Karuna Amman gets nine months in UK prison

He said the Defence Secretary, who is the brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, had arranged the documents for him. Rajapakse has denied that his Government issued the passport and said the dissident leader could have secured “diplomatic endorsement”.

Karuna Amman was sentenced to nine months in jail under the Identity Cards Act after he pleaded guilty. Human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are demanding that he be tried for war crimes. humanitarian agencies operating in Sri Lanka’s eastern province have accused Karuna’s faction of abductions, killings and recruiting child soldiers.