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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AtulaSiriwardane" data-source="post: 6411331" data-attributes="member: 120286">Bandula mudalali Haal walin ayeth Koti gaanak gahala.As a first step they were able to persuade the cabinet to extend the duty waiver on rice imports initially granted only for  November and December 2009 to March 21, 2010.Such a lengthy duty waiver for rice imports is extraordinary as Sri Lanka’s own harvest season begins in mid January which mean that rice imports are not necessary after the middle of the month. This year  continued  rice imports are particularly  unnecessary  as peace and the inclusion of northern — particularly the Mannar rice bowl  in the annual harvest guarantees a bumper local crop. Therefore the extended duty waiver certainly wasn’t extended on account of an impending shortage of rice or to provide rice to consumers at reasonable prices.  As will soon become clear the duty waiver was extended for one reason alone; to enrich Bandula Gunawardena. Step two Taking advantage of this extended duty waiver our partners in crime  placed orders for  the import of 40,000 tonnes of rice through the STC. Extraordinarily all of this rice was to be delivered between January and March – the height of Sri Lanka’s own harvest season when rice imports are completely unnecessary.  Even more extraordinary however was the price being paid for this rice. While the market price for RRI 6 rice was $360 per tonne the State Trading Corporation placed orders for the import of the same grade of rice at $420, $435 and $520 a tonne.10,000 tonnes of Myanmar rice was  ordered at a cost of $420 a tonne while 20,000 tonnes of rice was ordered from Pakistan at $520 a tonne. What was going on? The answer is very simple.  Pradeep Gunawardena  and Bandula Gunawardena as the men driving the deals were collecting huge commissions for their overvalued orders. The State Trading Corporation was ordering rice at $420 and $520 per tonne while their suppliers however were purchasing this rice at only 360 dollars leaving sellers with  60 – 140 dollars of clear profit per tonne and of course this excess money was distributed between the Minister his accomplice and their trading partners.<a href="http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/01/17/like-stealing-air/" target="_blank">http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/01/17/like-stealing-air/</a></blockquote>

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