Vital documents in connection to the controversial MiG deal has gone missing, the FCID informed Court today. This was revealed when the case was taken up before the Fort Magistrate.
Gotabaya – Ex secretary to MOD
The documents were vital in building a case against former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga over his involvement in the alleged fraud during the purchase of MIG aircrafts in 2006 for the Air Force under the term of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s. Weeratunga, who is Mahinda Rajapaksa’s first cousin, is currently in hiding overseas.
The Magistrate has ordered the FCID to immediately begin an investigation to verify how these vital documents went missing. She also told the FCID officials not to hesitate in taking action against any official who may have been involved in the cover up operation.
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Sam Fernando / August 9, 2016
If any documents related to proof materials gone missing, the authorities should take that very serious.
Now with all the various documents and the related proof materials being often missed, it sseem the current authorties make it no that serious.
They have to go against the responsible men of the issues one behind the other to the manner Germans do it rigorously.
No excuses of any forms must not allow here… then only we can work for a law and order system.
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Appubaba / August 9, 2016
You talk about taking the kind of issues to be serious. …
As I experienced it last week during my visit paid to lanka – even if a man crossing a crowded rd would have been injured by rush of vehicle, nobody would pay any attention. Life is in danger for anyone down there, no respect at all…. these folks should be taught the way they have to respect the laws inthe country.
We talk about us beocming a mid income earning nation, but for me, they are no better to some far poor afro countries and their behaviours. Just because lower fractions behave respecting laws – the country may be ranked that way….
Average people behave no better to animals in colombo and the road crossing near ot Paliyagoda or main roads.
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German Kolla / August 10, 2016
Sam Fernando, such a thing will never happen in Germany, because here the authorities know their responsibility.
Firstly, if at all it happens, public and the media will make a such a huge demand asking the responsible Minister to resign. In the worse scenario, the minister would step down.
Do you think the responsible minister in Sri Lanka would ever do that even if there is a demand from the media ?
Secondly, where is the demand ? Not even from CT isn’t it?
Thirdly, these documents could have helped to find out the truth and nail the wrong do ers.
It was in the trusted hands of “Yahapalana Authorities”
If they were careless with the documents, who is at fault ? Gota ?
If the “Yahapalanaya” really wanted to nail Gota, why didn’t they protect the documents well?
I mean that would have been THE CHANCE for them isn’t it ?
Or is it that “Yahapalanaya” saw well ahead that there is nothing fishy in the MIG deal that could be brought against Gota? therefore Yahapalanaya invented a new story to feed the media to keep “Rajapakse Horu” slogen going on ?
Lastly, just as someone has “vanished” the documents is a crime, it is much worse crime to keep room for someone to steel the documents.
So the worse part is been done by the later.
In Germany the most top man will be held responsible for not having his ministries/authorities in order. Because all of them are paid by the tax payer.
So the call for the resignation of the minister and the minister responsible leaving would be seen here as Good Governance” (Yahapalanaya)
That’s how the Germans would look at it and deal with it.
Sam you and I know “Yahapalanaya” would not do that !.
So don’t say to do it the “German way”.
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Samuel Jayaweera / August 10, 2016
Yes we perfectly know at the time the regime changes were made, they had been no germans or the like brains to order not to occur all the hidden happenings such as document stealings and old other various robs. Very same men were around to do the job. SO business as usual, everything went out. So we cant expect just because a regime change, in a country whose every second is pro- corrupt than anti to behave like Germans.Uns ist crystal klar dass unsere Leute werden nie besser werden. Das haben sie in deren Blut.
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Simon De Silva / August 10, 2016
Not only in Germany, but in any civilized world inclu. lanken pvt sector companies they have mechanisms to protect their documents. In today s world, IT can help them to do the due keeping back ups for each docs.
We talk about all wonders, but not the least being able to do in terms of data protection, how can we achieve the level of so called exemplary hubs to the region.
I simply believe, if any good move to be adpated to the prevailing system will be a mammoth task so long no attitudinal changes are the case. Paradigm shift in many areas should occur simulataneouly if at all this nation to be turned to a developed one.
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Dankottuwa Manike / August 10, 2016
Sam Fernando
BayaGota, Basin Rajapake etc., knows the very basic tricks.
They need more honorary titles fro the Chinese Uni’s.
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Mudson Silva. / August 9, 2016
The purchase of four MiG 27 aircraft by the Defence Ministry in 2006 at a cost of US$ 2.462 million each and the procedure followed in relation to their purchase had been clouded in mystery till Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi, two key ministers who broke away from the Rajapakse government made a complaint to the Bribery Commission alleging corruption on the part of the Former President’s brother, Gotabaya Rajapakse. These aircraft had remained on the market unsold for a long time and their life span had expired. Moreover this type of aircraft were not in use in the air forces world over except Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.
This fellow Gota and MR are untouchables. None of the Rajapaksa,s will be ever prosecuted and only small sprats get caught to the net.
Moreover FCID Chief is a bosom pal of Gota!! Finally the missing MIG files will never be found and udayanga and the rest will be globe trotting courtesy of Rajapaksa brothers.
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Samuel Jayaweera / August 9, 2016
These days, we get to read only about MR and their hapankam on You tube too.
Why ?
Any good moves being made by current rulers are out of view ?
Why Presss men work only to hype up the most abusive family politics ?
Is that press freedom ? I simply feel they have been abusing the press freedom introduced by incumbent govt.
It is also sad to see as President says, not much is being passed to ground level of people … so people feel not okay with the current govt. Rajakaashes make it a big issue even if they opened a toilet in a school…
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Lanka Watch / August 9, 2016
Mudson – Yet another informative comment from you on the subject. Sad
situation indeed. The Govt.should add a little bit of totalitarianism
to their democracy to punish the wrong doers as done currently by the
President of Turkey to cleanse the Govt. of undesirables but unfort-
unately we have a gutless govt.
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Chedi / August 9, 2016
Poor Thajudeen’s body parts are also missing from the morgue.
There are moles within moles set up in strategic offices to protect the Rajapakse family. MR and not Interpol can tell the FCID where Udayanga Weeratunga is. Bail Rajapakse can tell the FCID where his wife Pushpa is. Have they been asked?
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Simon De Silva / August 9, 2016
So long the body parts of Rajakashes are the case, people will notice it – that is the nature of lanken grass eating majorities.
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / August 9, 2016
See those men and women in South korea treat him.
As if Rajakashes are magical.
Sure they are magical when it goes to grab the funds of others and fill thier pockets.
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Naufer Mohamed - Kotte / August 9, 2016
Body Parts of Thajudeen Missing and now MIG documents missing and very soon Gotha’s wife will also go missing.
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Non PhD / August 9, 2016
What are the NGOs, Press, Private Journalists and Religious Leaders, Minor employees Unions doing about these serious matters ?
Any form of corruption badly affects the ordinary people including minor employees and working class people than the middle class and the upper class.
What are all our rathu sahotharayos and their party leaders are doing about this cancer ?
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Raj / August 9, 2016
Surprise, surprise. Does anyone honestly think that there will be a paper trail compromising the wheeler dealers?
If documents have gone missing, surely, someone must be responsible & held accountable. If vital evidence goes missing, the integrity of the whole legal & judicial system is at question but right now, it’s no surprise either.
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Raizuh Langai / August 9, 2016
again the officials – sprats be hauled before the courts. Even in this slandered,the former Defense Secretary is a govt. official. Interrogate him and produce him to the highest courts of the land or even before a Parliamentary Select Committee.
Even then nothing works out, Please consider giving him a taste of his own method – The White Van Treatment!
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Ajith / August 9, 2016
It is not surprising that documents are missing in a land where people are made missing every day in a daylight.
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bandito / August 10, 2016
According to Amsterdam :
98% of all VOC document/trade invoices at Madras Presidency are are available.
Only 5% of VOC documents at Cochin and Colombo are available.
So we understand what is culture and how family names without DNA are freely available at Lanka and Sinhala Buddhist.
This MIG deal is too very big a deal for small fry in any nation to try enquiry- you go missing like wall street protestors.
Bofors scandal- sweden/india,
MIG scandal- Russia-India/Lanka. (forget about it sleep tight or you are dead stupid)
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Namal Perera / August 9, 2016
Get a copy from the other party.
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Patriot / August 9, 2016
While the successive governments made money selling the war, it is Gota who turned the table upside down. It is Gota who converted all arms purchases from Agents and Middlemen to Government to Government deals. The end result is the beating of the Nandi Kadal Thambi’s gang to la la land. Now the Dress Designer MP after taking Money from GTF is looking at ways to discredit Gota. Too late the tide is rising Suting and Mating will have to look for a place to hide.
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Kumar R. / August 10, 2016
Patriot,
What a coincidence – both you and DJ are such horn-flies that can only make a living off of turd-blossoms!
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Lanka Watch / August 9, 2016
Shamelessly the govt. laments to the public that MIG deal documents are
missing and expecting sympathy from the people. What happened to Govt. security network system and who held these documents last and why not drill him and others responsible and get to the bottom of it. Presume he or she is not in the country. There are several important documents and evidences of high profile cases of corruption and political murders
are said to be missing and people could blame the govt. of aiding and abetting the culprits.Sure, half the cases with FCID will be thrown out
of courts due lack of proper evidence.There is no point in running a govt., if those employed are not trustworthy and do not respect law & order of the country and their loyalty is questionable.
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Lanka Watch / August 9, 2016
8th line to read Govt. officials instead govt…..regret typo error.
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Sylvia Haik / August 9, 2016
“Vital documents in connection to the controversial MiG deal has gone missing.” This is the thin end of the wedge and it shows the Rajapakses still have friends in high places who can make things disappear From the outset, I have been saying this fraud is truly international and we do not have the equipments to deal with it. We should have handed it over to the Interpol for assistance.
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Lanka Watch / August 9, 2016
Sylvia Haik,
Why should we go for international help or expertise
when Sri Lankans know ‘everything’. Sri Lankan airlines is a good example where everything is ‘Sri Lankan’ and loosing millions of dollars every day due mismanagement.
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Emil van der Poorten / August 9, 2016
Simply put, there is CONTINUING collusion between what’s left of the “ancien regime” and the self-styled “new brooms.”
I speak as one who was deliberately stymied in efforts to so much as report assault rifles being discharged on the field of (rugby) play to the International Rugby Board.
I will be only too happy to supply details of those unbelievable incidents involving the Rajapaksas which were published in the Sunday Leader at the time.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOMEBODY SCRATCHED SOMEBODY ELSE’S BACK AT THAT TIME AND THAT KINDNESS IS BEING RECIPROCATED NOW, AT THE PUBLIC’S EXPENSE.
The people have to think seriously of an alternative to an Ohey Palayang government that is acting contrary to the public interest and is, at best, deliberately paving the way for a return of the Rajapaksas.
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Park / August 9, 2016
If these documents are missing it is important that from the top to bottom all those who were responsible for safeguarding the documents should be fired and taken to courts and punished. Unless we do this, this joke will continue. If these deals were clean deals there is no reason why the documents should go missing. This alone shows that the deal is corrupt.
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Billa / August 9, 2016
That’s good news ! Now the International community, UNCHR, and every one can trust and have faith in our judiciary and legal system. We have world class institutions, courts and legal system..why worry ?!
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Lanka Watch / August 9, 2016
Billa – Agreed but a short lived dream. There are three more years to go with this govt. and who will form the next govt. is any body’s guess.
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / August 9, 2016
A thought.
1. Lasantha Wickrematune published some documents in the Sunday Leader on the MIG deal.
2. Gotabhaya Rajapake instituted a case against the Sunday Leader and its editors in the Mt. Lavinia courses on the same subject.
Definitely vital documents relating To MIG deal were submitted to the courts by both parties.
Where are these documents? How did the case end? I remember reading that the Mt. Lavinia counts were declared out of bounds for the public and media, whenever Mr.Rajapakse was summoned to give evidence. Wasn’t Mr. Sumanthiran involved in this case on behalf of the Sunday Leader? If so, he should have some documents in his files.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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Emil van der Poorten / August 10, 2016
Dr. R.J:
That kind of simple logic is only of academic interest where there is such rampant corruption that NO PRINCIPLES PREVAIL,leave alone the basic rule of law.
Today’s CT carries a lengthy justification of one crook’s conduct – that of Basil – by another of the most reprehensible politicians that this country has produced – S. B. Dissanayake.
To expect more than a grunt from these porcine politicians is to dream in techicolour!
At the risk of a return of the Rajapaksa lot, I’d say the point has come when MR2 has to be consigned to the garbage dump of Sri Lankan political history. AS BAD AS THAT!
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Gune / August 9, 2016
The Rajapakses are filthy racketeers. All evidence in cases against them the files mysteriously vanish. It’s proof that they are guilty of all charges.
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Wadepiya / August 10, 2016
Rajapakses maybe racketeers. We do not know. Nothing is proved.
But Sira promised to catch racketeers and bring them to light.
If he has faild to do that, then it proves Sira is too stupid.
And Rajapakses are not racketeers.
I mean in that sense, Sira is a bigger racketeer – Eat hoppers with Mara in the night and cross over to RW in the morning.
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Pandaranayagam / August 10, 2016
I respond to the comments of Gune and Emil VP. The Rajapakses have proven they are, for generations, congenital liars and thieves. They are capable of resorting to any skullduggery. What is astonishing is there are still thousands of people behind MR/GR. Makes one think what some other readers have speculated – are we a nation of rogues, save a few
decent ones? In any civilised country in the West, Australasia, Japan much of the family will be in jail for a long time with their stolen loot all recovered and placed to the credit of the State Exchequer.
Pandaranayagam
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bandito / August 11, 2016
” are we a nation of rogues, save a few”
“An island where the `way of life` is of the `old rogue`
Dictators don’t Drink – Ideal of moral rectitude……Hitler ate no meat, did not drink, and did not smoke. Stalin sipped brandy like a connoisseur while Mussolini now and then took a tantalising glass of light wine.
Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual.
Easterners ??? I leave it to you until you give me the concept of Supreme and Just, Sinhalese and Buddha
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wadepiya / August 9, 2016
This is another Goebbels tack tick. Nothing else.
They tried with Basil. then Namal, then again Basil, Lasantha’s killers, then Jana Satana and now Gota. What are we to expect next ????
Yahapalanaya needs to keep the Goebbels game going as they have absolutly nothing to encounter the current issues they face with the public.
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Samuel Jayaweera / August 10, 2016
Grass eaters of your kind are the majority, so they may not get it at all.
Until investigative issues become more clear, they the authorities have to gather all the information from the buggers. I have no doubt all Rajaahskehs including your beloved Gota the former refugee, petrol shed assistant, IT operator to have grabed high sums of state funds which the poor could have a life if they invested in them.
Even today, as if you guys are born fools, to believe what Rajaakshes say, but not to see the facts as becoming clear is not comprensible to me and any sane ones who have no doubt about the crook nature of Rajanos
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thrishu / August 10, 2016
I expected all critical documents to be shreded or burnt on the very same night the presidential election results were declared. Rajapakshas have agents and blind supporters at every level of the administration; they would do anything for their feeders to suppress the evidence. I am not even surprised that it took all this time for the ‘penny to drop’.FCID or prosecutors must be very naive to think that their adversaries are playing by the rule book and leave the evidence lying around to be discovered.
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Sama / August 10, 2016
Thrisu,
alone the murder of that Rugby sportler- and the related secret murder to be kept under the carpet, they the MR and his office should have been very tricky. Even today, not much is known to the investigative tracing bodies to put them all in Jail. You perfectly know if this was the case in UK – they would have found it by any means.Not only that murder, but all various ill happeneing abuses to stay so should have been connected with not having prima facie evidence. These men as they hide the Lamboginis from being covered, they have taken every fine steps to cover all these. But lies will never be permament.. is what we know… if not today, later all these will surely come to surface.
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Max / August 10, 2016
why does Gota murderer and thief not run away to the US because he is only small fry and they will Jail him
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Burt / August 10, 2016
This only goes to show how crooked these guys were and how deep the corruption had gone. These guys did not make a mistake in judgment they intentionally robbed the country blind and went into great trouble to hide any audit trail.
Then again you cannot blame the ex-first family and their cronies when the majority supported them when they looted, raped and slaughtered the minority and prevented anyone from media, UN or even politicians of the opposition to enter for over 9 years to destroy the evidence.
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Funlover / August 10, 2016
There is no need to retrieve the “missing” (ha ha) documents. It is a fact that Gota authorized payment far in excess of the market price to a dummy company. The rules of interpretation relating to presumption can kick in with justification to shove the bastard in jail for ever.
RW/MS, tell the fucking A-G to file criminal charges; to hold him in remand until the criminal case is concluded after ten or fifteen years. If convicted he can rot and die in jail. If found innocent, he can be released as he will not be in a fit condition to do any further harm to Sri Lanka.
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Riyas / August 10, 2016
LET IT BE A LESSON TO THE PROPONENTS OF THE GOOD GOVERNANCE………………………………………………………WHEN THE POLITICAL HIGHER UP BECOME WEAK THE BUREAUCRACY BECOME POWERFUL.
The Complicity if not connivance and collusion on the part of the bureaucracy. Why and how it happens. This is the question the masters and the advocates should ask themselves. Take the two recent incidents as an examples. Egyptian President and Turkish President Erdogna. The coup against Mursi was successful because he allowed the bureaucracy in the key points to continue even after his election to high office. But the Turkish President had transferred officials from the key places in the administration after his election to high office. So he survived and escaped from the coup.
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banana republic / August 10, 2016
Many of the investigations on corruption during previous regime are hindered due to missing evidence and files. Evidences relating to Thajudin case, MIG deals, Lasantha’s case, Finance Ministry, etc suddenly goes missing whenever FCID makes a headaway. Any person with an iota of common intelligence knows that most of these corrupt deals were carried out by politicians, their appointees and henchman. The politicians loosing power does not mean that action can be taken against them as long as officials, public officers and military personal loyal to these politicians are still in responsible positions. Those missing evidence, files, etc ate under the care of certain officials who are responsible for their safety as public officials. It is time that these ofiicials are hauled out in front of the law and charged for misappropriation, negligence or attempt to obstruct justice, They should be dealt severely with with minimum of not less than ten years rigorous imprisonment so that they spend better part of their life behind bars and prevented from enjoying any bribes dished out by corrupt polticians they protect. This will let them decide whether they should come clean and act as responsible public officials serving the people or should sacrifice their life for favours and bribes doled out by corrupt politicians who robbed the country, People deserve justice and government appointed by people has a right to deliver justice by bringing back all siphoned out financial resources.
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AshyD / August 10, 2016
The Government must take stock of the unfolding situation where investigations are hampered by interested and scrupulous past officials of the Rajapakse regime.
If documents are missing from the MOD, then the former Defense Secretary and all concerned officials should be asked to explain, as it amounts to aiding and abetting in the crime, if one has been committed.
The Magistrate has given a very clear order and put the ball in the FCID court to investigate the matter of the missing documents. What the FCID could do is to bring all concerned to court and let them defend their position as to what has happened to these documents.
Like the Prime Minister has pointed out, we need more professionals brought into the FCID to sort out this enigmatic situation.
The Government could also seriously consider to appoint Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to head a single unit amalgamating the FCID, BRIBERY COM and other related agencies.
We need a “Man with a purpose” to dig the shit out and he would be the ideal person in the context as he has an axe to grind with the culprits. He should be given a mandate BUT within the realms of Justice.
He could be assisted by Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake which would add some spice and flavour. The Rajapakses should be stopped in their tracks or we would have a Sri Lanka drenching in blood.
The safest for all right thinking Sri Lankans would be to see the Rajapakses firmly behind bars and the keys thrown far out to sea.
They have committed enough crimes to see that they are in the slammer for ever.
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weerasinghe / August 10, 2016
Here is a clue. Go to the local bank which remitted the money they will have the necessary docs.,
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Diogenes / August 10, 2016
Documents gone missing? Anybody can understand what happened to them. This looks like Absurd drama. All farts and no shit!
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Burt / August 11, 2016
So we have key documents missing in fraud cases.
Body parts missing in murder cases.
Houses and property purchased from funds that came out of thin air.
Now it makes sense why MR and cronies were calling Sri Lanka the “Wonder of Asia”. It sounds better when translated to Sinhala.
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justice / August 11, 2016
All court houses, government offices, hospitals, police stations etc.,
have Steel Safes for safekeeping of documents, cash books, cash etc.
Keys to each safe is with one designated officer.
Hence, documents cannot “get lost”.
The officer in charge of court documents, in this case, would be responsible – it should be easy to trace the officer.
In Sri Lanka, ‘every man has his price’.
Documents could be “misplaced/lost”.
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justice / August 13, 2016
P.S
Copies of important documents are usually kept/used in inquiries/investigations/court proceedings.
Hence, this “loss” has been engineered by “all know who”.
A couple of millions to bribe someone is small expense to avoid going to jail.
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Tamil from the north / August 11, 2016
Either white van this bastard or water board this SOB. He will tell you where he hid the MiG papers. While you are at it, find that clown Sumanasekera and his gay partner Jim Shitty and feed these to the Lions.
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Emil van der Poorten / August 11, 2016
Tamil from the north;
I’m ashamed of you: wanting to feed Sumaney and his buddy to the lions. What have you got against lions that you want to feed them the worst kind of carrion?
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Tamil from the north / August 12, 2016
Good one Emil. Had a good laugh. Sumanaya is a pain in the arse.
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Ruwan / August 11, 2016
The FCID has to question that rouge and got a henchman at the Defence Ministry by the name of Colonne.He would surely have all the MIG transaction documents.
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