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ARREST  THOSE BASTARD 

present minister Anura Yapa in “rogues’ gallery” files

 

11/March/2016

 

It is a well and widely known fact  that serious  charges were mounted by the public against the ex Attorney General (AG) Yuvanjan and his assistant Suhada Gamlath  for not filing cases with regard to   the notorious rogues associated with the Medamulana Rajapakse regime , and for resorting to dilly dallying tactics. There were also accusations leveled against Wijedasa Rajapakse that he too was contributory towards that.  Even at that time , the FCID had concluded its investigations pertaining to 22 cases and the files had been forwarded to the AG’s department , it was reported. It is in the midst of this situation , Jayantha Jayasuriya took oaths as  the new AG on 11 th February with the blessings of all. 

On 11 th of this month , that is today , he completes one month since taking oaths as AG. Apparently , the AG has still not touched those 22 files hereinbefore mentioned. It is therefore a crucial question ,who is  protecting the rogues? This is a most perilous state of affairs portending grave danger to the country. In the circumstances , the organizations and people for good governance must become alert and alive to this most alarming  situation.

Lanka e news is of the view that the public must be made aware of the grave situation  . Hence we reveal hereunder details of the  22 files  that have been entrusted to the AG’s department after the conclusion of investigations, and which are languishing at the AG’s department. 

Interestingly those at the center of  those crimes whose   investigations are concluded are stalwarts and heavyweights ( Balakanu or rather Balakunu) of the Rajapakse regime  : 
 
They are Gotabaya Rajapakse, Basil Rajapakse  , Pushpa Rajapakse ,Wimal Weerawansa, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, P.B. Jayasundara, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Gamini Senarath, and Anura Priyadharshana Yapa who is holding a ministerial portfolio under this government of good governance, and several others. 

Hereunder are details of the 22 investigations into the regime’s crimes  concluded by the FCID . Sadly, the  relevant files are however  languishing at the AG’s department  without follow up action….

1. Investigations have been concluded against ex chairman Baschara Ekanayake Gunatileke and D.S. Jayaweera of the Tourist  Board who robbed Rs. 5.7 million of the Board. 
The files have been handed over to the AG’s department to file action based on the Public property Act .The AG’s department has still not proffered its advice. 

2. Investigations  conducted against ex minister Basil Rajapakse and an officer by the name of Liyanage of the Economic development ministry on charges of financial malpractices  under the project ‘yali pubudumu Lanka’ ( the amount of money defrauded has still not been completely assessed)  have been concluded .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions . 

3. Investigations against ex secretary of the Finance ministry P.B. Jayasundara have been concluded pertaining to financial irregularities (the full cash amount  involved is still not known) committed at the time when the Insurance Corporation was being taken over again by  the government .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.
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4. Investigations against ex chairman of State engineering Corporation Raj Edirisuriya who defrauded in a sum of Rs. 4.8 million  have been concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

5. Investigations against  former minister of housing Wimal Weerawansa and his secretary (formerly) P.H. Wilmalasiri who cheated in a sum of Rs. 1.4 million by printing diaries violating tender procedures is concluded .
 The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions
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6. Investigations against  ex minister of housing Wimal Weerawansa and P.K.J.K.Perera who put through illicit housing deals are concluded  .( The full amount defrauded is not yet known ).A case No. B 26907/3/15 has been filed in this connection by the Colombo Municipal Council.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions 

7. Investigations against  Wimal Weerawansa , his wife Sashi Weerawansa  and C.S. Ranasinghe based on charges of a colossal fraud involving a gifting of a land worth Rs. 306 million by Weerawansa when he was the minister to his wife have  been fully concluded. In addition , the passport fraud of Sashi Weerawansa ; the fraud involving the BOI; and the case No. B /40/2015 pertaining  to re purchasing of a land within the precincts of Kaduwela magistrate court have been fully concluded .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

8. Investigations into a fraud amounting to Rs. 60 million committed by MILCO  Co. in collusion with the ministry are concluded .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

9. Investigations against  former minister Basil Rajapakse who defrauded in a sum of Rs. 2990 million  ! under the project ‘Isurumath Nivahanak’ coming within the purview of his economic development ministry , his secretary Dr. Nihal Jayatileke and R.A.A. Ranawake of the Divi neguma department are fully concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.

10. Investigations against  former minister of economic development Basil Rajapakse , his secretary Dr. Nihal Jayatileke and R.A.A. Ranawake of the Divi Neguma department based on charges of defrauding in a sum of Rs. 63.7 million ! in 2014 through the Divi Neguma Department without the General  treasury approval purportedly in connection with  rallies are fully concluded. 
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.

11. Investigations into the illegal  transfer of funds amounting to Rs. 19.4 million (US $ 15000.00) of the SL Ports Authority into  Basil Rajapakse’s  wife’s account titled ‘Pushpa Rajapakse Foundation’ at People’s bank main branch have been fully concluded and  charges filed  against  Pushpa Rajapakse , Mahinda Prabath Rajasinghe, N.B. Nandasiri Yapa and Manaharana Wanigasekera .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.

12. Investigations against Gamini Senarath , the former chief of staff of ex president Mahinda Rajapakse ; Kuda Balage Jinadasa ; Neil Bandara , the ex secretary of law and order ministry ; and ex Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in regard to the fraud committed after dceiving  the Cabinet under a hotel project (amount cheated not yet fully known) under the name of ‘Sink Lanka’ after taking over the ‘Ceylinco Helsmier’ project under the laws introduced in 2011 that permitted  the acquisition of loss incurring businesses have been fully  concluded. 
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions .

13. The investigations pertaining to case No. B 25389/1/15  filed against Gamini Senarath in relation  to the fraud mentioned in above investigation  12  , based on charges of  money laundering are concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

14. Investigations relating to  the case No. 474/2015  filed in the Fort Magistrate court pertaining to  the fraud in a sum between  Rs. 200 million and Rs. 700 million by putting through deals via the hedging soodhuwa  (wagering) committed by ex Central bank Governor Cabraal , ex Finance ministry secretary P.B. Jayasundara , Asantha De Mel and L. Karunaratne have been fully concluded .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

15. Investigations into the fraud committed involving the illegal appropriation of Rs. 600 million worth of shares of Lanka Hospital by Gotabaya Rajapakse,Roshini Cabraal the wife of  Ajith Cabraal, Nalaka Godahewa, Dilith Jayaweera, M. Madihewa, Waruni Amunugama and D.P.Y. Wjesinghe have been fully concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.

16. The investigations into the fraud in which the Hambantota mayor Eraj Fernando collected Rs. 17,592,903.00   !  under various names purportedly to pay the security officers who provided security to the Peliyagoda Fish Market are fully concluded. 
 The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions .

17. Investigations into fraudulent payment  of Rs.2 million by former chairman of paddy marketing board S.K.P.Noor Mohomed to Rice Mill owners  who were not registered with the Paddy marketing board, and without  the approval of the secretary to the ministry are fully concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions .      

18. Investigations into illegal purchasing and  distribution of carom boards and draught  boards to the value of   Rs. 39 million during the last presidential election have been concluded.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions 

19. Investigations against the Sathosa chairman and deputy Director Brigadier Nanda Mallawarachi , and sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage  in connection with  payment of salaries and overtime to 573 employees to detail them for election campaign activities during the Uva provincial council elections 2014 and presidential elections 2015have been fully concluded . 
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions.

20. The investigations against ex minister of sports Mahindananda in connection with money laundering activities involving a sum of Rs. 3 to 7 million are concluded .A case  B 22467/1/ 15 too is pending in the Colombo chief magistrate court in this connection.
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions. 

21. The investigations against ex minister of petroleum and present minister of disaster management Anura Priyadharshana Yapa , ex chairman of Sathosa S.A.Marasekera, Financial controller Sanath Perera , T.M .Anura Senevirathne and staff of  propaganda office of Anura Priyadhaharshana Yapa based on grave charges mounted against the latter  of spending Rs. 6.1 million ( Rs 6,146,110/-) of the petroleum Corporation funds to buy  dry ration to be distributed on account of  the presidential election while promising the residents of Giriulla district secretarial division in December 2014 with  providing flood relief .( The irony of ironies is , the incumbent president allocating the ministry of disaster management portfolio now to Anura Yapa , in spite of the glaring fact that he  defrauded flood relief funds of the people then )  
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions .

 22. The investigations have been fully concluded against Gotabaya Rajapakse who was formerly in charge of the Urban development authority (UDA) and Harshan De Silva of the UDA , They are facing charges of  illegally granting a land valued at over Rs. 91 million belonging to the UDA to construct the D.A. Rajapakse museum .
The files have been forwarded to AG’s department seeking advice to file  charges and indictments, but the AG’s department has still not given its instructions

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