{"id":3161,"date":"2011-12-30T22:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T22:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2011-12-30T22:08:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T22:08:41","slug":"wikileaks-sl-governments-focus-on-the-fonseka-family-may-prove-a-double-edged-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-sl-governments-focus-on-the-fonseka-family-may-prove-a-double-edged-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: SL government's focus on the Fonseka family may prove a double-edged sword"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government's focus on the Fonseka family may prove a double-edged sword, keeping the Fonseka family occupied but creating a sympathetic picture of Mrs. Fonseka<\/p><\/div>\n

By Colombo Telegraph –<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Hi-Corp case and Fonseka’s medical care are of paramount importance to the Fonseka family, the government may be using these issues to distract attention from matters of larger national consequence in the run-up to the April general elections. The government’s focus on the Fonseka family may prove a double-edged sword, keeping the Fonseka family occupied but creating a sympathetic picture of Mrs. Fonseka and engendering public disquiet over the detention without charges of Sarath Fonseka.\u201dthe US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable is classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d\u00a0 and written by the Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis on February 19,2010.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Butenis wrote \u201cFonseka’s relatives and several opposition leaders had underscored publicly that Fonseka required regular doses of medicine and expert medical care for injuries he had sustained in an LTTE suicide bomb attack. On February 11, Charge inquired about Fonseka’s access to his own doctors during a briefing held by the Foreign Minister for the diplomatic community, and the Foreign Minister followed up the following day by calling in the Charge to update her that President Rajapaksa had affirmed that Fonseka’s personal doctors would be allowed full access to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA Post contact considered close to Fonseka told DATT that Fonseka was being seen by two physicians, Army Major General Munasinghe, the Surgeon General, and Navy Commodore Senarupa Jayawardene, both of whom had reportedly treated him in the past. Fonseka’s daughter, however, contradicted this in a telephone call to SCA and said that in conversations with her father, he told her that Munasinghe had not been visiting her.\u201d she further wrote.<\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0cable below\u00a0for further details;<\/p>\n

Related news; WikiLeaks: US Embassy clueless about Fonseka\u2019s sis-in-law\u2019s\u00a0bucks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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(C) On February 17, Sarath Fonseka lodged an election\npetition with the Supreme Court, alleging a number of\nelections law violations by President Rajapaksa and several\nof his top campaign advisors, and calling on the court to\nnullify Rajapaksa's victory and instead declare Fonseka the\nwinner.  The petition cites a rather large number of specific\nincidents it calls violations of elections law, broken down\ninto several types of incidents including misuse of state\nproperty, violent attacks on persons affiliated with the\nFonseka campaign, false statements by President Rajapaksa or\nhis closest advisors, and incidents of bribery and threats\nused to gain more voter support.  Interestingly, the petition\ndoes not appear to directly address the opposition's previous\nallegations that there was massive computer fraud in the vote\ncounting stage of the election.  There are, however,\nallegations that opposition representatives were chased out\nof counting centers by thugs in a number of voting districts\nbefore the results could be tallied and transmitted to the\nElections Commission office in Colombo.  The petition asks\nthat the Supreme Court order a complete recount of all\nballots, with opposition representatives present for the\nentire process.\n\nDANUNA TILLAKARATNE AND\nTHE HI-CORP INVESTIGATION\n-------------------------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>3. (C) On February 15, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)\nissued a warrant for the arrest of Danuna Tillakaratne, the\nson-in-law of Sarath Fonseka, as part of an investigation by\nthe Criminal Investigation Division (CID) into his alleged\nrole in several tenders submitted by Hi-Corp, Inc. to supply\nmilitary equipment to the Sri Lankan Army, tenders which the\ngovernment says were fraudulent.  Danuna had not been located\nas of February 18, and government spokespersons suggested he\nhad fled the country.  CID Chief Inspector Mohan Siriwardena\nreportedly told court officials involved in the case that he\nwas seeking assistance from Interpol to investigate\nTillakaratne's U.S. bank account.  Tillakaratne's mother,\nAsoka Tillakaratne, was questioned by CID personnel on\nFebruary 15 about her son's involvement with Hi-Corp, and was\nthen arrested on February 17, with the government alleging a\nconnection between the Hi-Corp case and a sum of money found\nin several of Ms. Tillakaratne's safe deposit boxes, reported\nby different media outlets to be either approximately 70,000\nUSD or 700,000 USD in a combination of U.S. dollars, Sri\nLankan rupees and British pounds.  Ms. Tillakaratne claimed\nthrough relatives that it was leftover campaign money.  The\nmagistrate handling her case granted her bail that same\n\nCOLOMBO 00000125  002.2 OF 002\n\nafternoon.\n\nFONSEKA'S MEDICAL CARE\n----------------------\n\n\u00b6<\/a>4. (C) Fonseka's relatives and several opposition leaders had\nunderscored publicly that Fonseka required regular doses of\nmedicine and expert medical care for injuries he had\nsustained in an LTTE suicide bomb attack.  On February 11,\nCharge inquired about Fonseka's access to his own doctors\nduring a briefing held by the Foreign Minister for the\ndiplomatic community, and the Foreign Minister followed up\nthe following day by calling in the Charge to update her that\nPresident Rajapaksa had affirmed that Fonseka's personal\ndoctors would be allowed full access to him. (Ref. 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