මෝඩ යකෙක් ඕම ගැහුවා නම් මොළේ තියෙන යකෙක් කෝම ගහයි ද හිතපල්ලකො. ලංකාවට ලෝක inteligence list එකේ දීලා තියෙන තැන අන්තිම අසාධාරණයි, පක්ෂග්රාහීයි. ඉරිසියාකාර සුද්දෝ! මට ඕකුං පේන්න බෑ. තූ නොදකින්
Who is Imaad Zuberi?
Zuberi was commissioned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in 2014 to boost Sri Lanka’s image in the US.
How much was paid to Imaad Zuberi to lobby for Sri Lanka?
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka agreed to pay Zuberi
6.5 million USD. This is approximately Rs. 1.31 Billion.
What happened to Imaad Zuberi in the US?
In February 2021, Imaad Zuberi was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion, foreign influence-peddling and campaign finance violations.
The payments made by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to Zuberi to boost Sri Lanka’s image were done without any approval from the Cabinet or Parliament.
The Wall Street Journal one of the oldest and popular newspapers in the US, citing legal documents from the proceedings against Imaad Zuberi, reported that he was a mole of the US Central Intelligence Agency.
https://www.newsfirst.lk/2021/04/11/sri-lanka-paid-cia-agent-to-boost-countrys-image-report/