickrematunge\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa have accused the former Army Commander of been involved in this killing. We are not scared, we are not scared of false accusations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fonseka called on President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to conduct an impartial investigation and punish the people behind it. \u201cI am certain the police and the CID have the ability to conduct this investigation properly,\u201d Fonseka added.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Fonseka made no mention about some of the other attacks against journalists, including that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Keith+Noyahr&amp;x=11&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Keith Noyahr<\/span><\/a>, the then Associate Editor of \u2018The Nation\u2019 newspaper, who was abducted and severely beaten up immediately after he wrote an article titled \u2018An army is not its commander\u2019s private fiefdom.\u2019 It is alleged that Fonseka was directly involved in the abduction which happened in May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>To listen Fonseka&#8217;s speech click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gotabaya-couldnt-protect-a-bike-from-thieves-how-could-he-win-a-war-asks-fonseka\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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