Sri Lanka's Top Military Man in Court Over Role in War-Time Abductions

After evading arrest for two months, Sri Lanka's most senior military official appeared in court on Wednesday, charged with helping another suspect in the abduction and disappearance of 11 youths in the final phase of the country's 26-year civil war.

Chief of Defense Staff Ravindra Wijegunaratne will now be held in detention till Dec. 5 pending further investigations into whether he aided and abetted the prime suspect in the case.