Sri Lanka on Friday found the former army chief who led the military victory over the Tamil Tiger separatists guilty of misappropriation of funds, which can land him in prison for up to three years.
Sarath Fonseka's sentence was widely expected after he was stripped of his four-star general rank last month in a similar court-martial, which found him guilty of involvement in politics while in uniform. He had challenged his former commander-in-chief, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a bitterly personal campaign and lost in a January election. He was arrested on February 8 but still won a parliamentary seat in April.