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Addressing a media briefing outside his residence in Colombo, General Fonseka, who lost his election bid to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a wide margin, said he has filed documents that list the government's malpractices and the names of the government officials who are making threats to him.
General Fonseka has disputed last Tuesday's election results and called for an annulment of the results charging that there was mass scale vote rigging despite the conclusion by the Election Department officials and independent election monitors to the contrary.
The General complained that his security has been withdrawn following the election down to 'zero' and his office has been raided and his close associates had been arrested. He charged that the government is planning his assassination.
"You can’t go to the police or the courts. You can be arrested at any time. There's no media freedom. Everyone is under pressure and cannot carry out their rightful duties." Fonseka said.
The government says the General was hatching an assassination plot with his associates on the President and his family on the election day when he checked into a five-star hotel on the President's route to his official residence.
Fonseka said he does not plan to leave the country now. "I want to stay and represent my people," he said adding that he and his family have been blacklisted at the airport and cannot leave anyway.
The Immigration controller at the country's international airport has said that there was no such order from the government and the General is free to leave.
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Jan 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka threatened to reveal the government's secrets if the government does not stop harassing on drummed up assassination charges and something happens to him.