{"id":161886,"date":"2016-05-07T14:55:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T09:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161886"},"modified":"2016-05-07T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T09:25:21","slug":"it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me,\u201d &#8211; Sajin Vass Denies Involvement In Rajapaksa\u2019s Shady Dealings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial politician and one time loyalist of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sajin+Vass+Gunawardena&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sajin de Vass Gunawardena<\/span><\/a> has denied any involvement in any of the alleged corrupt dealings of Rajapaksa and family.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116259\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/no-country-for-ordinary-people-and-ordinary-dogs\/mahinda-and-sajin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116259\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mahinda-and-sajin-.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda and Vass\" width=\"269\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mahinda-and-sajin-.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mahinda-and-sajin--192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahinda and Vass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Colombo, Gunawardena said that he will not be a witness in any legal case because he had no involvement in any of the alleged dealings during the Rajapaksa regime. \u201cHow would I know anything about them, when I was not involved in any of these dealings. Investigations are being carried out, so have patience, in due time people will get to know who were behind these deals. I don\u2019t need to be a witness because I was not involved in them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also went on to add that if the accusations leveled by some politicians were true about him acquiring his wealth in an unscrupulous manner, then he would be behind bars by now. \u201cI have submitted all my asset details and my accounts and how I earned my money to the relevant authorities. Everything is transparent. Everyone thinks I got money by stealing, but that is not true. If I had not submitted these information by now, then I would be in jail by now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gunawardena also said that his loyalty was for the SLFP and not for any individual, and hence will continue to work for the betterment of the party under the current leader of the party who is Maithripala Sirisena.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that a certain Rajapaksa was victimizing him. \u201cIt\u2019s not Mahinda Rajapaksa, but another Rajapaksa. This person is using about 12 websites to sling mud against me,\u201d he said while refusing to name which Rajapaksa it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I have not been involved in any corrupt dealings during the previous regime, I can stand straight. I only carried out my duties as a coordinator and as an MP, but I didn\u2019t go beyond that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was not afraid of any investigation because he had nothing to hide. \u201cIf anyone wants to investigate, they should. They will eventually find out that I was not involved in anything shade. I am not scared, I should be scared only if i did something wrong, and I have not done anything wrong,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":54794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me,\u201d - Sajin Vass Denies Involvement In Rajapaksa\u2019s Shady Dealings - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me,\u201d - Sajin Vass Denies Involvement In Rajapaksa\u2019s Shady Dealings - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-07T09:25:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sajin-Vass-Gunewardena.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me,\u201d - Sajin Vass Denies Involvement In Rajapaksa\u2019s Shady Dealings - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sajin-Vass-Gunewardena.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-07T09:25:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sajin-Vass-Gunewardena.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Sajin-Vass-Gunewardena.jpeg\",\"width\":\"600\",\"height\":\"400\",\"caption\":\"Vass\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/it-wasnt-me-sajin-vass-denies-involvement-in-rajapaksas-shady-dealings\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Me,\u201d &#8211; 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