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USD 5 mn received as compensation for New Diamond disaster also missing: Vijitha

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NPP MP Vijitha Herath today revealed that USD 5 million which was credited to a Union Bank account belonging to the GAC Shipping Ltd. in Sri Lanka as part of the compensation for the New Diamond disaster had been transferred to an overseas account and hence demanded an investigation into the incident.

The MP told Parliament that USD 5 million has been credited by the German Deutsche Bank to the account of the GAC Shipping Ltd. at Union Bank in Sri Lanka on behalf of the Singaporean Company called Smith, between January and May, 2022 and that the same amount has been transferred to an overseas account.

He said an investigation should be conducted to ascertain what had happened to the USD 5 million which was received as compensation for the New Diamond disaster.

The MP said a report should be submitted in Parliament on the matter. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)


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  • Spartacus Tuesday, 25 April 2023 04:57 PM

    Does it dawn on anybody how Gota could afford to go on a chartered flight to Maldives and then stay in the highest paid hotel in Singapore for one whole month.

    Robin Banks Tuesday, 25 April 2023 05:31 PM

    Wherever there is a rajapaksa, US dollars evaporate into thin air. It's called the rajapaksa triangle.

    Here is the answer to nab the culprits Hon. Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe. Published: Sunday Observer 20.06.2021 - MV PERAL EXPRESS DISASTER. HE. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD KINDLY TAKE STERN ACTIO Tuesday, 25 April 2023 06:19 PM

    Here is the answer to nab the culprits Hon. Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe. Published: Sunday Observer 20.06.2021 - MV PERAL EXPRESS DISASTER. HE. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD KINDLY TAKE STERN ACTION ON THIS DISASTER AND FIND OUT THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS GREAT DISASTER THAT HAS PUT OUR "MAATHRUBOOMIYA" IN GREAT PERIL. HE. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA IS THE ONLY LEADER IN THE HISTORY OF SRI LANKA WHO CAN PUT AN END TO THE MISERY OF CORRUPTION THAT OUR "MAATHRUBOOMIYA" HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO BY UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS MAGNATES AND OTHERS. PRESIDENT GOTABAYA RJAPAKSA DID WIN THE RUTHLESS WAR AGAINST THE LTTE IN 2009, THE PRESIDENT CAN WIN THIS WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION TOO, YOUR EXCELLENCY SIR. This does not happen as a result of a mistake. This only happens because of corruption. Take a look at the “worst marine environmental “disaster,” created by these officials and the catastrophe facing our people. How did the Port Authority staff who allowed this MV X-Press Pear

    German Tuesday, 25 April 2023 08:59 PM

    What about the fishermen? What a horrible horrible horrible country!

    Ceylonese Wednesday, 26 April 2023 12:02 PM

    It is clear, according to the NPP MP Vijitha Herath, the period of missing fund deposited by the Deutsche bank in the Union bank, to which, Ranil Wickremasinghe should be accoutable as he took over as the President of Sri Lanka during the period. Also, NPP MP Vijitha Herath must raise the issue that Ranil involved in, with Arjun Mahendran being helped to ROBB the CBSL Treasury Bond (Scam).


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