Udayanga’s 16 bank accounts suspended

4 January 2017 05:43 pm

Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today ordered to suspend the transactions of 16 bank accounts of one-time Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga over the inquiry conducted into the huge financial loss caused to the Government in the purchase of Ukraine-built MIG-27 aircraft in 2006.

According to the FCID, USD 1.5 million funds were found deposited in the said 16 accounts of two private banks. (Shehan Chamika Silva)