
“A UNP source told Pol Chief that Tiran Alles had executed an affidavit detailing Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga’s involvement in the arrangements with Emil Kanthan, a prominent Tamil businessman and suspected LTTE intelligence officer, some time ago. Alles has deposited the original in a secure place accessible to his attorney. Further, Alles had recorded at least one of the meetings between Kanthan and Rajapaksa’s election team (Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga ) with his mobile phone’s video camera. (Note: at least one of the meetings reportedly took place in Alles’ office.)” the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.
The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable was written on June 14, 2007 by the US Ambassador to Colombo, Robert O. Blake.
The Ambassador wrote “According to the source, Alles also kept a copy of the video in a secure location. Several Embassy contacts report having seen at least parts of the video.”
“On June 13, Alles was released on one million rupees bail (roughly 90,000 U.S. dollars) under stringent conditions that include a weekly check-in with the TID. While Alles and his family members were in court for his bail hearing, his house was reportedly ransacked. The burglars seemed to pay special attention to Alles’ home office. Alles’ close friend, former Port Development Minister Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was quoted in the Daily Mirror alleging that the video disk was taken. In addition to the video, Alles stated that one million rupees was taken from his house. Despite this, Sooriyarachchi added that Alles has “important things to disclose, which will be done in the near future,” implying that Alles may have other copies of the video. Blake further wrote.
Below we give the relevant part of the confidential cable;
VZCZCXRO5025 OO RUEHBI RUEHLMC DE RUEHLM #0844/01 1651036 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 141036Z JUN 07 FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6253 INFO RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0458 RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 0195 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 7176 RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 5283 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3831 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 1081 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 3902 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 2988 RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 7762 RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 5422 RUEHON/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0247 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2119 RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY RUEHLMC/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION PRIORITY S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000844 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS MCC FOR D NASSIRY AND E BURKE E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/14/2017 TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE REF: A. COLOMBO 788 ¶B. 2006 COLOMBO 1622 ¶C. COLOMBO 824 Classified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b,d). ¶3. (S) A UNP source told Pol Chief that Tiran Alles had executed an affidavit detailing Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga's involvement in the arrangements with Emil Kanthan, a prominent Tamil businessman and suspected LTTE intelligence officer, some time ago. Alles has deposited the original in a secure place accessible to his attorney. Further, Alles had recorded at least one of the meetings between Kanthan and Rajapaksa's election team (Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga ) with his mobile phone's video camera. (Note: at least one of the meetings reportedly took place in Alles' office.) According to the source, Alles also kept a copy of the video in a secure location. Several Embassy contacts report having seen at least parts of the video. ¶4. (SBU) On June 13, Alles was released on one million rupees bail (roughly 90,000 U.S. dollars) under stringent conditions that include a weekly check-in with the TID. While Alles and his family members were in court for his bail hearing, his house was reportedly ransacked. The burglars seemed to pay special attention to Alles' home office. Alles' close friend, former Port Development Minister Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was quoted in the Daily Mirror alleging that the video disk was taken. In addition to the video, Alles stated that one million rupees was taken from his house. Despite this, Sooriyarachchi added that Alles has "important things to disclose, which will be done in the near future," implying that Alles may have other copies of the COLOMBO 00000844 002 OF 003 video. BLAKE
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