{"id":181878,"date":"2017-09-08T17:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=181878"},"modified":"2017-09-09T20:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T14:31:25","slug":"bond-scam-rosy-uses-pm-privileges-does-a-ravi-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-rosy-uses-pm-privileges-does-a-ravi-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond Scam: Rosy Uses PM Privileges, Does A Ravi K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former MP and Ex- COPE member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rosy+Senanayake\">Rosy Senanayake<\/a> following the style of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ravi+Karunanayak\">Ravi Karunanayak<\/a>e, who is also now directly a part of the Prime Ministers retinue denied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-rosys-name-surfaces-in-leaks-to-arjuna-mahendran\/\">&#8220;having knowledge&#8221; of anything to do with her name surfacing during<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bond+Scam\">Bond Commission<\/a> revelations.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to the media, under the letterhead of the Prime Ministers office Senanayake said she denies all inferences drawn against her.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-rosys-name-surfaces-in-leaks-to-arjuna-mahendran\/\">conversation<\/a> which involved her son, Kanishka Senanayake was in reference to him in his personal capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Senanayake instead of setting out the facts straight before the public on a matter that was personal in nature, used the Prime MInister&#8217;s office to lambast the media and its conduct.<\/p>\n<p>She failed to point out as to if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Arjun+Aloysius\">Arjun Aloysius<\/a> and her son knew each other. Commenting on the nexus between the two, Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-rosys-name-surfaces-in-leaks-to-arjuna-mahendran\/\">Justice Jayawardena said<\/a> that they had a common meeting point which was the &#8220;infamous international school in Colombo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Senanayake&#8217;s son was a student of Colombo International School, the same school at which Arjun Aloysius, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Anika+Wijesuriya\">Anika Wijesuriya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Onella+Wiranthi+Karunanayake\">Ravi Karunanayakes daughters<\/a> studied.<\/p>\n<p>She failed to say how ethical it was for her to sit on a committee investigating her son&#8217;s friend, who had made a startling 40 billion rupee profit in the years after the new Government took over.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ravi-k-retains-vip-perks-made-virtual-minister-of-rural-infrastructure-development\/\">Ravi Karunanayake despite living in the house paid by Arjun Aloysius<\/a> for over 9 months and thereafter purchasing the house from Anika Wijesuriya, denied having any knowledge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ag-hits-back-at-ravi-calls-him-illiterate\/\">conflict of interest or allegations of bribery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also attacked the media of tarnishing him.<\/p>\n<p>Senanayake followed the same line of defence, targeting the media, in what was only a reported conversation, during which her name surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>Senanayake earlier refused to sign the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bond-scam-full-text-of-interim-report-of-cope-inquiry\/\">Interim Report by the COPE committee headed by DEW Gunasekara<\/a> appointed to investigate into the Bonds issued.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the statement in full:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Statement-issued-by-Rocy-Senanayake-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Statement-issued-by-Rocy-Senanayake-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Statement-issued-by-Rocy-Senanayake-1.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Statement-issued-by-Rocy-Senanayake-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sajin-appoints-rosys-daughter-11-others-as-chogm-70k-consultants\/\"><strong>Sajin Appoints Rosy\u2019s Daughter, 11 Others As CHOGM 70k Consultants<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":181880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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