Sri Lanka police raids opposition office

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January 29, 2010 (AFP) - Police raided Friday the office of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka as monitors and rights groups criticised the Sri Lankan election that returned President Mahinda Rajapakse to power.
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The Cinnamon Gardens quarter of Colombo, where Fonseka's office is located, was cordoned off as dozens of commandos from the elite police Special Task Force searched the premises, a witness said.

Press photographers and television crews were kept away by security forces but a police officer at the scene said they were looking for "illegal material" in the compound.

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Opposition spokesman Rauf Hakeem told reporters the search was an infringement of democratic rights and branded the raid government intimidation.

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"This is an assault on democracy," Hakeem told reporters.

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"They are trying to intimidate us as we collect evidence of vote-rigging."

Fonseka was not at the office when the raid was carried out.

The raid came a day after the government accused the opposition of planning the assassination of President Mahinda Rajapakse who comfortably won a second term in Tuesday's poll in a result disputed by the opposition. Security forces kept Fonseka under siege while election results were

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