Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa filed a fundamental rights violation petition to Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court requesting that it blocks any attempts by the government to arrest him.
The move comes after Mr Rajapaksa was called in for questioning by the government initiated bribery commission on Monday, regarding allegations of corruption. He has been called to appear again in front of the commission by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) on May 20.
The former defence secretary cited Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, several cabinet ministers, the attorney general and deputy inspector general of the police amongst others, as respondents in his petition claiming any arrest would be a violation of his personal liberty.
Also see our earlier post: Sirisena assures Rajapaksa of state protection (11 Jan 2015)
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