{"id":43511,"date":"2015-10-14T23:58:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T03:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43511"},"modified":"2015-10-14T23:58:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T03:58:44","slug":"sarath-fonseka-accuses-govt-of-letting-big-crooks-off-the-hook-while-punishing-ordinary-people-for-minor-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43511","title":{"rendered":"Sarath Fonseka Accuses Govt of Letting Big Crooks off the Hook While Punishing Ordinary People for Minor Offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Harischandra Gunaratna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leader of the Democratic Party Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that the government had given the impression to the masses that it was conniving with the crooks of the previous government who had squandered billions of rupees belonging to the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government has let big crooks off the hook while punishing the ordinary people for minor offences,&#8221; Fonseka said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media at the DP office at Battaramulla, the war winning former Army Commander claimed that former Defence Secretary Gotabhya Rajapaksa should have allowed the FCID to question him on alleged frauds and criminal activities without filing cases if his conscience had been clear.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party leader said that the Attorney General didn\u2019t know the law and had betrayed his bias in handling certain cases, especially the one against the Rakna Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Field Marshal Fonseka said that the Attorney General was trying to legitimize unlawful acts of Rakna Lanka Ltd under Gotabhaya Rajapaksa\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming that a ship belonging to Rakna Lanka limited had carried illegal weapons, the DP leader asked how the Attorney General could say those weapons were legal.<\/p>\n<p>The Firearms Act of Sri Lanka clearly stated only a government agent could authorise the issuance of firearms, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Attorney General was trying to bend the laws of the country for benefit certain elements involved in criminal activity,&#8221; Fonseka alleged.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton43511\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D43511&amp;text=Sarath%20Fonseka%20Accuses%20Govt%20of%20Letting%20Big%20Crooks%20off%20the%20Hook%20While%20Punishing%20Ordinary%20People%20for%20Minor%20Offences&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Harischandra Gunaratna Leader of the Democratic Party Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that the government had given the impression to the masses that it was conniving with the crooks of the previous government who had squandered billions of rupees belonging to the state. &#8220;The government has let big crooks off the hook while &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43511\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Sarath Fonseka Accuses Govt of Letting Big Crooks off the Hook While Punishing Ordinary People for Minor Offences&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43512,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43511\/revisions\/43512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}