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Colombo : Sri Lanka | Oct 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM PDT
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Sri Lanka's former Army Commander Sarah Fonseka, now in jail and facing further charges in the High Court of Colombo, said yesterday he together with others imprisoned by the government was prepared to make a jail beak.

Coming out of court house under the custody of prison officials, he said to media, ‘There will be hundreds more going to jail. Together, we are prepared to break out from prison to protect democracy and the masses'.

Unexpected and sudden electricity failure made court proceeding impossible in tropical October heat and the trial was put off.

The Power Minister immediately ordered a special investigation and called for its report within two days.

Fonseka had been convicted by two courts martial earlier and jailed. The President had specifically constituted the courts martial to try Fonseka.

Though Fonseka unsuccessfully contested the incumbent President at the elections in January this year, he later secured a Parliamentary seat at the April elections while still being in custody.

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Posted By gino510 Gino C. Matibag | over 2 years ago
I hope that no one will be hurt with the plan. Let there be peace. There is so much disagreement in our world. Rated up!
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Posted By Souk_Phaiboun Souk_Phaiboun | over 2 years ago
Democracy often earns with bloodshed of the people.
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Posted By swarnam swarnam | over 2 years ago
The power failure is a very important subject because here in sharjah some nice people switched off the electricity during peak summer and the power would not return for hours together but after much public outcry power was restored to normalcy.
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Posted By Senaratne Senaratne | over 2 years ago
Your comments are so enlightening and thought provoking.
Thanks to you all, Gino, Souk and swarnam.
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Posted By vauldine vauldine | over 2 years ago
What an ambitious aspiration. Astute!Rated up!
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Reply By Senaratne Senaratne | over 2 years ago
Yeah. And, ambitions at times come true.
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Posted By creativeauthor creativeauthor | over 2 years ago
It seems that the Powercut became the centre of attraction in the court.
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Reply By Senaratne Senaratne | over 2 years ago
Sure. Plus, the Power Minister was shocked.
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Posted By buzz64 Kenneth Ang | over 2 years ago
I hope that troops loyal to Fonseka will not break ranks and force a coup.
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Reply By Senaratne Senaratne | over 2 years ago
Pardon me, my friend. I can't comment. Any comment by me may be interpreted as treason.
I can only report.
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