Former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa was remanded till May 5th by the Kaduwela magistrate.
Two other officials, former Secretary of the Ministry Nihal Jayatilake and former Divineguma Fund Director General R.R.K. Ranawaka, who were accused of committing fraud under the ‘Divi neguma’ fund were also remanded.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother Basil was questioned for several hours since last morning and he was later arrested. Basil Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka yesterday from the United States .
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shankar / April 23, 2015
gamini
“Start with the Bribery Commission as to who issued the order to question MR and Gota?”
Yes,i agree with you,very fishy indeed to question mahinda for a portfolio given to a crossover MP.mahinda is hollering what did he do wrong and the people will be wondering too.
first the bribery commission that was sleeping for 10 long years should be cleaned up from head to bottom.In fact all their assets must be checked first.These guys are obviously MR moles.A new bribery commission should be set up.The attorney general also a MR mole should be sacked.new appointees to the commission are okay,but the old ones are obviously MR stooges.
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Lasith / April 23, 2015
Backlash,
Thanks for your response. I suppose you are right.
Lets hope that the present government will be able to bring all those corrupt individuals to book eventually.
Sri Lankans obviously will have to believe in and support the present government to the fullest.
Mara and his cronies have a cult like following (mostly deranged and frustrated people) who are ready to defend and protect the monster against all logic and decency.
Mara has played with peoples hearts and minds using cheap tricks and gimmicks so much so, that a fair portion of our society has ended up with twisted minds.
This has to stop. We have to stand firm.
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Randy Perera / April 24, 2015
Is this a real arrest or a CARDIAC ARREST. He will spend time in a 5 Star Hospital.
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Pygmalion / April 24, 2015
Navin.
Sirisena Yatawara[By the way is this DJ in disguise!] says CB inside trading of Govt:Bonds treat as that of Queens Justice…….
Perhaps,SY should apply for silk,become QC and sit in the Inner Bar!
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burt / April 25, 2015
DJ has not been around for a couple of days and sanity has prevailed, so please don’t even remind about the guy.
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Kumarage / April 24, 2015
Finally Basil ended up in the paying ward of merchants’ colombo hospital. This rogue should remain in the prison and not in a hospital blocking poor patients slot for a hospital bed. All this was possible because Wijedasa Rajapakse was soft peddling with these rogues. I believe viewers would have seen the news first video clip yesterday where Susil Premjayatha spoke to Wijedasa on phone to get Basil transferred from prison to merchants ward, conversation recorded by the Sirasa News first cameraman. I live in Maharagama, I will teach this wijedasa bugger a good lesson in the next parliamentary election.
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gamini / April 24, 2015
Kumarage,
This man Wijedasa Rajapaksa is not an honest person. He has enough skeletons in his cupboard. One is how he got the marks of his daughter altered fraudulently to pass as a Lawyer. There are many other leading Lawyers who have sought the services of the Corrupt as former Principal Law College Rodrigue to get their offspring to enter Law College and then pass as Lawyers using influence.
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burt / April 25, 2015
Although Basil is in a private paying ward, its like being in the public system because he is paying with public money which he is accused of taking.
So the joke is on the voter for getting screwed twice. :)
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