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Last Updated : 2024-04-19 22:36:00
Subsequent to his revelation in the Parliament about forging the security sticker pasted on liquor bottles, Opposition MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday said several hundred thousand liquor bottles with forged security stickers have already entered the market.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya Parliamentarian addressing a news conference at the Opposition Leader’s Office yesterday said certain liquor manufacturers and some senior Excise officials are behind the racket of printing fraudulent security stickers.
MP Pathirana said unlike a regular barcode the particular security sticker cannot be read by the general public using a regular smart phone. It requires a special device for that which is currently possessed by the Excise Department. Therefore, the general public has no means of identifying a genuine liquor bottle from a counterfeit.
“It is the same company, which was entrusted to print the security stickers that has leaked these fake stickers into the market or to the said Excise officials. Since the beginning I have raised this issue from time to time that the company selected by the Ministry of Finance to print these stickers was dodgy and with a fraudulent history.
By issuing these fake stickers to the market the authorities or the public could not distinguish the quality of the liquor one consumes. And it also has a heavy impact on the country’s tax revenue as the counterfeit liquor bottles could not be recognized,” he said.
The Parliamentarian also pointed out the fact that artificial toddy continued to enter the industry of liquor production.
“The country’s daily requirement of toddy is about 150,000 litres and the natural coconut toddy supply per day is 45,000 litres. Therefore, the rest is dependent on the artificially enhanced toddy. Even the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya raised this issue in the House,” MP Pathirana said. (Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana)
BuffaloaCitizen Friday, 25 November 2022 09:20 AM
Behind them will be 100% for sure a Provincial Councilor or Politician or Policemen or Armed Forces Person. However, they will not get caught but only the guy who was running on behalf.
D P P Prasad Friday, 25 November 2022 09:50 AM
The powerful persons who are running illicit breweries manufacture the adulterated alcoholic spirits and distribute among the liquor shops. This is happening for a considerable time period.Besides certain officers from the both excise department as well as the police are aiding and abetting them. Thus these fake stickers are pasted with their knowledge
Jude Friday, 25 November 2022 09:52 AM
Hey Buddika people who are responsible is seated with you in the parliament!! Yeah!!
Jude Friday, 25 November 2022 10:05 AM
skullduggery and shenanigans had ruined the fortunes of many lankans And the 225 responsible!!
Karalasingam Sivalingam Friday, 25 November 2022 08:34 PM
Good revelation, consumers are again being cheated, illicit liquid could be mixed with genuine liquor could cause harmful consequences.
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