Fonseka goes to prison to serve 30-month term

Prisons Commissioner Major General V R De Silva said that Fonseka was brought to the Welikada prison at 10.30 pm on Thursday under an escort provided by the military police,the private channel MTV reported.

Fonsekas wife Anoma said her family was not discouraged by this act of revenge as it was noble to stand up and die rather than genuflect.

Opposition DNA lawmaker Vijitha Herath termed the sentence for the former Army Chief as a degrading form of revenge.

Neither I nor my daughters are discouraged by this. It is more noble to stand up and die rather that having to live on bended knees, Anoma said.

She said her husband had tirelessly worked to eradicate 30 years of terrorism from the country,and he had been gifted with a rigorous imprisonment of 30 months.

I think the entire world knows that this was merely revenge. Therefore I wish to invite the loving people. We wont stop this journey here. Even if the General is imprisoned,we will stand up for him, she said. It is more noble to stand up and die rather than having to live on bended knees. The people now have a chance to do something on his behalf. So I request that this be fulfilled, the channel quoted Anoma Fonseka as saying.