Janz notebook produced in court
June 21, 2010 10:08 am
Sunday Leader editor Fredrica Janz today produced the notebook that recorded the interview with Rtd. Gen. Sarath Fonseka where he claimed that Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered to kill the LTTE cadres who were surrendering with white flags.
On June 7 courts issued notice on ´The Sunday Leader´ editor Frederica Jansz to produce before it the notebook in which she had written down notes of a controversial interview with Gen. Sarath Fonseka.
Fonseka’s lawyers requested permission of the court to verify the notebook to which the Government lawyers protested.
The Magistrate however ordered that the notebook to be placed in a safe until the next hearing.
The magistrate further ordered Fonseka to be kept in Army custody until July 12.
