COLOMBO, June 1 -- The wife of detained former Director of the Government Intelligence Service and former Director of Military Intelligence, Major General (Ret.) Suresh Sallay has appealed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to intervene in what she describes as the unlawful detention and mistreatment of her husband under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

In a detailed letter addressed to the President, she claimed that Sallay, who has been in custody for nearly 80 days, is being held without credible evidence to support allegations linking him to the Easter Sunday attacks.

Sallay was detained over accusations that he had prior knowledge of the attacks, failed to act on intelligence, assisted or encouraged the perpetrators by wit...