A total of US $ 19,967 million has been pilfered out of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2013.
According to the Global Financial Integrity’s ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013’ report, in 2011 alone US $ 4,602 million was moved out of Sri Lanka by various tax evaders including businessmen, and politicians.
According to the report, in 2004, US $ 1,487 million was moved out of Sri Lanka, while in 2005 the total amount pilfered was US $ 1,389 million and in 2006 it was US $ 1,554 million and US $ 1,890 million in 2007. The Global Financial Integrity, which is a non-profit, research, advisory, and advocacy organization located in Washington, D.C also disclosed that in 2008 the total amount pilfered out of Sri Lanka was US $ 1,655 million, while in 2009 it was US $ 1,435 million and in 2010 it stood at US $ 2,634 million , followed by US $ 4,602 million in 2011, US $ 1,567 million in 2012 and US $ 1,753 million in 2013.
Incidentally, the greater part of this period fell under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule.
The report also revealed that during the ten year period, the developing world as a whole lost US $ 7.8 trillion due to the money being pilfered out of their respective countries, of which Asia lost the highest at over US $ 3 trillion.
In the executive summary, the Global Financial Integrity said “The massive outflows of illicit capital shown in this study are likely to adversely impact domestic resource mobilization and hamper sustainable economic growth. As such, it is necessary to consider the role of illicit outflows in any discussion of the development equation. We should not only look at the volume of resources flowing into developing countries but also the illicit leakages of capital from the balance of payments and trade misinvoicing. Governments and international organizations must strengthen policy and increase cooperation to combat this scourge.”
sach / April 10, 2016
If you check the statistics it begins from 2004 and 1000+ million has been pilfered in 2004 alone. This trend has just continued. The fellow who wrote that try to give an idea this happened because of MR. And this report iss for 2004 to 2013…..
just saying
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Desparitygoverns / April 10, 2016
The question is the man ever senses of the piramids of the debts by the time PE was called. Even today, he behaves as all were right in his high days – and all the allegations have no basis.. why ?
This is an issue British Medical Journal to do some more research in finding more about the kind of mentalities.
Why then he and his 40 or more thieves spent that much for the elections.And world safari tours knowing the reality. May be he never sensed it. Totally a mad charactor. Now the general public should bear the heavy burden in the form of sky rocketed price hikes of their needs incl. daily essentials.
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Sama / April 10, 2016
We talk and talk and talk about all the losses.. but journos keep away from questioning the former yet ? Why ? Is there still a thick fence around the man not being able to approch him. As I got tknow MR does not come to parliament regularly. So he should have more time than had been in the past to give open interview about each and every case where he is alleged to have lost billions.
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KNICKERBLOCKERGLORY / April 11, 2016
Jurnoes have been bought over. From owners to editors to normal hacks. They are also cowards. So can see it all from the drift of their writings.
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Dude / April 11, 2016
Did the World Bank, which calls itself knowledge bank and IMP which are supposed to be in charge of the global financial system not know about the looting of the third world, or that 63 individuals own more than half the wealth of the world?
The global financial system has legalized corruption and corrupt economic governance and this infomation is damning indictment of the IMF and WOrld bank which should be SHUT DOWN.
For decades International Monetary Fund and WB have watched the looting of the poor and wretched of the earth by corrupt global banking institutions and elites, and when countries ruled by corrupt elites in league with corrupt banks fall into crisis the condition for IMF assistant is that the poor to bail out the rich. In short, greater impoverishment if the poor, which the rich get richer and fatter.
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punchinilame / April 12, 2016
Do you expect journalist to question MR about funds overseas, when
he has bluntly stated that he is prepared to commit suicide even
if one dollar is shown as held in his name Overseas! (This kind
of audacity is directed at S.Modayas?)
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/suspect-activity_panama-papers-put-swiss-lawyers-in-tight-spot/42074556
RW/MS are busy safe-guarding their personal positions and are
not keen on digging into corruption, as much as they claimed,
to make a political point only, at last two election.
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sach / April 10, 2016
may be because allegations are untrue. And even after 1.5 years the gover hasnt been able to prove anything at all
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Leelawathie / April 11, 2016
Allegations are based on the analyse already done. So they can no means be untrue. Even if you the like ilk would back the man, time will show him it true or not practically. All these lists that are alleged to belong ot Seashelves transactions are being under scrutiy.. sooner all will come to surface. Lies have no ground on long term. Truth will succeed basta
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Wow / April 11, 2016
RE: Allegations are based on the analyse already done. So they can no means be untrue.
What kind of logic is that? Do you think these so called analysis were done without any political bias? If it were a proper analysis, it should reveal at least some evidence for the said allegations. The failure of such evidence to manifest itself proves that the so called analysis was flawed. Hence, the allegations have to be untrue. Innocent until proven guilty. Truth will indeed succeed err.. basta?
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sach / April 11, 2016
please learn what ‘allegation’ means
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Samare / April 11, 2016
Sach, you will nto succeed making every efforts to defend the wrong parties.
Allegations levelled at Rajaakshes are still being investigated. Some part of investigations have been completed, but much more to be done in terms of collecting the real sources of information based on the bllions being dragged from the state. All these will come to surface soon. People are patient – wait and see jaya niyathai
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Leelawathie / April 11, 2016
Thanks and appologies it was my mistake. I just added it wihtout read.
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Banjiappu / April 11, 2016
You seem to be a pundit, but many knows what it means – all along the lanken media in and out used the word all along whenever Rajaakshes are cited. Please dont try to be away from the reality.
As a minister of finance, the man should be made accoutable for anything and everything if US based and Panama based reports are credible.
If local authorities are incapable of doing so, let it do by foreign international ones so that we the folks finally be INFOMRED 1 to 1 without letting us be in desparity.
Authorities react adequatley, please… tomorrow will be too late
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Leelawathie / April 11, 2016
SOrry, I have not made it clear – typo, not allegation but accusations – allegations are being investigated. Had a busy week. sorry for typos
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Lanka Watch / April 11, 2016
Sach- MR is no fool to hoard his money in Western or American
hide outs as he knows these accounts can be easily hacked like
what happened to Panama company and too many enemies of his are
around these areas. His money may in a place where nobody dares to trek to and sure you have a fair idea which country holds his money.
In fairness to MR and other Sri Lankans suspected of having their illegal money hoarded elsewhere, the Govt. should authenticate the above CT statement as true and correct.
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Analyst / April 11, 2016
RW. Says that we need to go to Panama to catch/ investigate !!!
Why Oh Man!
Do you have to spend our Tax payers money To go on that JOLLY GOOD TRIP.?? And then ?? No more.
Who are the Lucky ones to be chosen by the GG??
Will Daham Sirisena be included on this JOLLY TRIP?? President?? I know you are too modest to reply but
You may Nod your head as usual!!
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Samare / April 11, 2016
Analyst, you seem to have no impatience as many of us, But do the PM and Prez have any other choice than doing so. They are caught by devil right at the moment; with Mr Sirisena has no options than going thorugh all peaceful manner not allowing to break away the party – UNP has to work hard to achieve their goals but not hurting coalition partner as woudl do in a 1 party goverment. Lankens in gneral are impatient – each and everyone is subjected to today sproblems. People had been passive and inddiferent at the time, all the corrpted bunch looted. They now attack the current regime as if they had been better inthe past. I believe, all the kind of issues can only get clear if the rulers would achieve it by a systematic way. I still believe they will succeeed it in the weeks to come. Liars cant be as such for the rest of their lives.
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Samare / April 11, 2016
no patience
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Analyst / April 11, 2016
Samare
Like everyone else I too voted and rejoiced the result of our victory on that day in January 2015 when we kicked the Buggers out well and truly.
Sadly some of the crooks have been welcomed back in the government fold
for which we have had no inkling ?? that they will be doing the acrobatics of showing head and tails to GG and to MR at the same time by Protecting the crooks.
How long more to wait??
Haven’t seen a single actual conviction of the big sharks , they’re still allowed to parade around with their FILTHY MINDS AND MESSING AROUND with each and everything that GG intends to do.
They have no INTEREST in the country and the People who live in. All they’re bothered about their sons and their cronies getting Pardoned by the GG.
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Samare / April 11, 2016
Dear Analyst,
do you think had Mr Sirisena ONLY worked on proving Rajapakshes are the real thugs, highy abusive men as the allegations being levelled at them – there would be a solution to lanken politics. Never. It is the people and fully ignorants fractions back Rajapskehs or the like politicians.
We cant apply western system in our countries so long majority folks back pro-abusive – nogood goverance rather than standing against them.
It is the people that backed Buruwanse.
It the people that backed all other facists like BBS rabid dogs
It is the people even today- that go on backing them again and again.
It is them who booing to any good politicians while explaing them the facts on public stages
It is those gawky idiotic people stand on the way not allowing any good polticians do their job.
So I believe, having been a political veteran- Mr Sirisena allowed those men to do the job- is a well planned process.
but helping the majority gawkly masses in getting the facts right is the struggle that the current regime faces today.
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Analyst / April 12, 2016
Samare.
Thanks ,well said.
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Samuel Jayaweera / April 12, 2016
Analyst, lanken poltiics are typical to srilanka.
Only senior politicians know the tricks. Mahinda was very clever at abusing people. Even if he travelled across the globe but on his return he went to join the farmers in the rural areas. There, those gawky folks thoughts Mahinda was that hearted and that is the reason why he went to them. They never thought their votes or mahinda s bread. Mahinda infected to all other abusive polticians easily.. those were the majority of the country. This we observe today as a wave move behind Mahinda. This only the minority folks grasp. Even if good policies are there, none of them are 1 to 1 applicable in the country. Mostly, JVPrs cant realize this they cant win at least a dozen of MPs. But almost any academic woudl at once respect the blunt and fair way arguments of Jvpers.
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Native Vedda / April 10, 2016
Ben Hurling
Where are you?
Here is a news:
Power Ride For Regional Development
Minister for Regional Development, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has informed the cabinet that he needed a Rs. 45 million, 7 Series super luxury BMW for his use.
It is learnt that Fonseka had made this request on April 6 during the cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat and several other ministers had raised objections to his request.
Several ministers had pointed out that the rest of the ministers had a limit of Rs. 35 million as vehicle allowance and Fonseka should not be permitted to exceed that limit.
thesundayleader.lk/2016/04/10/
Presidential red light for Fonseka’s Benz
Soldier turned politician Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, now Minister of Regional Development, received what seems a polite snub from President Maithripala Sirisena at a recent weekly ministerial meeting.
It came after the Field Marshal told the meeting that with the financial allocation of Rs. 35 million for his ministry, he was unable to even buy a vehicle. Whilst the latest series BMW cost Rs. 70 million, a Mercedes Benz was Rs. 40 million. This, he said, fell short of the allocation by five million if he was to buy a Benz and he sought approval for it.
It was President Sirisena who politely explained that the request can be reviewed later. Yahapalanaya (good governance) or not, ministers, it seems, cannot do without BMWs or Mercedes Benzes to serve the people. That too at a time when the country is facing an acute balance of payments crisis. While the ordinary folks are asked to tighten their belts, the ministers tighten their seats belts on land and in the air.
Other than official vehicles for ministers, they are among MPs who are entitled to duty free vehicles. The limit on such vehicles has been raised to US$ 75,000.
sundaytimes.lk/160410
Whilst some enjoy power and perks those who are disabled due to war are being neglected by the state.
Now wake up.
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Tamil from the north / April 10, 2016
Sach the racist circus clown from the south, your master stole $19 billion dollars…………….nothing can change that.
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Wow / April 11, 2016
Firstly, the amounts are in millions and not billions. Are you suffering from the ravi karunanayaka syndrome?
Secondly, the statistics show that the trend goes on before MR came to power. The data is given only from 2004 onwards. If you have any knowledge of how graphs work, you just have to extend the line to predict the previous year’s net outflow.
And Thirdly, I don’t know this sach person, but it seems to me he/she only pointed out the statistics. I fail to see how that makes him a racist.
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Wow / April 11, 2016
yaikes.. my bad with the First point.. It is indeed 19$ billion.. I take that back :D
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German Kolla / April 11, 2016
No nooo this amount also includes a huge amount of money that was smuggled out of SL by that top racist, ruthless Killer & his terrorist gang from the north !
Not only the guy from south.
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Native Vedda / April 13, 2016
German Kolla
“No nooo this amount also includes a huge amount of money that was smuggled out of SL by that top racist, ruthless Killer & his terrorist gang from the north !”
How did the ruthless Killer & his terrorist gang from the north smuggle money out of this island?
Actually, the ruthless Killer kept all the money in his Fort Knox in Vanni until it was broken open and looted by GR and his gang.
In a way you are right that GR looted the money and gold from VP’s Fort Knox and smuggled them out of this island.
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Babanaiya / April 10, 2016
Current govt has to go an extra mile to prove all these allegaitons. If all investigations would go that slow pace the it is current being moved… we will have to remain with the puzzle rest of the life.
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Analyst / April 10, 2016
Time to EXPOSE all assets of every Politicians , Health Professionals , School Principals ,Lawyers and those got rich unexpectedly which means whoever got rich over night.
Do we have a government to press charges against crooks?
It’s time for the general public to put pressure or else PUT UP AND SHUT UP.
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Fairminded / April 11, 2016
Placing Mahinda Rajapakse’s image with this item is highly unethical and defamatory because there is no reference in the story to him in anyway. You should be ashamed CT.
Have heard of kournalistic ethics? That applied to websites too.
Only mongles exhibit this kind of behaviour
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MsMaralathoni / April 11, 2016
I agree with few commntators asking the Journos to interview the former. So long the limited information based on the allegations are in air – and no journos make any hearted efforts to approach Rajaakshe, nothing will be changed in the line of clearing all these allegations. There has been a blockage journos run lanken local papers being unable to be unbiased.
Mawabima or the like daily news papers will never bring issues harming the former, since their men are sitll close to Rajaakshes. Sirasa does a good job- Derana is a on the site of Rajapakshe and these media men have never been impartial.
Third force of a country is said to be media -but lanken media will not be unbiased, so how can people know more about the all these stories.
But the world seems to be doing a lot srilanka bringing into the right track, by yesterday they have found even more inforamtiona about the size of the transactions that have been made between srilanka and foreign countries illeagally.
Would the seashelves authorities not open the whereabouts of the acount holders.
Bank of Ceylon branch said to have opened in Seashelves by previoius adminstration is run by non-lanken staff ?
If the current regime can bring all these – they can do so within shorter period of time. People are waiting them to go wholehearted withthese issues. With none of the high sharks being convicted sofar, peoples attitudes are being grabbed by the cooks again. That will be the consequence longer the authorities wait for real investigations.
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Analyst / April 11, 2016
Msmaralathoni.
Please go and check those murders happening up and down the country to see whether they are journalism related or those who speak against the murderous family and crook friends have been SILENCED??
It used to be the White vans !!! Now are they doing away with this new mode of killing.
Time to investigate why and by whom these murders are committed.
Yesterday there was a murder overnight in Anuradhapura!
Has the pattern of murders and disappearances changed??
In desperation crooks will stoop to any murderous level.
Wonder of Asia !! wonderful SRILANKA, WONDERFUL BUDDHA LAND??
TO BE PROUD OF!!!
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Samare / April 11, 2016
Today having listend to a discussion held by LANKEN TV – on the bill being introduced to the parliament on right for information. There I thought my god, nothign can easily be passed in the country since the resistance being made by lanken people stand on the way. Some significant fractions in the society interpret those issues so subjectively. Some dont even know about the world standards on such bills.
In Germany, you have the right for information, but there are restrictions too. Sure, one would say that what germans practise is not real democracy, but what can bring demo to the nation so long balanace is not seen in terms of anything. i beleive, Social Democratic systems are the best for countries such as ours, too much freedom should not be allowed to them until the society reaches their standards. Letting any simons to discuss issues effective to the entire population is what we must not do. Those people s powers can stand on the way just not letting any good pacts being passed.
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Samare / April 11, 2016
WHAT WE NEED IS RIGOROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEING PRACTISED IN SINGAPORE; GERMANY; AND THE LIKE COUNTRIES:
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Analyst / April 11, 2016
Rigorous law Enforcement in our country?? No way ,It is out of question in a country where even the Law Enforcers have joined with crooks and murderers.
That is the saddest situation we face now.
Law Enforcers are Jokers of Srilanka.
They have not received any orders by the Present Government. It’s a Three way Ruling.
Srilanka is being Ruined by Present Government , the past Government and the Judiciary which is Lawless.
As long as all the cronies consists of MR& Co and the Law Enforcers of our country are holding hands in destroying our country will we ever see any progress ??
Srilanka is a cursed country as cursed as that man who depended on the soothsayer hoping the curse can be lifted by the Astrologer and Devil worshipping.
How Pathetic??
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Punchiburampi / April 11, 2016
It is just change in lanken thoughts and minds are not easy. This should go for a long term process. Alone the fact the way even so called local graduates how they interpret good governance is far from the world standards. They dont even consider the definition of it before going to attack anyone. That has become habiutal culture in this country. People should be warned to make a distinction between facts and hearsays. Every simple simon to add their thoughts to a manner serious issues could get blocked from being passed – is a greater damage for the entire nation- holding them up from anything good move
They are all predominant buddhists but the manner the average behave themselves are far from even ones that follow butchery. Lately I happeend to read how they peeled off a eagle for their fun events and exibited it to the world through web – can this ever be the case if people are buddhists ? Were they muslims behaved so ? No, it is the trend of the lankens of the day.
All these can only be tamed by imposing rigourous laws equally to anyone going against ethics and morals.
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Thadi Bada / April 11, 2016
What did you expect from CT ? CBKs Face or Prabhakaran’s face ?
CT will forget all norms & ethics of journalism when they have a chance to him MR.
You should know that by now.
I bet CT will not publish my view
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Amarasiri / April 11, 2016
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule,
How are these moneys collected? Bribes Commissions etc..
http://www.ipaidabribe.lk/#gsc.tab=0
http://www.ipaidabribe.lk/reports/paid/mayor-ordered-a-personal-payment#gsc.tab=0
Mayor ordered a personal payment
Paid LKR 8,50,000
Reported on December 14, 2015 from Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte , Western ι Report #85887
Mayor Janaka Ranawaka ordered I brought a large sum amounting to 850,000/- to his home in Sapumal Place, Rajagiriya so that I could proceed with my business without him putting a stop to it. This is common practice and he has built many large mansions with the money he has wrongfully collected from the poor business man. If I refused to pay this sum he would have sent his three-wheeler thugs and destroyed my shop so I had no choice. I can not even go to the police as they are all under his power and my life will be at risk if I did so. What a pathetic country we live in. I envy the man with money who can afford to leave this country and live a better life abroad.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160410/business-times/watchdog-website-hits-streets-of-colombo-188885.html
Watchdog website hits streets of Colombo
View(s): 157
Ipaidabribe.lk, the Sri Lanka version of a powerful watchdog website which operates in 15 countries, was promoted on Monday through a public awareness campaign conducted at the Fort railway station by many youth volunteers. Launched in Sri Lanka by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera last December, the website could be accessed in all three languages from http://www.ipaidabribe.lk.
The promoters said the site has user friendly features to navigate and to report on bribery as well as the backend of the site which has a powerful quantification method to point out the most corrupt government institution, ministry, police department or the province after several months of data collection. “The site runs very well in India, Pakistan and I don’t see the reason why it can’t run properly in Sri Lanka, with proper Government and media backing we could empower individuals with this powerful tool,” said Mr. Abeyagoonasekera who introduced the site from the Diri Saviya Foundation.
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Banjiappu / April 11, 2016
Why should we make round abouts ? We can get all these one by one if Journalists could interview the former President for each of the charges being levelled at him, But there shoudl be factual based discussions.
If the former president would have been away from the country, journalists could stay as it is for today, he is in the country, for each and every allegations thrown on him should be quesioned. Why cant any brave lanken or foreign Journalists do the job sofar ?
He is the main soruce. He should know a to z about the all transactions being the former minister of FINANCE – nothing should have dealt with any parties wihtout his and his teams knowledge.
While FCID or other relevant authorities are on their mission, journos should also bring the proofs so that synergy of all can speed up the process. Here I see foreign boides though help, but lanken media instiatutions stay as if they are fed with clay.
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Govinda / April 10, 2016
Over US $ 19,000 Million Pilfered Out Of Sri Lanka In 10 Years
You know the amount pilfered out. So why not tell the masses who pilfered out those money. The Central bank or the masses. Name those who pilfered out.
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Analyst / April 10, 2016
How is this man and the others were allowed to swindle our state wealth ??? OK. this happened during the Chief Thieve’s time during his rule!
President and the Prime minister Are you sitting comfortably??? OR you too in the same category fiddled our state and playing games or playing Hide and stick??
Why and how you allow this man to ” Walk the Talk” allowed him to be a Member of Parliament and having conversations in the Parliament over state matters privately ect ect ect.
He is the man who put the Ex Woman PM in Prison for embezzlement of state funds if I can remember. Was it to do with MALE CHAUVINISM?
I am all for honesty and integrity. WHY ONE RULE FOR HIM AND ONE RULE FOR ANOTHER.
Is it fair??
The treatment dished out should be the same to everyone. Whether he the President, PM, Woman PM, or any Tom Dick and Harry.
Why all keeping mum about it ??, We voted for these muppets to Punish the Culprits and Get The Country Back to Normalcy and be Productive .
What’s wrong with these two present Leaders.
Doing all the opposites and siding the criminals and the crooks.
Why are we shouting here ?? Would it be right to side all the criminals and the crooks give the country back to the criminals to bury their treasure and they live happily ever after
WHILE THE POOR SRILANKANS EAT GRASS…….
That will be great You the President and the Primeminister.,,,,,Soon you will be history as well.
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Sama / April 12, 2016
I believe the lanken journos are beating around the bush.
There are almost no journlists to clear all the accusations being made to Rajakashe clan.
We have already passed almost 1.5 years with a govt change. But there are no open discussions as to why the former minister of finance wasted BILLIONS without keeping records. This is a greater mistake needs to be clear openly.
It is like knwoing the cause clearly, but treating the patient with going thorugh remedies that would rather subject the patient for a ragging period.
Why cant lanken authorities do the job as the western world would do.
In Germany for example, if a man is accused of being taken the sums unncessariliy, be him a minister or high man in a soccer team, the law tames him regardless of the status. Then the general public is so happy.
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Wow / April 10, 2016
The statistics in the report are as follows
year IFF
2004 – 1487
2005 – 1389
2006 – 1554
2007 – 1890
2008 – 1655
2009 – 1435
2010 – 2634
2011 – 4602
2012 – 1567
2013 – 1753
cumilative – 19,967
According to the statistics its a trend that has been there before 2004. There is a spike on 2011, but other than that this report draws no parallels between MR’s rule and the IFF. The author of the article seems to imply that this happened because of MR. Please stop posting garbage articles
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Aia / April 11, 2016
Far too easy to figure out the pattern developed- thanks for collating this way.
Agree, there seems to be a general trend, however if someone wants to dissect these figures, they could do so and explain as follows:
Drop in pilfer in 2005, the lowest in the series, seems to explain that a substantial amount being diverted in buying (or not to vote) votes, including the lump sum to N-E boycott and other fragment amounts to individuals in other provinces.
2006- the business seems to pick up with some major projects started in South and top of it, military hardware procurements contract- the commissions, good will and bonus payments started to flowing in and the rising trend continued to 2007 and 2008 as war was get going.
2009- War concluded and could not figure out what to do with the bonanza that the war brought upon, whilst all who mattered stunted and their focus was tuned on how to claim war victory fully theirs, the figure decreased to 2004 level-tracking the normal trend- dropped the ball?.
2010-New projects started in NE, more projects in full swing, more commissions, more ex gratia payments, commissions on remittance which was peaked to help those who were in need and the war finds, which needs time to convert and establish the liquidity- all explains why the figure realizing the peak in 2011.
Seems weak yet, some correlations/relationships could be established between the major activities and the amount being channeled.
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Wow / April 11, 2016
That is just pure conjecture :D
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donald / April 11, 2016
Why did you not consult GLPeiris?
Remember he and SL were defeated by Cambridge Club at the UNHR.
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PETER / April 12, 2016
What will be the TARGET LOOT by the present guys. Of course, the above given monthly chart willbe a handy tool to set up weekly / daily targets at amounts much more higher than the performances y the previous reime/
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anotherbuddhist / April 10, 2016
I was holding my breath as someone here said there was going to be a big expose of Rajapaksas’ corruption! Went through this with a fine tooth comb and I can’t find a trace of any Rajapaksa! You have let me down big time! Sooooo disappointed!!!!
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Ansar / April 10, 2016
Look at those TSUNAMI HORA’S killer eyes.
This B….. pilfered all our money and made poor and the middle class eat humble pie.
He will pay the price for committing this colossal crime for the poor, if not by MY3/Ranil Yahaplanaya, definitely by natural justice. If Ranil/MY3 go for deals with this killer specie, they too will pay the price. Karma is a bitch, they say.
Bloody foolish masses, at least open your eyes now, or you will end up like in Somalia.
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Amarasiri / April 10, 2016
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule,
RE: Over US $ 19,000 Million Pilfered Out Of Sri Lanka In 10 Years
1. “A total of US $ 19,967 million has been pilfered out of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2013.”
2. “According to the Global Financial Integrity’s ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013’ report, in 2011 alone US $ 4,602 million was moved out of Sri Lanka by various tax evaders including businessmen, and politicians.”
It was known qualitatively, but not fully known quantitatively. Thank you for the exposure. Now how to collect?
3. “The report also revealed that during the ten year period, the developing world as a whole lost US $ 7.8 trillion due to the money being pilfered out of their respective countries, of which Asia lost the highest at over US $ 3 trillion.”
So, everybody did that. MaRa and his cronies only joined the bandwagon? We want the money back!
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Lanka Watch / April 11, 2016
Amarasiri – I have given a plus point for your above comment but you,as
an ordinary citizen,cannot ask for the looted money as “Yahapalanaya democracy is for the parliamentarians, by the parliamentarian and for the parliamentarians and others are just on lookers.
So the money, if traced will go to the Govt. first.
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Amarasiri / April 11, 2016
Lanka Watch
“So the money, if traced will go to the Govt. first.”
Can Amarasiri, as an ordinary citizen dream that one day in the “near future”, the taxes at least will not go up and may even go down based on the amount of loot recovered?
Or, should Amarasiri, as an ordinary citizen, be aghast at the Parliamentarians stealing the money again, as you say?
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Lanka Watch / April 12, 2016
Amarasiri – If the looted money is recovered, citizens like you and me, who adore this country, would prefer national debts cleared first rather than get the taxes reduced as it is a shame
that we owe many countries, large sums of money taken as loans and never repaid. The Govt.little realises that we become slaves
and ‘yes men’ to these countries if loans are not repaid. Can understand if the money was borrowed to feed the poor or look after the sick but taken for extravagant spending on luxuries like building four lane paved roads all over the country, w/o
back up money for maintenance,building an international airport
in the middle of a desert, which is not usable due to faulty planning and a harbour which is suitable only for a naval operation and not fit for viable commercial operation.
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donald / April 10, 2016
Sach the foot soldier
Just , just ,just saying- Over 3% GDP per year- gone off the top.
Just wait your tears would be to light.
China-led One Belt One Road Initiative, – China wants to imitate Istan and work for an all-weather friendship
Despite the project being recently brought back to life, the one-year suspension has resulted in more than 120 million dollars in losses to the Chinese side.
There will never be a Cochin Port City project by Chinese – No Belt to Istan via Lanka.
Xi is smart – wont budge with the rising dollar to the begging bowl nation.
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Native Vedda / April 10, 2016
sachooooooooooo the stupid II
“If you check the statistics it begins from 2004 and 1000+ million has been pilfered in 2004 alone.”
He was the Prime Minister from 6 April 2004 (he robbed it from Kathirgamar) until VP won him the presidential elections in November 2005.
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sach / April 10, 2016
but stupid, he had no power like every PM..and the list is from 2004-13, Panama surely did get money before 2004.
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Tamil from the north / April 10, 2016
Sach, clown can you explain who stole tsunami money when CBK was not present? Also when was it stolen? Did he have any powers at that?
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Edward Upali / April 11, 2016
What happened to the Tsunami money given to the LTTE under the PTOMS. Did VP build his underground palace & swimming pools with it, while the people in the North & East got nothing.
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Tamil from the north / April 11, 2016
Edward Upali, I am not sure what your intentions of bringing VP in here. I do not want to assume anything as I do not write things as facts on assumptions. Nevertheless, VP was a bastard who murdered countless number of Tamil intellects. I personally knew (when I was a child) many who were assassinated by this dirty scoundrel. The rural Tamils (due to lack of knowledge) worshiped him while the city Tamils cheered them on. But there are some Tamils who despised this murderer and I am one of them. So if this was your suspicion, you got an explanation. Having said, VP was a terrorist, MR was an elected leader. There is a difference. VP is dead, MR is still alive. There is a difference. You cannot charge VP as he is dead, MR is alive……….so charge the bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Edward Upali / April 11, 2016
Tamil from the North
Now you & other Tamils are free to talk, & live without fear, send children to school to study. Thanks to MR, Fonseka, & Gota.
You have also alleged in these comments that MR et al, pilfered the money. Neither the CT report nor the Panama papers stated that MR stole the money, although CT report tends to smear MR by publishing his photo along with the story.
We know for sure VP killed innocent civilians, built palaces & donated other people’s land & property to his cronies – ie theft, sent his family & relatives to safety in Europe using stolen money, destroyed public property – railway tracks & stations, plundered and used for himself the rations & medicine sent to the poor civilians in the North & East bu the Sinhala gov; where was your outrage on these heinous acts. You probably were living safely in Colombo – Wellawatte?- guarded by the Sinhala Army of MR.
Why are you hiding & writing under an assumed name. Are you still afraid of VPs cronies?
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Tami from the north / April 12, 2016
Edward Upali, you wrote: Now you & other Tamils are free to talk, & live without fear, send children to school to study. Thanks to MR, Fonseka, & Gota.
Isn’t this the same Fonseka who languished in prison on charges fabricated by your thug and hoodlum friend Goat?
Buddy I have been living in Canada for the last 35 years comfortably away from Buddhist goons and LTTE buggers. So there are no worries in living in Wellawatte. Wait for a few hours and I will get back to you with thundering lashing. Buggers like you need a real whipping.
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Edward Upali / April 12, 2016
Did you go to Canada in the 1980s in a boat & claim refugee status. You sound & talk like one of those free loaders in Toronto, living off welfare money and doing illegal collections for the LTTE, at your kovils.
Why are the low caste Tamils in Toronto still not allowed to enter your kovils from the front door?
FYI: Fonseka went to prison after a trial, when the courts found him guilty. Did your leader VP have a trial for Mahattaya or Duraiappa before he killed them, while you & your types kept cheering him on.
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Tamil from the north / April 12, 2016
Hey Edward Upali, where were you when the poor Tamils were being slaughtered in 4 different riots? Probably sucking your thumb and hiding behind your momma? correct?
Where were you little weasel, when your thug ministers with 200 uniformed hoodlums burnt down our history in Jaffna and looted the entire Jaffna New Market? Where were you when your uniformed hoodlums pulled out Tamil civilians from Colombo bound buses and trains and shot them for being Tamils. Where were you when your hooligans in uniforms bombed the heck out of Tamil civilian areas killing innocent Tamils? Pariahs like you will only see one side as long as the side is your side. You support this sakiliya bugger called Parayapaksa, this tell me what calibre of mongrel you are.[Edited out]Come back here with anymore of these racist crap, you will get another one you little coward.
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Edward Upali / April 12, 2016
Talking of Sakkiliyas etc, it is I hear a job done by a lot of refugee claimnants from SL. Did you learn your abusive language there? We know former LTTErs who were conscripted to the LTTE army never got a chance to learn & carry on a polite discussion with others.
Your concern about the fire at the Jaffna library was shared by many Sri Lankans. That is why the Sri Lankan gov rebuilt it at great expense. The gov has also rebuilt many of the infrastructure- railways, roads, water supply, electricity, schools, hospitals, housing, etc, destroyed by the LTTE. These were done by the Sinhala gov, at great expense, when such facilities were badly needed in the South also.
Instead of repeating old LTTE propaganda, get yourself a life, and educate yourself. In Sri Lanka education is free even at e University level, which all Tamils are entitled to. That is better than what you get in Canada.
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Tamil from the North / April 13, 2016
Upali bugger, wait for another few hours you filthy mongrel. I will give you another lashing.
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Tamil from the north / April 13, 2016
Edward Upali, who gave you an English name? I never heard of a gamaya bugger having an English name. You JVP rascal, my family history in Canada goes back to the 1960s. You need a polite conversation? This is how polite I can get with a low life southern criminal from the JVP by the name Edward (Joker) Upali. Sri Lankan government built it at great expense? Hahahaha after burning down a wonderful monument with ancient historical documents, what did your JVP government build? What did they put there in place of the great books they burnt………..JVP text books called comics and Chandremama. Yes, you JVP buggers have never gone beyond grade 5 education. That is why your comprehension skills are at gutter level.
You stated that “the gov has also rebuilt many of the infrastructure- railways, roads, water supply, electricity, schools, hospitals, housing, etc, destroyed by the LTTE”. – yes 20% of that went into your JVP hero’s pocket called the Parayapaksa. Tamils are there to stay, you JVP buggers will never touch our people again since decent Colombo Sinhalese and Tamils locally and living abroad will destroy everyone of you gamaya JVP buggers. Low life classless garbage like you will never open your dirty stinking mouth in Canada. It will be shut down in a second. Come on again punk, I am ready to play.
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Tamil from the north / April 13, 2016
Upali clown, why don’t you ask your master where all that money went?
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sach / April 11, 2016
definitely not me.
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amal perera / April 11, 2016
sachooooooooooo the stupid II
is doing the reggae “definitely not me. “
not I why are you shy?? perhaps like david blacker you did the jig wiggy!
loot boot soot booby.
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Douglas / April 10, 2016
This is yet another “High Sounding Big Fart”; but MR has taken all the precaution not to allow anyone to TAKE OUT that “Big Fat Shit”. He has now DIRECTED all the members of that “Lethal Bomb” in his hand called “JOINT OPPOSITION” to support the Prime Minister to completely ABOLISH the position of “PRESIDENT”. Do you think that this “OFFER” is given without STRINGS attached? If you think, NO, then you have very wrongly MISJUDGED the “Capabilities” and “Character” of MR in Politics.
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jim softy / April 10, 2016
This is to cover up what UNP and SLFP stole recently.
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thondamanny / April 10, 2016
. “According to the Global Financial Integrity’s ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013’ report, in 2011 alone US $ 4,602 million was moved out of Sri Lanka by various tax evaders including businessmen, and politicians.”
a) Who were they? Who were responsible for the illicit out flows?
Ordinary Citizens ?
Politicians ?
Businessmen ?
It could be by anybody. But GOSL need to find who it was. Figures are there but LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE…. PEOPLE.
b) Every now and again we hear people arrested at the Air Port by the Customs of people being arrested for smuggling loads of Foreign Currency?
These monies might be .01% of the foreign currency illicitly attempted to take out.
SO IN THIS MANNER HOW MUCH MORE UNDETECTED FOREIGN CURRENCY WOULD HAVE FLOWED OUT?
Whoever who has been arrested by the Customs, why have no detail investigations being made track down the actual source or sources to findout how much had flowed out undetected?
YAHAPALANAYA SEEM TO BE ANOTHER TALK SHOP WHO HAS NOT DONE THEIR HOME WORK AND HAVE APPOINTED 93 BUFFALOES WHO CONTINUE TO ENJOY PERKS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAX PAYER.
We must not point the finger if we do not know who they are or were?
At least the PANAMA papers have disclosed some Secretary of Patali Ranawaka when he was Minister during the last regime at the CEB.
WHY DON’T YAHAPALANAYA BEGIN AT LEAST FROM HIM????? is it because Patali has crossedover??
YAHAPALANAYA DREAMING ………………..
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Plato. / April 10, 2016
Native.
Who killed Lakshman Kadirgamer?
You know native that incident took place on 12th Aug:2015./I remember the day for several reasons!
This country has not been told the Truth!
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Native Vedda / April 10, 2016
Plato
“You know native that incident took place on 12th Aug:2015./I remember the day for several reasons!”
Actually Kathirkamar committed suicide on 12th Aug 2005.
He fired a high powered rifle from the opposite building then ran across and stood by the pool side in his compound just in time to get hit by the bullet.
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Tamil from the north / April 11, 2016
@Plato, it was done by Goat Parapaksa. Also he was shot at close range from a pistol not a rifle. There was no cordon and search for 2 hours………..this should tell the world who shot him.
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Tamil from the north / April 12, 2016
It was CBK who was going to appoint Kadir as the next PM and the Parayapaksas couldn’t take it anymore. They finished him off. Just like how Premadasa finished off Upali Wijeyawardene.
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Ryan / April 10, 2016
This just complete lie by USA to take idiotic 6.2 million voters againfor for ride in desperation to hide Panama papers and also hatred against mahida sir never end as west was knocked out of planet by mahinda sir for seats bloody request to release murderer of century Hayward pirabaharan
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Gune / April 10, 2016
How does one explain to the masses particularly those at grass root level who think that MR was a clean leader and a saviour of mother Lanka-not entirely true. How can one family rob its people and then be saviours of the nation all at the same time.
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Wow / April 11, 2016
Nobody says MR is innocent. He stole just like the rest of them politicians. But the point is, he stole just as much as the rest of them, and not these exaggerated amounts the yahapalanaya has the people fooled with. Is it not becoming obvious now? Its been 1 and half years since yahapalanaya came to power. Still trying to find the so called billions of stolen money. You ask “how can one family rob the people so much?”. Did you ask yourself, whether you have been fooled by the lies of MY3/ Ranil combo?
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ramona therese fernando / April 11, 2016
Now is this US$ 19,967,000
or
US$ 19,967,000,000 = US$ 19 billion?
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Tamil from the north / April 11, 2016
Ramona Therese, what’s the matter with you? Did you go to school when you should have? The title says U$19,000 million. U$1,000 million = $U 1 billion. Therefore, U$19,000 million = U$19 billion. Oh boy, please don’t ask me to explain this all over again.
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ramona therese fernando / April 11, 2016
Ah…ok…ok…
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rabbi- la / April 11, 2016
billion 1,000,000,000 (a thousand millions) American – French
billion 1,000,000,000,000 (a million millions) English – German.
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ramona therese fernando / April 11, 2016
US$19 billion!!! OMG!
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Paul / April 11, 2016
I’d like to know how much money was transferred out of the country prior to 2004 and since 2013. It would make interesting reading.
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shankar / April 11, 2016
you’ll get that only in you dreams.Sweet dreams.
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Edward Upali / April 11, 2016
The news report appears to be an attempt to smear Rajapkse, by publishing his photo with the story. Not great journalism.
Your Panama Papers, list of Sri Lankans with offshore accounts, published recently, does not include any Rajapakses. It has a lot of Senanayakes, Dunuwillas, Attygalles who were probably very well connected with the UNP & the current regime. There is also one Wickremasinghe, but no Rajapakse.
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Ex bank employee / April 11, 2016
If I were to stash away ill gotten monies surely it’ll be in one my wife’s relatives name , don’t you think ?
stop being so naive, Edward Upali.
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Edward Upali / April 11, 2016
So do a search of the documents for the wife. The Panama documents were obtained by hacking – means digital intervention by outsiders.
The released docs are also in electronic format. The search will only take a micro second, ie if you know how to do it !!
I don’t know which bank you worked, but reading each page & searching for text went out several decades ago.
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stop20 / April 11, 2016
bla bla bla, upali,
You could possibly not have read it. Not even a iota.
It was an epic haul. Whoever caused the Panama Papers breach at tax avoidance and offshore company specialist Mossack Fonseca leaked an astonishing 11 million documents and 2.6 terabytes of data, the largest of all time. Previous mega-leaks were in the gigabyte territory – Wikileaks Cablegate at 1.7GB, Ashley Madison 30GB, Sony Pictures an estimated 230GB.
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ramona therese fernando / April 11, 2016
Rajapaksas were busy building roads and bridges and houses for people.
However, the loans Rajapaksas took from China, downloaded vast amounts of wealth into Sri Lanka. And the Rajapaksas took a careless “Laissez-faire” approach towards it all.
Laissez-fair is only meant for rich places like America, former Colonial-Rulers and Oil-Rich nations. The Rajapaksa Laissez-faire approach however, came minus all the essential regulatory bodies in place, to make sure the money actually worked inside the country – Of, By and For the people!
Rajapaksas only flaw was opening the wealth for the elite and aspiring elite to play around with. The pilfering Lankan lot live in their own rarefied bubbles of their own personalized creative making, where country honor and patriotism hold no meaning. This exclusive Lankan cultural lot has been around for too long a time.
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Native Vedda / April 13, 2016
ramona grandma therese fernando
“However, the loans Rajapaksas took from China, downloaded vast amounts of wealth into Sri Lanka.”
What is ‘Wealth’
Wealth is a measure of the value of all of the assets of worth owned by a person, community, company or country. Wealth is the found by taking the total market value of all the physical and intangible assets of the entity and then subtracting all debts.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wealth.asp
Wealth of a country = Assets – Debts
MR didn’t download vast amounts of wealth into Sri Lanka on the contrary, he got this island into the debt trap and made his clan cronies wealthy.
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ramona therese fernando / April 13, 2016
Well,……let’s just say that Rajapaksa was merely following the Adam Smith/Paul Krugman Laizzes-Fair, Libertarian, Invisible-Hand et.al system. It had to be tried sometime……
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Tamil from the north / April 13, 2016
Edward Upali is an arse from the south.
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colin / April 11, 2016
No point casting aspirations so let us pray for Divine intervention on those who robbed the country whoever it may be if man doesnt bring the guilty to task.If someone feels his hands are clean he can sleep tight but if not the past will haunt that person to the grave. Its only those who are guilty are afraid, God’s law of Justice moves slowly but surely.
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vishvajith / April 11, 2016
Congratulations, well done to those who pilfered money from the state.
We are the voters who elected Govt’s who ensured there will no ” Good Governance ” in the country.
So, we must congratulate ourselves too. Well done.
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Tamil from the north / April 11, 2016
Look at this dirty gamaya bugger from the dry desolate fields of Hambantota droving away at the fools of this country. SOB should be castrated and shot in the back like what the Italians did to Benito Musolini.
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Shan / April 11, 2016
Another despicable attempt by CT to insinuate that MR stole money without any evidence to back that claim. This is my problem with the current government and so called investigative journalists. They want us to believe what they say but fail to present any evidence to back their claims.
Reading CT, you know that sizable LTTE sympathizers among CT posters so I get their hatred. It baffles me why others jump to conclusions without facts. MR should be punished for corruption but please bring the evidence.
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Tamil from the north / April 11, 2016
@Shan, are you really out of your mind. If you are an LTTE supporter, then you hate this gamaya bugger. But if you are not a supporter of the LTTE, then you cannot criticize this village buffoon? Oh my, I am confused now. Brilliant logic indeed. For your information, I hate the LTTE and happy that they have been decimated. But remember, 40000 civilians also perished with the dreaded LTTE. Gamaya also stole 19 billion US dollars. My understanding was 21 US billion, anyway it is fairly close.
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Edward Upali / April 11, 2016
The Panama papers list does not include any Rajapakses. So from where do you get the information about Rajapakse stealing the money.
Why don’t you denounce the many Tamils in the Panama list, who have offshore accounts. Are they all your blood brothers.
From where did you get the 40,000 number, who perished with the LTTE ?.
Lots of Tamils, Sinhalese & Moslems were killed by VP during his 30 years of terror. Are you talking of them or are you talking of the Tamils living in Toronto, who are claiming to be dead both in Sri Lanka & Canada to avoid income tax.
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Tamil from the north / April 12, 2016
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Tamil from the north / April 13, 2016
Sothy Upali: From where did you get the 40,000 number, who perished with the LTTE ?.
Your wife told me that.
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shankar / April 11, 2016
so this what mangala was howling that rajapakshe’s have pilfered 19 billion USD.
Lets first see what it should be called before naming it pilferage and by whom.
the article says “was moved out of Sri Lanka by various tax evaders including businessmen, and politicians.”
To say that it is the rajapakshes who have done it is therefore incorrect.many are moving their money out most probably to tax havens or places where the tax rate is lower than ours o expecting devaluation in the ruppee.What the report tries to show is that we should have better controls by our central bank to try to have stopped this.
from 2000 we have had about 1.5 at least leaving the country like this.Only in 2010 and 2011 it seems to have increased to 2.5 and 4.5 respectively.so a total excess of about 5 billion USD during these two years.So the rajapakshe era should be accountable only for this 5 billion USD which is extra over the chandrika era.I’am wondering whether the end of the war in 2009 had anything to do with people moving more money than usual out in 2010 and 2011.It seems to have come back to the normal levels after that.
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don ganegoda / April 11, 2016
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DPJ / April 11, 2016
You don’t have to prove that MARA and his kith and kin and his other associates stole the money to the tune that it sent even the Central Bank going bankrupt with a loss in trillions apart from Sri Lankan Airlines,Mihin Air, CEB, CPC, Sri Lanka Cricket and many other SOEs. Now that it is quite evident he is thriving on stolen money, I would like to advise MARA to admit and arrange to repatriate the stolen billions and condition that he and his cohorts shall be pardoned for crimes committed against the people. Mind you folks he is a fellow who went for a job at the Vidyodaya University library for Rs. 180/= a month in 1968. Would he have done so if he had any ancestral property. Chandrika and Ranil did not.
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Charlie Chaplin / April 11, 2016
DPJ
Irrespective of what MR may have done in later life , he should not be looked down upon because he worked for 180.00 a month in 1968 . Not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth . Bringing RW and CBK into the equation is laughable . You seem to be completely overawed by the so called ‘elite’ . Chip on your shoulder, mate?
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Maghribi / April 11, 2016
All fart, no shit. The excuse of prosecuting the criminals within the law is past sell by date.
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A.D.J. Perera / April 11, 2016
Isn’t it the responsibility of commentators to keep these pages nice, clean and civil. Don’t forget foreigners read CT too. Comments such as this lower the image of all Sri Lankans. Please try to reach higher standards.
A.D.J. Perera
Rajagiriya
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Ceylonese / April 12, 2016
Try to comprehend a linguistic expression
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pora / April 11, 2016
According to what I heard an associate of chamika ranawaka and some muslim businessmen were involved in the panama papers. Do they implicate MR also ? …false hope toiyas this is just another nut job essay.
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Sylvia Haik / April 12, 2016
There’s no doubt the Rajapakses are implicated in this massive theft but it is still an allegation until the investigation is over. However whenever the Rajapakses are implicated the motley crew of Rajapakse bootlickers like Shankar, Edward Upali, Shan, Paul, Wow, Anotherbuddhist, Thadi Bada etc. will rise up to flog that dead horse by muddying the waters with stupid accusations such as “Others were doing it” etc. We don’t need to go far but just ask the Rajapakses to explain from where they got the money to buy up those properties in Oklahoma, USA and perhaps in Sri Lanka as well. Their father D A Rajapakse was an honourable politician and did not leave them any money. If we do not have the werewithall to charge him with that, we should pass it on to India who successfully convicted Jayalalitha on similar charges.This is not without precedent as Ferdinand Markos who pilfered even more from Philippines was made to repatriate most of it.
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Analyst / April 12, 2016
Sylvia Haik
Very well said ,
the 7 Bootlickers mentioned above will continue to flog the dead horse until
their propaganda of raw lies dries out.
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Shan / April 12, 2016
“There’s no doubt the Rajapakses are implicated in this massive theft but it is still an allegation until the investigation is over.”
Rest my case.
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Wow / April 12, 2016
Well this “motley crew” has an overwhelming opposition from the batalanada Ranil sycophants of CT. I’m curious as to why you do not ask the same questions regarding the bank bonds scam or the defender incident or the millenium city incident. Maybe it is a “stupid accusation” according to you, i dunno. Its hard to figure out what passes for “smart” these days. The point is, you are too busy with the “allegations” aimed at the previous government that you don’t see how the current government is leading us towards bankruptcy. And the popular answer to that is “its all because of what MR did”. Hence, the need arises to point out that it is infact, the work of the current government that is leading us to doom. The government is hiding behind the allegations while fooling the people. When we point that out, you see us as defending the Rajapaksa’s. Again, I do think that, MR was a hora. But he was a good hora with good management skills. And he stole, just as much as the other politicians did, its hard to do politics otherwise. The exaggerated amounts the yahapalanaya allege’s MR of stealing is just looking to be a public stunt to fool the people. Considering the lack of evidence the yahapalanaya uncovered, I think its fair to have doubts about the said allegations.
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paul / April 13, 2016
“just ask the Rajapakses to explain from where they got the money to buy up those properties in Oklahoma, USA”
Not sure whose properties you are referring to. Is it Gota’s and his younger brother’s 2 houses – which they declared before taking up jobs in in SL?. Almost all migrants to Western world eventually become property owners of one type or another. Nothing shocking about the above two.
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Sylvia Haik / April 16, 2016
Photographs of these mansions together with their valuations were published in CT a year or so ago. They are not ordinary houses but massive mansions and worth $millions. Sooner or later that question will be asked. Jayalalitha of Tamil Nadu did not escape it nor did Ferdinand Marcos nor the President of Central African Republic. They all paid the price. The amount of debt the Rajapakse regime had amassed in the process would take generations to untangle if we don’t go bankrupt before then. But you and the other sycophants will blame the present government. One of your motley crew (wow) was commenting Mahinda Rajapakse was a hora but a good hora. That’s like saying you are only slightly pregnant and not responsible for it.
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Ganjapani Gorakapola / April 12, 2016
Well, $19,000m is not a small amount to be hidden under a mattress.
The money must have been transacted through banks and other financial institutions.
Banks and Financial Institutions do maintain records of transactions.
If a universal law requiring every bank and financial institution to divulge its records to investigations related to the Global Financial Integrity’s report, the global community and the global economy will be winners.
In terms of criminals, the world has systems such as Interpol to capture criminals in any part of the world. In terms of evidence related financial crime, the world lacks a global approach.
This may be something which must be taken up with President Obama in the twilight of his tenure.
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renu / April 12, 2016
Did you Mahinda or your wife , Children , brothers know anything about this in the past ten years by any chance? Anything to do with Scyhellus? and Bank of Ceylon along with Mihin Air in 2011? . If you did not know anything you were not fit to be the President
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