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Military sources said the Military Police personnel had entered into the residence of retired Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka at midnight on the 25th to remove the vehicles provided to the General on an order issued by the Defence Secretary.

Although the Defence Secretary had ordered Army Commander Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya to send Military Police personnel to the General’s residence, the Army Commander had objected to it. Lt. General Jayasruiya had said that if the General was subject to any harm due to a reduction in his security, the Army soldiers would hold him responsible and would even stone him.

Sources said Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had then reprimanded the Army Commander saying he would issue the order and get it done himself and had ordered the Military Police personnel to visit the General’s residence.