{"id":152294,"date":"2015-10-15T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=152294"},"modified":"2015-10-15T22:01:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:31:23","slug":"rajitha-reiterates-mr-cronies-banked-us-500-m-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajitha-reiterates-mr-cronies-banked-us-500-m-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajitha Reiterates MR Cronies Banked US $ 500 M In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Rajitha Senaratne<\/span><\/a> today reiterated that the government had reliable information on eight accounts maintained by some top-notch politicians and officials of the former regime in several Banks in Dubai, with deposits amounting to more than US $500 million.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to media in Colombo today Senaratne said that the government expects to freeze these accounts with the UAE government’s help and bring back the money which were plundered by corrupt officials and politicians of the past regime.<\/p>\n

While noting that there was an ongoing investigation, Senaratne said the names of the account holders will be revealed after the investigations are over.<\/p>\n

Disclosing the amount of monies deposited in some of the accounts Senaratne went on to say that in one account there was more than US $500 million while another two had US $1.086 million and 1.8 million respectively.<\/p>\n

When a journalist said that Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has refuted claims<\/span><\/a> that he had maintained an account in a Dubai bank with deposits amounting to US $500 million, Minister Senaratne replied that no one had accused Namal, the eldest son of Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the cap fits, Namal can wear it\u201d Rajitha replied in response to the question raised by the journalist.<\/p>\n

Earlier Senaratne had said that Sri Lankan investigators have located more than $2 billion that was secretly transferred to accounts in Dubai by figures close to the administration of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n

“We have information that more than $10 billion, more than our country’s foreign reserves, is kept outside the country by those closely related to the last government,” Senaratne had earlier said.<\/p>\n

However Rajapaksa family members have dismissed as “nonsense” the government’s purported claims..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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