{"id":142495,"date":"2015-04-08T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=142495"},"modified":"2015-04-19T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T11:48:19","slug":"boi-reveals-rohitha-rajapaksas-illegal-rush-tag-baggage-business-full-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/boi-reveals-rohitha-rajapaksas-illegal-rush-tag-baggage-business-full-report\/","title":{"rendered":"BoI Reveals Rohitha Rajapaksa&#8217;s Illegal &#8216;Rush Tag&#8217; Baggage Business: Full Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The board of Inquiry headed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=J.+C.+Weliamuna&amp;x=9&amp;y=0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">J.C. Weliamuna<\/span><\/a> on Sri Lankan airlines has found blatant violation of airline regulations and the use of embassies for illegal business activities under the Rajapaksa regime.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-134869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa.jpg\" alt=\"Rohitha Rajapaksa\" width=\"639\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-800x906.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>The inquiry found that the High Commission had been sending unaccompanied cabin bags with a \u201cRush Tag\u201d in UL flights to be collected in Colombo by \u201cauthorities\u201d. ( Rush tag means and identification tag for re-dispatched baggage &#8211; lost, unclaimed or mishandled baggage)<\/p>\n<p>According to the Weliamuna report, then London station manager Desiree Premachandra who tried to stop this illegal practice of sending motor spare parts for the use of former president\u2019s son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rohitha+Rajapaksa&amp;x=8&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rohitha Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> had been suddenly transferred out on the direction of the former President Rajapaska.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of External affairs is urged to inquire into the conduct of the officials attached to the High Commission of London who were involved in sending unaccompanied baggage using SriLankan airline by the BoI.<\/p>\n<p>Read the report below;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-142497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-.jpg\" alt=\"Rohitha Rajapaksa Airlanka\" width=\"640\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka--231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka--791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka--800x1035.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-142496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rohitha Rajapaksa Airlanka Colombo Telegraph 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rohitha-Rajapaksa-Airlanka-Colombo-Telegraph-1-800x1035.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":134868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BoI Reveals Rohitha Rajapaksa&#039;s Illegal &#039;Rush Tag&#039; 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