The government is investigating claims that the life of former Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka is under threat. Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe stated that the Government was also looking into the newspaper reports that the General had not been in the country during the final stages of the war.

“These are serious claims and they are being investigated under the orders of the Secretary of Defense Ghotabya Rajapaksa, by the CID and the Police,” Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

Minister Samarasinghe also said that that the Government was looking into the newspaper reports that the General had not been in the country during the final stages of the war. “There are reports that he was not in the island from the 10th to the 17th of May and we are looking into this,” he said.