{"id":77308,"date":"2022-05-03T00:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T04:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77308"},"modified":"2022-05-03T21:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T01:05:15","slug":"jvp-led-npp-leader-anura-kumara-dissanayake-presents-over-a-100-files-pertaining-to-allegations-of-corruption-against-politicians-such-as-basl-namal-mahindananda-sajith-ranil-and-yoshita-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77308","title":{"rendered":"JVP- led NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Presents Over a 100 Files pertaining to Allegations of Corruption Against Politicians such as Maithripala, Basil, Namal, Mahindananda, Cabraal, Sajith, Ranil and Yoshita at Conference Organized by \u201cDooshana Virodi Handa\u201d( Voice against Corruption)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People\u2019s Power (NPP) Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (3) presented over 100 files pertaining to various alleged cases of corruption in Sri Lanka, implicating a string of high profile politicians including the ruling Rajapaksa family, Government MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya Leader Sajith Premadasa, and United National Party Leader and Opposition MP Ranil Wickremesinghe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCorruption is not limited to one man\u2019s actions. It is not like stealing a coconut from a neighbour. Corruption on this scale is done with the blessings of the State, which is protected by the people\u2019s mandate,\u201d claimed Dissanayake, at an event organised by the JVP-affiliated Voice against Corruption (Dooshana Virodi Handa) yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a ring of businessmen and politicians, a handful of dealmakers, some public officials, some officials of investigative authorities, some media owners, and even some in places where the law is supposed to work, who are involved in such corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dissanayake first spoke on information about a number of cases which were investigated internationally. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent times, if there is an international investigation into corruption, Sri Lanka is somehow connected to it somewhere,\u201d he said.
\nDissanayake said that former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the US Jaliya Wickramasuriya, who is cousin of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is currently embroiled in a lawsuit in the US, where he is accused of stealing $ 3.3 million as \u201ccommission money\u201d from the $ 6.2 million that was provided by the Government of Sri Lanka for the purchase of an embassy headquarters. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe has accepted in a US court that he took this commission, and the court is due to reach a decision in this regard, this May,\u201d he added.
\nHe spoke about former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan, the husband of the latter\u2019s niece Nirupama Rajapaksa, who was recently named in the Pandora Papers as having wealth of $ 160 million.
\n\u201cMuch of Basil Rajapaksa\u2019s property is in the name of Nadesan. <\/p>\n

A famous corruption case is the \u2018Gin-Nilwala\u2019 deal. Usually, when an election is announced, ministries only engage in necessary payments. However, then-Irrigation Ministry Secretary Ivan De Silva had, a month prior to the Presidential Election, given a total of about Rs. 4,000 million to a company in China. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne of these payments was made a day before the Presidential Election. The Chinese company released $ 5 million to Ruth International, which was revealed to be owned by Nadesan. Some of this money finally ended up at a local bank and was used to buy the Malwana land owned by Basil Rajapaksa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dissanayake also said that other lands were purchased by Basil Rajapaksa, including in Matara, valued at over millions of Sri Lankan rupees.
\nDissanayake revealed a list of approximately 31 properties also owned by Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Dissanayake also spoke about the misappropriation of the funds of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) that occurred during the tenure of former Minister Premadasa. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about the misappropriation of the CCF monies from 2015 to 2019 during former Minister Premadasa\u2019s tenure. This is a scam of Rs. 3 billion. There were 146 expenditure heads that he had spent without any approval. There is clear evidence given by the officials that this took place on the direct orders of Premadasa. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn 15 November, 2019, less than a month before the Presidential Election, an emergency Director Board meeting was called involving Premadasa, then-Ministers Mano Ganesan, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, and John Amaratunga, then-Premier Wickremesinghe, and another, seeking approval for the release of funds. But Wickremesinghe has not signed. However, the then-Prime Ministerial Secretary has signed it. Kariyawasam has also not signed it. We have an investigatory file about this too,\u201d said Dissanayake.<\/p>\n

Commenting on former Minister Aluthgamage, Dissanayake said that there is a file on him because a private legal matter had compelled Aluthgamage to declare his assets to a Sri Lankan court, which has revealed that he has two bank accounts in Singapore, and questioned as to how there was money in dollars in them and how Aluthgamage had earned them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Voice against Corruption organisation Convenor Wasantha Samarasinghe revealed details about Government MP Namal Rajapaksa. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the B-report related to the \u2018Krish\u2019 deal, Namal Rajapaksa has accepted that businessman Nimal Perera had given him Rs. 60 million. Namal Rajapaksa had said that he gave that money to Sri Lanka Rugby. However, all officials in the Sri Lanka Rugby have said that they did not receive that money,\u201d said Samarasinghe. <\/p>\n

He added that when investigations were being conducted into the \u2018Krish\u2019 deal, the misappropriation of funds during the construction of two hospitals in Hambantota and Nuwara Eliya had come to light. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe total construction cost was at EUR 82 million for the two hospitals. However, EUR 4.33 million was transferred to Sabre Vision Holdings, registered in the British Virgin Islands, and owned by Perera via a company in the Netherlands. A further $ 550,000 was also transferred to that account by the Australian company, Aspen Medical,\u201d claimed Samarasinghe. <\/p>\n

An Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary released this week about Aspen Medical included details about this transfer of funds to Perera. The documentary further named Perera as the \u201cbagman\u201d for the Rajapaksa family. Samarasinghe added that the famous \u201cAirbus deal\u201d money had also ended up in the same Sabre Vision Holdings\u2019 account. <\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigations into this were halted by the Criminal Investigations Department in 2019.\u201d Commenting on the \u2018Airbus\u2019 deal, Dissanayake added that $ 16.6 million was initially sent to former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena\u2019s wife\u2019s account in Brunei, following which the money was then sent to three Sri Lankan accounts, one of which belonged to Perera.<\/p>\n

JVP Politburo Member Sunil Handunnetti said that although Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Treasury Bond (T Bond) scams became famous during the tenure of Wickremesinghe and then-President and MP Maithripala Sirisena, who was elected under the current Government but sits independent in Parliament, they started with then-CBSL Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal under the incumbent Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s Presidency. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe foundation for the Treasury Bond scams was laid with Rajapaksa and constructed with Wickremesinghe. Many tried to hide the Treasury Bond scams; even those who are speaking against corruption now and from the Parliament. The Committee on Public Enterprises meeting, which was supposed to be convened in Parliament then, was convened in Wickremesinghe\u2019s residence,\u201d accused Handunnetti.<\/p>\n

Dissanayake said that this corrupt ring of thieves is only shaken slightly when a government changes, only for it to stabilise with a new ring of thieves in about two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cSirisena won the Election on 8 January 2015, and met the businessman linked to the Avant Garde Security Services (Pvt.) Ltd., the next day, on 9 January 2015. Thus, this ring of corruption cannot be merely beaten by a government change, but through a public struggle that is steadfastly against corruption,\u201d stressed Dissanayake.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, a child does not have a packet of milk powder, while people are dying in queues for essential goods. Should we not punish this corrupt ring of thieves then?\u201d<\/p>\n

Samarasinghe said that they have over 500 files, other than what was presented yesterday.<\/p>\n

Courtesy: The Morning<\/em><\/p>\n

Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People\u2019s Power (NPP) Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (3) presented over 100 files pertaining to various alleged cases of corruption in Sri Lanka, implicating a string of high profile politicians including the ruling Rajapaksa family, Government MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya Leader Sajith Premadasa, and United …<\/p>\n

Continue reading ‘JVP- led NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Presents Over a 100 Files pertaining to Allegations of Corruption Against Politicians such as Maithripala, Basil, Namal, Mahindananda, Cabraal, Sajith, Ranil and Yoshita at Conference Organized by \u201cDooshana Virodi Handa\u201d( Voice against Corruption)’ »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77310,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77308\/revisions\/77310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}