Interestingly, bribery and corruption formed a subject when three former presidents appeared on the same platform at the 45th National Conference of Chartered Accountants last Thursday. They were Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Maithripala Sirisena. Wickremesinghe was to say there was no evidence to round up those who have reportedly stacked assets abroad—an issue Kumaratunga raised. It was about the wealth accumulated by a family abroad and how she even saw the photocopy of a bank statement belonging to a young politician. He held his US dollars in a bank account in Dubai and later moved it to a bank in Seychelles. In another development, this young politician’s financial dealings probed earlier and shelved, are now being resurrected. This includes a deal related to the purchase of a hotel and how funds had been remitted from Singapore. Sirisena expressed the learned view that there were both politicians and officials who engaged in corrupt activity.
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CBK: "In 2015, we found that the young son of a certain leader had hidden $1000 million in a bank in Dubai. You (RW) know it. We couldn't bring it back." RW: "Let's not go there".
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However, as reported in the Sunday Times, Rs 150 million had been paid over the table for the purchase of the permit by a close friend of Kumaratunga. It was later discovered by the Inland Revenue Department that Rs 60 million was given to her friend.
That is not all. Media reports at that time, including those in the Sunday Times, highlighted that the Madiwela property worth Rs 600 million and around Rs 750 million allegedly siphoned off from the President’s Fund had been moved to a private trust fund founded by Kumaratunga
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Lets not go there
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Sundaytimes political column
CBK: "In 2015, we found that the young son of a certain leader had hidden $1000 million in a bank in Dubai. You (RW) know it. We couldn't bring it back." RW: "Let's not go there".
------ Post added on Oct 20, 2024 at 9:53 AM
More on CBK Herself
However, as reported in the Sunday Times, Rs 150 million had been paid over the table for the purchase of the permit by a close friend of Kumaratunga. It was later discovered by the Inland Revenue Department that Rs 60 million was given to her friend.
That is not all. Media reports at that time, including those in the Sunday Times, highlighted that the Madiwela property worth Rs 600 million and around Rs 750 million allegedly siphoned off from the President’s Fund had been moved to a private trust fund founded by Kumaratunga
------ Post added on Oct 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Lets not go there
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