{"id":146919,"date":"2015-07-04T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=146919"},"modified":"2015-07-10T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T18:31:31","slug":"ivan-must-return-the-bucks-he-took-supporters-including-73-year-old-pensioner-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ivan-must-return-the-bucks-he-took-supporters-including-73-year-old-pensioner-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Must Return The Bucks He Took: Supporters Including 73 Year Old Pensioner Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well-wishers who supported Ravaya Solidarity (RS) after the newspaper made a public appeal to help keep the newspaper afloat, urge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Victor+Ivan&amp;x=15&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Victor Ivan<\/span><\/a> to return the Rs 5 million he has robbed from the RS Funds collected consequently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_146920\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victor-Ivan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victor-Ivan.jpg\" alt=\"Victor\" width=\"202\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A 73 year old pensioner and retired wife of a Principal shared with Colombo Telegraph the following account on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My husband passed away three years ago and I live on his pension of Rs 12,500. After teaching students his entire life this is the amount I get as a widow of a government servant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, as an admirer of Ravaya, even I managed to collect a sum of Rs 10,000 after enduring much hardship and donated it towards their appealed cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I am sick to the bone as I am made to believe that Victor Ivan has pocketed even that money I donated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He should return this money or else I am happy to appear on state television or any other media forum and expose him for this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am still to get a receipt of acknowledgement for this donation I made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even my own family members collectively donated around Rs 150,000 apart from my donation. 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