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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6918295" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka's detained opposition leader has begun a hunger strike  after being barred from using a telephone, his party said Sunday.Sarath  Fonseka, the former army chief, was arrested a month ago after he lost a  January presidential election to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa.Officials  have said he will face a court martial for various alleged offenses  from before he gave up his army command last year, including conspiracy  to overthrow the government and receiving kickbacks on arms deals.He  is detained in a naval complex in Colombo. Only his wife, lawyer and  doctors are allowed to visit him.Fonseka's office said in a  statement Sunday that a court had permitted him to use phones brought by  his wife.But during her last visit Saturday, the army told her  that the right to use phones had been withdrawn, the statement said.  Fonseka has started fasting until he is given access to phones again, it  said.Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Prasad Samarasinghe said the  right to use a phone was a concession allowed by army commander Lt. Gen.  Jagath Jayasuriya, not by a court.Fonseka and Rajapaksa were  hailed as heroes by most Sri Lankans for their role last year in  defeating the Tamil Tiger rebels, ending a 25-year separatist war, but  the two leaders subsequently fell out.Fonseka's supporters claim  his arrest was revenge for daring to challenge Rajapaksa in the  election.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0QMphB4rmJIEBxpOEgRLuZWV3LAD9E9OTD00" target="_blank">AP</a></blockquote>

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