Sri lanka's Newspapers confirm arrest of Gen. Fonseka

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DMTX. Newspapers on display in Colombo lead with headlines about the arrest of Sri Lankan former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka. Fonseka, was arrested on February 8th. C

in Politics, on the 9th of February 2010

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Newspapers on display in Colombo lead with headlines about the arrest of Sri Lankan former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka. Fonseka, was arrested on February 8th. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 09/02/2010.

Newspapers displaying in Colombo on February 9, 2010, lead with headlines about the arrest of Sri Lankan former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka. Fonseka, was arrested on February 8, hours after vowing to give evidence before any war crimes tribunal. State media said Fonseka, who led the army to victory over Tamil Tiger rebels last year, ending a bloody 37-year insurgency, was taken into custody by the military police to be charged with unspecified 'military offences'.