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\u201cA UNP source told Pol Chief that Tiran Alles had executed an affidavit detailing Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga’s involvement in the arrangements with Emil Kanthan, a prominent Tamil businessman and suspected LTTE intelligence officer, some time ago. Alles has deposited the original in a secure place accessible to his attorney. Further, Alles had recorded at least one of the meetings between Kanthan and Rajapaksa’s election team (Basil Rajapaksa, Jayasundera and Weeratunga ) with his mobile phone’s video camera. (Note: at least one of the meetings reportedly took place in Alles’ office.)\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rajapaksa, Mangala and Tiran<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable was written on June\u00a0 14, 2007 by the US Ambassador to Colombo, Robert O. Blake.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador wrote \u201cAccording to the source, Alles also kept a copy of the video in a secure location. Several Embassy contacts report having seen at least parts of the video.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn June 13, Alles was released on one million rupees bail (roughly 90,000 U.S. dollars) under stringent conditions that include a weekly check-in with the TID. While Alles and his family members were in court for his bail hearing, his house was reportedly ransacked. The burglars seemed to pay special attention to Alles’ home office. Alles’ close friend, former Port Development Minister Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was quoted in the Daily Mirror alleging that the video disk was taken. In addition to the video, Alles stated that one million rupees was taken from his house. Despite this, Sooriyarachchi added that Alles has “important things to disclose, which will be done in the near future,” implying that Alles may have other copies of the video. Blake further wrote.<\/p>\n

Below we give\u00a0the relevant part of the confidential cable;<\/p>\n

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