Treasury Secretary summoned before COPF

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Colombo, April 28 (Daily Mirror) - Treasury Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma has been summoned to appear before the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) to provide explanations regarding a cyber theft involving the alleged loss of USD 2.5 million.

He has been instructed to appear before the committee on Thursday (30), along with other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, COPF Chairman Harsha de Silva said.

Addressing the media, Harsha de Silva noted that the decision to summon the officials was taken unanimously by the committee, highlighting the seriousness of the incident.

“We must look at this as a national issue. We cannot solve this with partisan views. There is clearly a problem, and Parliament has the full authority over public finance,” he said.

He further added that the committee is vested with powers under Standing Orders to summon officials and conduct a detailed inquiry into the matter.

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citizen Silve Wednesday, 29 April 2026 05:09 AM

Is Ravi Karunayake also a member of the COPF committee. If he is then he will know how to rob money from the Treasury as he has lot of experience with the BOND SCAM.

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Dr Prasad Edirisooriya Wednesday, 29 April 2026 09:54 AM

And Danga Rissanayake of CIABOG cannot remember Ravi K.

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Nirosh Abeyasinghe Wednesday, 29 April 2026 06:44 AM

Need to setup a central unit with fully trained staff with fully protected IT and other infrastructure with vetted staff to make all the government payments to foreign countries.

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Citizens Wednesday, 29 April 2026 09:23 AM

The BOND SCAM should also be investigated? Nobody is talking about that

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