Former Sri Lanka army chief says he would welcome war crime investigation
To his supporters, Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka is a hero. But to others he is a war criminal. Fonseka insists his conscience is clear
President Maithripala Sirisena confers the honorary military rank of field marshal on Sarath Fonseka in March at a ceremony in Colombo. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
David Corlett in Colombo-Wednesday 27 May 2015
Sri Lanka’s wartime army chief says his conscience is clear and he would welcome a war crimes investigation to prove his innocence.
“The allegations are there,” Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said in an interview with the Guardian. “We have to clear our name.”
