Army Commander Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya is to file a defamation case against two Jaffna-based newspapers today.According to highly placed army sources, the petition, to be filed in the Jaffna High Court, refers to a news article published by the two Tamil newspapers, with the alleged intension of tarnishing the image of the Army Commander.

The sources alleged the two newspapers had published news articles stating that the Army Commander had indicated that certain senior officers in the army and some other external forces have curtailed his powers, and only the Women’s Corps is under his control. However, the Army Commander has denied making such a statement, and has also stated that there was no truth whatsoever in the published reports. (CN)

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