After announcing Monday that Fonseka would face a court martial on sedition charges, the government heaped more accusations on him

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision follows his sweeping victory at the polls last month over his former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka who had defected to the opposition. <img src="http://image.baidu.com/search/http:%5C/%5C/img4.daumcdn.net%5C/thumb%5C/r658x0.q70%5C/?fname=https:%5C/%5C/t1.daumcdn.net%5C/news%5C/201805%5C/10%5C/news1%5C/20180510101531863uild.jpg" alt="643957 775101 2430739 6234.» style=»max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;»>Fonseka, who last year led government troops in their crushing defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels, was dragged out of his office Monday by military police and arrested on charges he plotted to overthrow the government while running the army. […]