Sri Lanka purges military amid coup fears

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Sri Lanka purges military amid coup fearsSri Lanka purges military amid coup fearsri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse has sacked a dozen senior military officerschristmas giftas part of a crackdown after last week's presidential election.

The senior commanders who have been forced into compulsory retirement are accused of breaching military discipline #x and siding with opposition candidate and former army chief General Sarath Fonseka.

The move is one of the biggest shake-ups of Sri Lanka's top brass in decades.

The government says General Fonseka and his former military comrades were plotting to assassinate Mr Rajapakse and stage a coup.

Some of the men who are accused of involvement were arrested after a stand-off at a hotel in the capital Colombo last week. Troops surrounded the hotel,beads, claiming there were army deserters inside.

General Fonseka, however, has accused the government of hounding his supporters,christmas giftand opposition activists are threatening to stage a mass rally.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper that General Fonseka was seeking international attention.

"This was a pre-empted act on his part and a pre-designed act on their part to have got into a hotel just before the election results were announced," Mr Bogollagama said.

"In my opinion, what they were trying to do was to invite attention associated with army deserters trying to occupy premises in the city. This is not done in a democracy."

The debate over the standoffchristmas giftat the hotel is still headline news in Sri Lanka.

"This country is being run like a place #x where we never had law and order," General Fonseka said.相关的主题文章：