The Sri Lankan High Court has sentenced former army commander Sarath Fonseka to three years in prison after finding him guilty of making false allegations against the president's brother.<br /><br />He was found guilty on Friday of "spreading disaffection" over comments in a newspaper that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the country's defence secretary, had ordered the killing of Tamil Tiger leaders as they tried to surrender in May, 2009.<br /><br />Fonseka says he was quoted out of context in the Sunday Leader article published on December 13 of that year.<br /><br />He is currently serving a 30-month term after a court martial found him guilty of corruption in military procurements.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo.
