AG orders to obtain warrant and arrest ex-SriLankan CEO and wife
Posted by Editor on February 3, 2020 - 4:27 pm
The Attorney General Dappula De Livera has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to obtain a warrant and arrest the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena and his wife Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayaka on charges of money laundering.
AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that the Attorney General had issued these instructions after considering the investigative material submitted by the CID on controversial air bus deal of SriLankan Airlines in 2013.
The AG has also directed CID to forward the investigative extracts to the Bribery Commission Director General in order to consider charges against Chandrasena over the air bus deal.
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All those who robbed the nation, meaning people of Sri Lanka, irrespective of their political connections, social standing, religious standing, must be punished, and punished most severely, to assure not only justice for the people, but as a lesson to all the fat-cats and their wives who are at this very minute, knowing how things work in Sri Lanka, I am sure are scheming ‘how to do it, but also beat the rap.”
Dear Kevin,
Excellent comment.
If your view is applied equitably on all political incumbents, it would result in an extreme leadership vacuum in all recognised political parties at all levels of Govt.