5 October 2021 04:31 pm
The National People's' Power (NPP) MP Vijitha Herath today urged the Government to reveal the actual owner of the Rosetti Ltd., the Company which was set up by former parliamentarian Nirupama Rajapaksa and her husband Thirukumar Nadesan in the Jersey Island as exposed by the Pandora papers.
He told Parliament that the Government could not keep quiet on the incident claiming that it was a personal account and that the Government has a responsibility to educate the people on this matter.
He said the Government should reveal who had the official registration of Rosetti Ltd. and whether the bank account connected to it was under the name of Nirupama Rajapaksa or Thirukumar Nadesan or if it was a joint-account.
"According to Pandora Papers, the account was opened in 1991. The Money laundering Act was enacted in Sri Lanka in 2006. It should be revealed whether money had been channelled to this account after the Money laundering Act was enacted. How much money has been channelled and how the money has been channeled," he said.
The MP said several individuals such as Vidya Amarapala were listed in such papers for similar incidents and said this was the first time where a politician was listed in an incident of this nature.
"The previous Government did not take any action when Vidya Amarapala's name was revealed. He fled to Australia and the incident went uninvestigated thereafter," he said.
He said the Government should reveal its stance whether action would be taken against the culprits under Money Laundering Act, if money had been channeled to the particular account after 2006.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)