Military Guards Surround General Foseka's Hotel Accommodation

Military personnel surround a hotel where General Sarath Fonseka was staying after losing the election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The government said the military presence outside was a precautionary measure. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27/01/2010.

Soldiers surrounded the Colombo hotel where Sri Lanka's opposition candidate was staying, hours after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was declared the winner of the country's first peacetime election in more than two decades.

Rajapaksa's opponent, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, did not immediately concede defeat and accused the incumbent of intimidation.
The government said the presence of the soldiers and commandos, some of whom had their faces covered, outside the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel was a precaution.

They did not intend to take Fonseka into custody, but were looking for army deserters who were holed up inside, the government said.

Rajapakse has won a second term by defeating former army chief Fonseka with 57.9 percent of the popular vote, the Elections Commissioner said the day after the January 26 vote, as troops ringed the hotel of his main rival who appealed for foreign protection.

Military personnel surround a hotel where General Sarath Fonseka was staying after losing the election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The government said the military presence outside was a precautionary measure. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27/01/2010.

Soldiers surrounded the Colombo hotel where Sri Lanka's opposition candidate was staying, hours after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was declared the winner of the country's first peacetime election in more than two decades.

Rajapaksa's opponent, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, did not immediately concede defeat and accused the incumbent of intimidation.
The government said the presence of the soldiers and commandos, some of whom had their faces covered, outside the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel was a precaution.

They did not intend to take Fonseka into custody, but were looking for army deserters who were holed up inside, the government said.

Rajapakse has won a second term by defeating former army chief Fonseka with 57.9 percent of the popular vote, the Elections Commissioner said the day after the January 26 vote, as troops ringed the hotel of his main rival who appealed for foreign protection.

Military personnel surround a hotel where General Sarath Fonseka was staying after losing the election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The government said the military presence outside was a precautionary measure. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27/01/2010.

Soldiers surrounded the Colombo hotel where Sri Lanka's opposition candidate was staying, hours after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was declared the winner of the country's first peacetime election in more than two decades.

Rajapaksa's opponent, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, did not immediately concede defeat and accused the incumbent of intimidation.
The government said the presence of the soldiers and commandos, some of whom had their faces covered, outside the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel was a precaution.

They did not intend to take Fonseka into custody, but were looking for army deserters who were holed up inside, the government said.

Rajapakse has won a second term by defeating former army chief Fonseka with 57.9 percent of the popular vote, the Elections Commissioner said the day after the January 26 vote, as troops ringed the hotel of his main rival who appealed for foreign protection.

Military personnel surround a hotel where General Sarath Fonseka was staying after losing the election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The government said the military presence outside was a precautionary measure. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27/01/2010.

Soldiers surrounded the Colombo hotel where Sri Lanka's opposition candidate was staying, hours after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was declared the winner of the country's first peacetime election in more than two decades.

Rajapaksa's opponent, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, did not immediately concede defeat and accused the incumbent of intimidation.
The government said the presence of the soldiers and commandos, some of whom had their faces covered, outside the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel was a precaution.

They did not intend to take Fonseka into custody, but were looking for army deserters who were holed up inside, the government said.

Rajapakse has won a second term by defeating former army chief Fonseka with 57.9 percent of the popular vote, the Elections Commissioner said the day after the January 26 vote, as troops ringed the hotel of his main rival who appealed for foreign protection.