After Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake up-ended the CID’s well laid plans to ensure MiG-deal mastermind Udyanga Weeratunga obtained bail on Monday (17), furious President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to dispatch two of his senior private counsel for a meeting with the Attorney General on Wednesday, Colombo Telegraph learns.
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President’s Counsel M Ali Sabry and Shavindra Fernando will attend the meeting with AG Dappula De Livera, in order to decide “how to proceed” with dismantling the MiG-deal investigation that resulted in Sri Lanka’s first successful extradition of a fugitive without a conviction.
Colombo Telegraph learns that in order to “help” Udyanga Weeratunga to obtain bail, the CID deliberately failed to produce a document certifying that Weeratunge’s offence under the Public Property Act amounted to more than Rs. 25,000. In cases where the value of the offence exceeds Rs 25,000, a magistrate is prevented from granting bail to a suspect charged with such an offence, except under extraordinary circumstances.
Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake swiftly caught on to the games being played in his courtroom on Monday. He severely reprimanded the CID for its failures and summoned prosecutors from the AG’s Department to court while proceedings were ongoing in order to have matters clarified.
Legal experts said that from the point of view of the court, Magistrate Dissanayake was ensuring that after the court spent years putting processes in place to force Weeratunge to return to Sri Lanka and face justice, a highly politicized CID should not be permitted to dismantle a 5 year long investigation without a fight. The original warrant for Weeratunga’s arrest was issued by the Fort Magistrate’s Court.
The President’s lawyers will attempt to convince AG De Livera to “go slow” on the case. If they win cooperation from the AG, the senior lawyers have convinced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that between the CID and the AG the case can be swept under the carpet. The two senior counsel are confident they can win De Livera’s support for the President’s cause. Since he refused to drop indictments against key associates of the current President or bow to the dictates of the special commission of inquiry and prevent indictments being served to two of the accused in the high profile navy abductions case, De Livera has become a thorn in the side of the new administration.
Both Sabry and Fernando have also convinced President Rajapaksa that since the Judicial Services Commission is refusing to allow Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake to be transferred, the President should consider giving Dissanayake a promotion to the High Court, to ensure he is no longer in charge of the MiG case.
The matter is of immense personal interest for the current President, whose name has been linked to the procurement scandal since 2006.
Journalists who reported on the MiG-deal came under fire while Rajapaksa served as Defence Secretary – with Sunday Times Defence Correspondent Iqbal Athas who first broke the story being forced to flee the country in 2008. Rajapaksa also filed a defamation suit against The Sunday Leader and its Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge for the newspaper’s exposes of the MiG deal in 2007. On January 8, 2009 just days before he was set to testify in the defamation case, Wickrematunge was brutally murdered on the streets of Colombo. Colleagues and friends recall Wickrematunge remarking only days before his murder that he was soon to take the stand to testify in the case, and vowing to “take Gota to the cleaners!”
AG’s Department officials who were summoned to court on Monday, agreed with the Magistrate that the original investigator should be reinstated to recommence work on the complex MiG-case.
At the centre of the aircraft procurement scandal is Udyanga Weeratunge, first cousin to both Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Ukraine when the shady aircraft deal went through and Gotabaya Rajapaksa himself, who served as Secretary to the Ministry of Defence in 2006 and paved the way for Weeratunga to push the deal through the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).
The MiG-27 procurement for the Sri Lanka Air Force in 2006 is uncannily similar to the Airbus A350 corruption scandal at SriLankan Airlines. In both cases parties with vested interest in the aircraft procurements set up shell companies in tax havens – in the MiG case, the BVI and in the Airbus case, Brunei.
To siphon off the money from the MiG deal, Weeratunga and Rajapaksa used a shell company in the British Virgin Islands called Bellisima Holdings. The Government of Sri Lanka transferred USD 14 million to Bellimissa, USD 7 million of which reached UKRINMASH, the company in Ukraine that supplied the aircraft to the SLAF. For five years, investigators have been on the trail of the balance USD 7 million, which has led to one of the most complex and extensive financial crime investigations in the history of the Sri Lanka Police.
Chief Inspector Nihal Francis headed the MiG deal investigation at the FCID from the outset. A police officer with a nose for white collar crime probes, Francis has been doggedly following the money trail that led to the Fort Magistrate issuing a warrant for Weeratunga in 2016.
The Fort Magistrate ordered the registrar to write to the Acting IGP Chandra Wickremaratne ordering the reinstatement of the original investigator CI Nihal Francis. Francis was transferred to the miscellaneous crimes branch of the Puttalam Police late last month, becoming yet another financial crimes expert in the Sri Lanka Police to be relegated to ordinary police work in remote places.
Colombo Telegraph learns that within weeks of assuming office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered the transfers of all three officers who investigated his MiG Deal. DIG P.K.D. Priyantha, who led the investigation personally as FCID Director, was sent to Killinochchi. SP Pavithra Dayaratne was sent to the City Traffic Division. And as soon as the UAE government informed the CID that Weeratunga was ready for extradition, CI Francis was sent to Puttalam.
All three officials are among the most highly trained professional financial crime investigators in the police. DIG Priyantha has a Masters Degree in criminology, and was a former Deputy Director of the CID in charge of its financial crimes units. SP Dayaratne was a senior SIS intelligence officer who specialized in unravelling LTTE finance networks. CI Francis was an expert in the Mutual Legal Assistance system of obtaining evidence from foreign jurisdictions. In the MiG case alone, he secured evidence from the US, UK, British Virgin Islands, Latvia, Hong Kong and Singapore, according to court records.
Magistrate Dissanayake also ticked off the CID about coming to court and claiming that they needed advice from the AG, when in fact they were not abiding by the instructions of the AG when it was given. “All the advice the CID needed from the AG in this case was whether USD 7 million was a higher value than Rs 25,000” the Magistrate said. (See full interaction between Magistrate and CID in court below).
Since early 2018, the Sri Lankan Government has been working to have Weeratunga extradited to Sri Lanka after the suspect was traced to the UAE. A special task force was set up to work on the extradition. At the time, FCID Chief Senior DIG Ravi Waidyalankara spearheaded efforts to bring Weeratunga back home to face justice in Sri Lanka for his role in the MiG deal. When Waidyalankara sought the assistance of the Attorney General on the matter, the AG assigned then Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda PC to lead the AG’s Department team on the extradition. Senior police officials, FCID officers, CID officers and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all involved in the extradition process.
The following is part of the interaction between Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake and the CID when MiG deal suspect Udyanga Weeratunga was produced in court for the second time on Monday, 17 February.
Magistrate: At the outset, I need to clarify something. Where is IP Nihal Francis who conducted this MiG aircraft investigation for the past five years?
CID: He has been transferred, he is in Negombo now.
Magistrate: Who is currently conducting this investigation?
CID: IP Sanjeewa
Magistrate: Now why has this investigating officer who conducted this inquiry since March 26, 2015, been suddenly transferred? As far as I know, it is this officer who has even signed most of the documents in this case file.
CID: 50 officers have been transferred, your Honour.
Magistrate: Is there any impediment to obtaining Officer Francis’ support for this investigation?
CID: According to our knowledge, special permission from the IGP will be required, your honour.
Magistrate: Now does the current officer in charge of the investigation have a full understanding about this case?
CID: He is in the process of studying the matter, Your Honour.
Magistrate: Now on a previous occasion, the CID Director came and said that a statement from the suspect Weeratunga would have to be recorded over a period of 10 days. So how can you question him when you don’t know anything about the investigation?
CID: [Silent]
Magistrate: What on earth has happened to the Sri Lanka Police? I will be considering these matters when I decide on bail.
CID: [Silent]
Magistrate: Facts were reported to this court on a previous occasion that Udyanga Weeratunga was being charged with the offences including violating the public property act and money laundering under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
And in the B report filed today these offences were also listed. Now when it comes to acting against a suspect being charged under the Public Property Act, there is are certain special considerations. That is that when the violation of the public property act exceeds a monetary value of over Rs 25,000, the ordinary Bail Act does not apply to the suspect. In such cases, a Magistrate can only grant bail to a suspect under extraordinary circumstances.
Based on the CID’s own reports, Udyanga Weeratunga should have been a suspect under this category. However, the Public Property Act requires another provision to be fulfilled. That is that in the event the value of the violation of the act exceeds Rs 25,000, this must be confirmed through a certificate signed by an ASP that must be produced along with a suspect to court. However the CID has not submitted such a certificate to court. Therefore the magistrate had no power to consider this special provision when the question of bail comes up.
This is very unusual conduct on the part of the CID.
Magistrate: I studied this case file very closely. Based on this investigation, the Sri Lankan Government paid USD 14 million to procure MiG-aircraft. But only USD 7 million has reached the Ukrainian company. Therefore it is quite clear that the loss to the Government is USD 7 million.
What I cannot understand is how the CID did not appear to see that this was a loss of more than Rs 25,000 to the Government.
CID: [Silent]
Magistrate: Why was the certificate not produced along with this suspect?
CID: Your Honour, we have only been involved in this investigation since January this year. So we are still in the process of studying this case.
Magistrate: What I am asking is, when an offence has been listed under the Public Property Act, why the certificate was not obtained and produced?
CID: [Silent]
Magistrate: Furthermore, the AG’s advice is not even necessary in this case. If the offence is under the Public Property Act, the certificate must be produced. The only thing you would have to ask the AG is whether USD 7 million is less than 25,000 rupees! Please remember that the people of this country are watching you. (By Chinthika De Silva)
JD / February 19, 2020
I think two brothers from the two govts, one from the yahapalana govt screwed it up. It looks Yahapalana govt officials tried to capture him in dubai and get deported here to Sri lanka. But, this guy had money power he delayed it until his govt comes. then he was transferred to Sri lanka and once arrested he was transferred to prison hospital probably to get over Jet-lag was the serious physical condition Now it says, the official who investigated the case had been transferred with immediate effect.
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TripleX / February 19, 2020
Now the comments from the 6.9 will follow : ???
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D. P. / February 19, 2020
JD,
This is a highly publicized example to dispel the myth of GoRa’s “reincarnation” as a saint – a grand myth bought even by some so-called intellectuals like Kumar David & Ameer Ali! What this shows is not changing pre-2015 behavior; rather, a change of tactics from primitive crude methods of abducting to harass and/or kill to subvert the legal system at the level of prosecution in order to make it look like preserving the independence of the justice system. This incident clearly shows the fact that Udayanga was brought in with the hope of setting him free on bail & eventually let him walk free so that GoRa himself can claim his innocence. But, the judge handling the case has exclaimed “Hey, the king is naked”! Now, it is very interesting to see how GoRa scramble to find a piece of cloth to cover his suddenly exposed nudity in front of the believers of the myth.
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As I keep insisting, MaRa/GoRa clan has never changed. I suggest to anyone who want to believe the myth to listen to the voice recording of the T’phone conversation between Fredrica Janz & GoRa over the “Swiss Puppy Gate”. GoRa/MaRa can keep denying the “Mig Gate, CB Bond Gate” & the “Airbus Gate” but the “Puppy Gate” is in the public domain! It is only a matter of time for a person with such a mentality go “bazook”! SLFP, led by MY 3 joining with such a man only show how desperate they have become politically.
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Burt / February 19, 2020
If nothing else Sinhala Bauda Lanka is always interesting.
Presidents counsel instructing the AG how to proceed.
LOL
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Grievedsinhalaya / February 19, 2020
Where this HIGH CRIMINAL blood eagle of Rajapakshes family, looted millions if not not billions from state under the BPs so called presidencey.
Rajaakshes have looted the sums and now make every effort to be on good books under GOTLER who is held as uncorrupted, but allegedly corrupted as shown in that FUND grab case filed against him on having grabed funds to build up a monument for their diseased family. Today, entire srilankens curse them to have grabed huge amounts of funds but palatably applying oil on the heads of the MAJORTIY- PUnnakku eaters.
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Just imagine, if GOTLER is that clean and straight forward even against to his family, BP Gotler could leave the investigating CID officer in place withhout changing him.
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Today those whose names are LOUDED under high crimes ( Wimala WEERAWANSA, that Gold Chain robber Rohitha Abeygunarwardhana, Udaya Gonthadipila and Johnsten fernando) are the front runners to bann all the investigations carried out during good governance govt. Instead, they ask RW to be brought before courts, whose rule did not even make huge losses to CB ank compared to the SIZE of the frauds being carried out under Mahinda Rajakashe and his wandhibattaya Kabral. Kabral is still roaming in PM office, but nothing is done againnst him, even if FORENSIC reports louds with high decibles that the LOSSEs ballige puthas to have made to the state are multiple times bigger than the sums disspeared in the early days of GOOd GOVERNANCE government.
I believe gods behind human creatures and RW though imported his formerly known educated AM ahendran to the country, but he is still clean, when all would come to surface.
But DUO Rajakshes would do anything and everything to the very same manner they did it with SIRISENA – in the misterious murder of Rugby PLAYER wasim thadjudeen.
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Ayathuray Rajasingam / February 19, 2020
Now that High Court Judge had given a judgment on a soldier for shooting an innocent Tamil with ten years’ rigorous imprisonment. Will Gota release him also. As I see, Gota is waging a war on judicial officers and legal officers. Gota had aready said not to create any obstacles in his routine work. Where will Sri Lankans stand? Let us see the battle.
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rama / February 19, 2020
Gotta is a man with a forked tongue. Those who believe or trust him will be given a luxury drive in one of the many white vans. And those who do not trust him he loves them because these are the ones who could spill the beans in public
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Frustrated sinhalaya / February 19, 2020
He is almost like the CHILD monks that would have to be caught by head monk’s child molestation in many temples across the country today. That would never come to surface since the gravity of high crimes are buried for the powers of MAHANA sangarathanaya – red rob skin heads, that beleive in BUDDHAGAMA but not in true buddhism as LB preached it.
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Maedagoda Abethiyssa or the like men enabled Rajaakshe s comeback. But these men would have raped many child monks.
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Gotabaya is today strolling behind his brother saying- ihi .. ihi… ” i know nothing… but i let lick my balls by my brother s goons “
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He speaks not much but also does nothing … going beyond that BP Sirisena.
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BP Sirisena is today hated by many than they would do it to ” CORONA virus”.
If BP Sirisena would have been escoriated by bringing to GALLE face green, we could go on eating KIRIBATH for all high crimes incl that 260-man slaughter, under BP SIRISENA let occured in the country lately.
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Easter sunday bombing was a conspiracy of SIRISENA and RAJAPAKSEH to come back and continue looting.
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I thnk LANKEN people should protest General Elections but come to street to revolutionize and ask people to WORK with their wisdom, if not today when ?
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Dave de Alwis / February 19, 2020
How come a that so-called Tamil innocent when she smashed a Sinhalese infant to a coconut tree and cut off the wombs of pregnant Sinhalese women?
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Umbe. Watte / February 19, 2020
Brilliant put by magistrate.
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Douglas / February 19, 2020
Before this, case came up. all required and necessary actions were taken up to “CLEAN” the “Investigative Machinery’ by way of transferring the officials who knew everything and left nothing for others to “STUDY”. Then came the “GREAT VOICE” from the “1st Citizen” of the country, the President who declared: “The Judiciary must not stand to obstruct our work”. This has been “Communicated” down the stream and even we witness toady, State Ministers and such others, “Threatening” the School Principals and saying publicly: “Forget the Govt. Circulars. Do as I tell you” Now the “6.9 Million Voter Bank” must “Study” and “Realize” why the “Viyathmaga|”; “Eliya”; “Yuthukama” along with the “Maha Sanga Bank” promoted GR to be the President. First is “FIRST”. The “KING” has to be “FREED”. Then come all others in those “Companies” who have got cases pending in courts. Is the action of these two “Representatives” of the President “CORRECT” and “MOREL” to meet the “AG” to discuss cases pending in courts. The time has come for the “JUDICIARY” to STAND UP in UNISON to protect and uphold that SACRED RIGHT of the PEOPLE .
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JD / February 19, 2020
As I suspected, now I understand the many parts of the equation. The best way is FIRE most of the 225. Then there are many who come forward and tell it. Other than that, no point of talking. Poor Sri Lanka. Only thing I know, definitely there nether world, still no where to be found.
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JD / February 19, 2020
Sorry, there is nether world. There are some politicians still not to be found and did not come back but they are there. That us the only assurance.
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Amarasiri / February 19, 2020
Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake/ Colombo Telegraph
“a highly politicized CID should not be permitted to dismantle a 5 year long investigation without a fight. The original warrant for Weeratunga’s arrest was issued by the Fort Magistrate’s Court.”
Looks like the Tribal Rules are trying to supersede the constitutional rules and the rule of law.
So. the CID has been politicized. i.e Tribalized to follow the Tribal rules. So, justice is subjective.
Is it time fir the populace to take justice into their own hands, and have anarchy in the society. Right now there is partial anarchy, tribal anarchy.
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Gulliver / February 19, 2020
When the Police Officers are being used by the corrupt Politicians, who believe they are above the law, is trying to impose (immoral) not moral standards. Rajapakse`s are a family that has earned a reputation for corruption, murder yet blessed the Buddhist monks on a basis. During this families rules under country, once earned a world-wide reputation for producing world class, Statesman (Late D.S Senanayaka, Late Dudley Senanayake) and World class Judges, such as Justice Weeramanthri, World class Police Force, Army, Air-force and Navy, World class educationalist`s, but over the last 30 years, our Politicians to-tally disregarded the world class reputation earned by men and woman, in 50s,60, 70s being honest and transparent in whatever role they perform, Rajapakse`s, introduced and gave legitimacy to fraud, corruption, murder even rape if was OK if he was a party supporter. Rajapakse`s are disgrace: Being a Sinhalese Buddhist and a super-rich with money stolen is acceptable to Rajapakses because ” steel enough without getting into trouble” was his regimes mission statement!! We now have a world class reputation for corruption. And that is official.
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Weeraputhra / February 19, 2020
Not only world class for corruption but has gained the reputation as the only President in the world who checks prices of vegetables,monitoring public servants performances sending shivers down their spine,going rate at the brothels in Colombo etc because he has no idea about foreign policy, economics,does not know how the financial markets are doing absolutely exhibiting total ignorance on everything. The only thing he is capable of doing is make commitments that he cannot fulfill. He is a total disgrace to the country which is now getting battered and will lose its standing in the world stage
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Leelagemalli / February 19, 2020
Weeraputhe, apita ratak naethe… we are doomed by CRIMINALs gangs that came to power telling the palatable to the punnakku eating majority people, but doing today nothing not even AN INCH of progress from the place where they took it.
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This has been the common practise in today politicians in that country, but this time i would say is the worst… but punnakku eating majority would not grasph it nothing would work for the betterment of the 60 lacks of goodies in this country. #
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Instead, they shape up all the crimes investigations, that were carried out against them-
People should be made awaken by feeding them WITH truths, Rajaakshes would never do things to the common man, but his pockets, relatives (udayanga ballige putha weerathunga, Jaliya Baligeputhawerasooriya or the like ) and their henchmen,.. that behave like blue flies unavoidable from animal cadavas/human excreta.
All in all, this country would never RISE up to be a HUB or another SINGAPORE so long Rajapakshe style politicians would be KEPT above in the society. The thinking patterns of the average should be changed by going a paradigm shift could bring peace to all.
Today, to win the elections they made it possible OWN cousin or nephew UDAYANGA Weerathunga – international CRIMINAL be brought back to lanka, but NOTHING is occred regarding:::
Their wandibattaya Kabral and his family ? Gotler where is your WIYATH maga ? in your ass ?
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shankar / February 19, 2020
1.why did the magistrate grant bail when he knew that this cerificate was not produced?he should have adjourned the hearing and asked for the certificate to be produced the next time.
2.”Since early 2018, the Sri Lankan Government has been working to have Weeratunga extradited to Sri Lanka after the suspect was traced to the UAE. “
so why could ranil/sira not able to extradite this rascal for 2 years while gota/mahinda got him down within 3months?
3.Why was the MIG case against gota not persued by ranil/sira for 5 years though the whole country knows that lasantha was murdered because of this case?Something stinks to high heaven.
ps.it seems a very straightforward case where 14million USD was paid out of our accounts and only half of that received by the ukrainian company.What happened to the other half?If inquiries were not made about that from 2015 to 2019 then there was a political cover up.What is the point of talking about efficient and knowledgeable officers who handles that case.What did they do and what results did they produce for 5 years?They deserved to be transferred out of the case.
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Bhagawaan / February 19, 2020
Every one has his own skeletons in his closet, all these investigations are
To make sure have enough evidence to blackmail. But at last all belong to the same club and drink and dance together every evening
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chiv / February 19, 2020
“We are in the process of studying the case”, this is after how many years ????? Must be similar to our CME/continued medical education courses, no beginning or end for studying. May be they may end up doing a research study. This was the same game plan executed in GR ,s citizenship case too. They deliberately left loop holes , wide enough for concerned to wriggle out. Silly Lanka,s Loo and Odor. Mind you the amount involved here is above 7 million. The paperwork is mandated for any amount above 25,000.
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upsetlanka / February 19, 2020
Sinhala news papers & websites are full of garbage. People who reads those absorbs all that garbage and become brainless fools. That is one reason why Sri Lanka has become a fool’s country,. They never get opportunity to read articles like this which reveals what’s happening at the highest level of corrupted politicians. Can some one tell me why these kind of articles are published only in English?
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Old codger / February 19, 2020
Dear Upset,
It is the brainless fools themselves who write all that FB / WhatsApp garbage. They can’t read English anyway. After all, they managed for 2500 years, didn’t they? Or so they say.
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Vis8 / February 19, 2020
Cheap trash by the morally-bankrupt CT, desperate, nowadays. :) And,,,,, the yahapalana losers are barking as usual. :) . LMAO.
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Jayantha de Alwis / February 19, 2020
I have no doubt that nothing would happen to Udayanga Weeratunga or other Pohottuwa crooks & Yahapalana crooks (Ranil & Sirisena gang). Low IQ Sri Lankans have no idea that these fellows have robbed the country and made is bankrupt. We have no or little choice for an honest government. Only the God can save this country.
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Unreal / February 19, 2020
IF GOD SAVES US ALL, I’ll concede that God is mighty able!
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kebab / February 19, 2020
The opposition ( except the JVP) cannot talk of corruption because they too are deeply corrupted.
Under Ranil’s devious leadership, the once proud UNP has become a tool in the hands of wheeler dealers. All Ranil backers are the dregs of Colombo society who manipulate deals using Ranil ,Ravi Kiriella type curses on the country.
These chaps are seen mostly at Hilton , Swimming Club and Golf Club . As new rich upstarts they think such memberships give them respectability.
In fact they have brought a bad smell to these one time respectable institutions.
So we have a corrupt government and a more corrupt UNP in the opposition !
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Blabla / February 19, 2020
N ow I can see why in the Independence day speech he told the judiciary not to cross his path. He wants to free his men who were involved with massive corruption, now now he has silently instructed want to caution the AG De Livera to “go slow” on the case, veiled threat to magistrate so he gets the message. Once again when he has successfully crippled law enforcement authorities having his stooges at the top positions of law enforcing institutions, he will once again start threatening people into a fear psychosis, sudden disappearance of people who oppose his bad deeds, protect all his friends who involve in all sorts of illegal activity, and ordinary people will be helpless.
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Dionysus / February 19, 2020
We now must all depend on Colombo Telegraph for courage and accuracy. Please keep it up. Most other Sri Lanka journalist are hiding under their beds. The plots and intrigues of this story are clear to most thinking Sri Lankans. This diplomatic facilitator in the US 7 million theft only comes back when his relatives and other beneficiaries are in high places, having fought tooth and nail to stay away all this time. If not for an honest and courageous judge, this man would be out on bail and living it up in Lanka’s 5 Star hotels with the high and mighty. Please give us more of such stories CT, whether they are colored Blue, Green, Red or any other shade.
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Asoka gunasekara / February 19, 2020
Some time back the police were ridiculed saying “ata pass nathi “ now should it be “ganang bari”
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Renu / February 19, 2020
The Magistrate ‘s explanation is very crystal clear. CID & the AG will have to say whether US$ 7M is less than Rs: 25000/- If one cannot ascertain that they should not hold high positions. Over Rs: 25000/- fraud is a non bailable offense which most of the General public would know. People are looking for positive results in these cases for the country to be put in the right direction
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Bhagawaan / February 19, 2020
Even the God cannot saves our country , because the fault started with the Buddhist senior Monks ,
Sidhartha left the kingdom to attain Nirvana , but our monks are getting into the monastery to get power and may be in. Some cases to get nirvaanum ( naked)
These kind of crooked religious leaders will groom only crooked political leaders
Poor public,
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chiv / February 19, 2020
Silly Lankans, Who do you believe now ???? RANJAN or still the Rajapaksa Clan ?????? Ranjan was absolutely right about current politicians. What you,ll seeing is just the ” TIP OF AN ICEBERG”. Lankans are DOOMED.
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Sandy / February 19, 2020
‘ When the righteous are in authority,
the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the
people groan’. ( Proverbs.)
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Manel Unwatuna / February 19, 2020
This guy, Udayanga Weerathung is a well known rogue. He was sent to Russia as ambassador to do crooked deals. Sri Lanka spent billions in arms procurement. The Rajapakses profitted at least 50% on each occasion using stooges like Udayantha Werathunga, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Nishantha Wickramasinghe et al.
Then the other Rajapakse crooks who are now slowly reemering.
Luxman Hulugalle was Australia as deputy high commissioner by Gotabhaya to solely look after Gota’s massive financial assets in Australia. He has been appointed as Consul General in Sydney Australia. Hulugalle had an infamous sexual relation with Sudharma Netthikumara, the lady of Salaka fame, who also ran an unlicenced casino. Hulugalle, a thug with a despicable character, I’m not surprised Gota who is of similar type behaviour. has brought Hulugalle back.
Rajaakses can’t run the country without the help of such criminals, big time crooks and thugs. Note the return of PB Jayasundera, Gamini Senarath, Lalith Weerathunga, Ajith Nivad Cabral, Udayanga Weerathunga, Nalaka Godahewa, Yoshitha Rajapakse, Sashendra Rajapakse, Rohitha Rajapakase, Bandu Kodikara- all are top most criminals and crooks of Sri Lanka. The list is long.
Ranga Dissanayake must be saved and protected at all costs.
US and EU please copy.
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chiv / February 19, 2020
Today News, Chamal , the Defence Minister will look into CID lapses which were intentionally made on his President and PM brothers orders. WOW. This can happen only in Silly Lanka.(Sounds like a cheap movie script.)
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chiv / February 19, 2020
I have a genuine question. If some one can help with answer. Why do we have parliamentary sessions elsewhere other than in one of the Rajapaksa,s residence. You have President, PM and Defence Minister (also majority of other portfolios) living in same residence, who can easily meet each other at the dinner table and take up all parliamentary business over home made food. Instead of going elsewhere spending millions of money on security, utilities,free food for morbidly obese politicians —-etc. Their back yard has more than enough space for the rest 225, anyway on a given day less than 50 % attend sessions.
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C. B. Goonatilake / February 19, 2020
The very fact that a legal process was allowed to proceed should be commended. The important thing for the public is to ensure that these processes continue and to be vigilant whoever holds power. We should not have a negative take on everything.
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AR / February 19, 2020
As an ordinary person I don’t believe any of what has been said here. GR was backed by our intellectuals, professionals and academics and all patriotic crowd and by MAHA Sanga. They would never have promoted GR if he had a hand in, murders, corruption and forgeries. He is an honorable, genuine and patriotic non-politician. I trust them. I am one of the 69 lakhs. I am one of the thousands who came down to vote for him.
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AR / February 19, 2020
I just wanted to see how many can enjoy a joke
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Jehan / February 19, 2020
What a country, crooks are leaders, honest officers are running away from the country. This Magistrate should be careful, Gots is a killer, he will do what ever it takes.
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ROHAN JOHNPILLAI / February 19, 2020
all the deliberate top of the villainous crimes committed by the rajapuk clan and their ever willing uncouth unsavory fellow crimes will become a squib of kaput dead matters all flushed down the toilet into the cesspit.
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now there must be a high and a low search right around the whole of this sad shitty sorry island to find many a member of the judiciary, armed services personnel the police force and whoever is willing to give false evidence will be well cared for and compensated cash wise all under the table well-beyond their wildest of dreams.
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this is why this scoundrel of many a crime a first cousin of the rajapuk clan was asked to travel back to their controlled nation so that a few weeks as a VIP guest of his excellency the one and only kallathoni American citizen who by his many an act of disqualification is not entitled to squat on the royal latrine.?
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now there will be many rushes by the Sinhalese yaks to pay exorbitant fees to get into any dilapidated fishing boat or two to seek bogus refugee status in many a democratic cash-rich freedom giving nation.
except the claims made by the genuinely suffering members of the Tamil communities all these economic welfare seeking mongrels will be given a free return ticket, a few thousand paisas and luxury return on of the specially chartered for these yokels.
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oh to be in shitty Lanka where the rajapuks are having their own ways and ensuring that the once well-liked island will go down and down the pallan to dive to the deepest that the bog in the cesspit can accommodate.?
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cheers, R. J.
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MirakRajBanda / February 19, 2020
This country gone to a one eyed man who thinks the folks are blind.
If we don’t wake up now from the coma we will be the zombies for ever.
Don’t give a chance Rajapakses to play race card again.
With 7 MILLION DOLLARS ie, 1,260 MILLION RUPEES ie, 126 Croe RUPEES imagine what you can do.
1) Build more hospitals
2) More Schools
3) Pave the roads
3) uplift the lives of the Sammurdy benifit holders
4 )etc
So many thigs you can do….
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chiv / February 19, 2020
XXX, as of 1.45 pm one of the 6.9 has answered. Rest to come.
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chiv / February 19, 2020
Looks like the Emperor is fully clothed but not the public. Way to go Silly Lankans.
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