Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka is returning from the United States without being subjected to possible questioning over alleged war crimes committed during the defeat of the LTTE in May this year.<br/>The Government of Sri Lanka in a press statement said that ‘General Fonseka was not subjected to any questioning prior to his departure by the United States Department of Homeland Security or any other agency of the US Government’. Sarath Fonseka holds US permanent residency and had travelled to the US last week to visit his daughters in Oklahoma.<br/>Government of Sri Lanka on Monday said that it feared US authorities were trying to force Fonseka to provide evidence against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse over the allegations of human rights violations.<br/>The Defence Secretary, who holds US citizenship, is the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Colombo had conveyed to the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka that the Department of Homeland Security should forthwith desist from any endeavor to interview General Fonseka. The Government was also categorical in stating that General Fonseka has no authority to divulge or share information with third parties, which he may have become aware of during his course of his duties, as these has the ‘status of privileged information’<br/>A US State Department report presented to Congress last month had charged that both the government and Tamil Tigers committed serious human rights violations in the final months of the conflict.<br/>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it appreciates the receptive and constructive attitude adopted by the US authorities, which in turn allowed General Fonseka to leave the United States without any damage to the national interest of Sri Lanka and to the dignity of his Office.<br/>AIR correspondent Kanchan reports from Colombo that Government of Sri Lanka says that its diplomatic endeavours have paid off and that General Sarath Fonseka is returning from the United States without being subjected to possible questioning over alleged war crimes committed during the defeat of the LTTE in May this year.<br/>Government of Sri Lanka on Monday said that it feared US authorities were trying to force Fonseka to provide evidence against Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa over the allegations of human rights violations. The Defence Secretary, who holds US citizenship, is the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.<br/>A US State Department report presented to Congress last month had charged that both the government and Tamil Tigers committed serious human rights violations in the final months of the conflict.<br/>Meanwhile, even as Sri Lanka’s major opposition parties have united to forge a common front ahead of the possible Presidential and Parliamentary polls, President Rajapaksa is touring the war ravaged north of the country where resettlement of the war displaced Tamil civilians are taking place . <br/>According to the Presidential office sources, Rajpaksa for the first time met 1200 resettled displaced people in Thunukkai area today and delivered a short address to them in Tamil, in which he urged all civilians to unite and help the government to develop the country since the war is now over and peace has dawned.<br/>