Monday, January 30, 2017

Probe Into Lasantha’s Murder Takes A Twist

by Nirmala Kannangara-Sunday, January 29, 2017
  • Fonseka pointed the finger directly at former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa
  • Gotabaya Rajapaksa directly centralised and supervised all security and intelligence operations in and around Colombo

Maj. Gen. Kapila Hendawitharana, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Field Marshal Fonseka
The investigation into the murder of founding editor of The Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickrematunge has taken a stunning twist after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, whose involvement in the high profile assassination has long been suspected.