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Chairman SriLankan Airlines Caught With Huge Haul Of Foreign Currency
Sunday, 17 June 2012 - 1:58 PM SL Time
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A massive cover up is underway to conceal and shield Chairman SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickramasinghe from being prosecuted for having in his possession an undeclared Rs. 4 million worth of currency both local and foreign.
Repeated attempts by The Sunday Leader to verify from Nishantha Wickramasinghe how he had Rs. 4 million worth of currency in his residence at De Saram Road, Mt. Lavinia failed as Wickramasinghe refused to come to the phone.
Police as well as top management at SriLankan Airlines also fought shy of revealing any details or providing explanations on how Wickramasinghe came to be in the possession of such a massive sum of undeclared currency stashed in his home when thieves broke in and stole the loot. Even the police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana, three days after the robbery, claimed he was unaware of such an incident when contacted by the media.
SriLankan Airlines CEO, Kapila Chandrasena declined to comment when asked if Wickramasinghe had recently been afforded a monthly remuneration package of Rs. 500,000 plus perks. Please ask the Board Secretary, he pleaded, requesting that we leave him out of this controversy.
Board Secretary Ms. Melgrade Peiris maintained she could not divulge company information which is privileged.
Eight special police units have been deployed to search for the thieves who broke into Wickramasinghe s residence in Mt. Lavinia on June 7, and got away with Rs. 4 million worth of currency and a Rolex wristwatch valued at Rs. 4 million.
The 8 million rupee heist, according to highly placed sources in the police department, has resulted in 50 people being questioned, but the police told The Sunday Leader that they have no clues yet and no arrests have been made. However a massive police operation is underway but no investigation has been launched to prosecute Wickramasinghe who is clearly in violation of Exchange Control laws.
Controller, Exchange Control Department of the Central Bank P. H. O. Chandrawansa said that if a person retains foreign currency worth US$ 2,000 with him 90 days after returning to Sri Lanka from overseas it is a violation of the Exchange Control Act.
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seethrough
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 17 Jun 2012 07:15:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Come on guys...he is King Percy's BIL and he has total immunity.
Who is going to prosecute his massina for taking around the planes like borrowing a bicycle costing billions of dollars?
Modayas have to keep quiet and that is why they are modayas.
From Brazil he is bringing Pirahana Fish from the Amazon to rear in kelani river. He things soon there will be bodies floating down Kelani river and the fish will help to erase all the evidence.
In Mullativu he is spending millions of dollars importing chemicals from Cheena to erase the Dhemalu remains who were butchered.
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 17 Jun 2012 07:39:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Nothing will happen to the Chairman. Rs4m or even rs40m. 4m is about 16k. This is peanuts for the chairman and other people in his position. They need this as pocket money when they are abroad. |
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 17 Jun 2012 07:51:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Rs 4 million is peanuts for any politicians and their relatives.
For C Wealth games preparation alone they spent Rs 200million.
Gov subsidizes Rs 900million a month to SLTB.
Rs 4 mil is nothing.
Edited By - Roshan2007 - 17 Jun 2012 07:53:01 GMT |
NeverAgain
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17 Jun 2012 08:18:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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SriLankan Airlines CEO, Kapila Chandrasena declined to comment when asked if Wickramasinghe had recently been afforded a monthly remuneration package of Rs. 500,000 plus perks
For a chairman, this does not sound like a lot of money!
In any case, law should be applicable equally to everyone and unfortunately, this guy will get away with the crime if he committed one. |
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17 Jun 2012 08:23:42 GMT Report for Abuse
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Minister Wimal Weerawansa being introduced to Cuban President Raul Castro by President Mahinda Rajapaksa prior to the meeting between the two leaders at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana on Sunday
Is this the only country that Wimal could visit because of his past history?
Perhaps Ctry can tell us how things are in Havana. Diaspora must be there to protest.
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17 Jun 2012 09:28:08 GMT Report for Abuse
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Perhaps Ctry can tell us how things are in Havana. Diaspora must be there to protest.
Diaspora is not interested about Cuba. If Beraya Weeramonkey is taken along in the cargo hold then why should Diaspora waste their time.
How many stooges and yes men joined this entourage?
Hope Percy leaves behind beraya in Cuba so that the bugger can work in the Sugar Plantation. Did Mervin the Menace also join the trip?
Kaapallo, beepallo, joly karapallo in going to be the national anthem! |
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 17 Jun 2012 09:51:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Controller, Exchange Control Department of the Central Bank P. H. O. Chandrawansa said that if a person retains foreign currency worth US$ 2,000 with him 90 days after returning to Sri Lanka from overseas it is a violation of the Exchange Control Act.
Hiks...How many LNP users are following this rule.... -)))
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17 Jun 2012 09:54:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hey basted....
You can buy in open market Vietnam and Cambodian rice at US$250-500 per Metric ton, depend on the quality. 100% broken even much much cheaper.
say, US$200 x 130 (Rs. rate) =Rs26000 per 1000 Kg of rice
Then how much per Kilogram in Rupees? Rs 26 per Kilogram of rice(not paddy)
Is this from your wife's paddy field and mill that you can buy rice US $200 per mtn..???
Whom you are trying to fool...??
Show me any open market source in Vietnam, Thailand, India, Pakistan that selling rice for USD 200 per mtn....??
Sri Lanka has produced 95665 mtn of rice for 2010/2011 Maha season.
http://www.statistics.gov.lk/agriculture/
From the millers if any one buying whole sale you can buy from Rs 40 to 60 per kilo depend on the rice variety.
Pakistan rice prices,
White Rice
IRRI-6 Long Grain WhiteRice
5% broken
U.S 490/-$ Per Metric Tons FOB Karachi Port PAKISTAN
Broken Under 25% Max
U.S 470/-$ Per Metric Tons FOB Karachi Port PAKISTAN
Basmati Long Grain White Rice
Old Crop 2010-11
Broken Under 2% Max
U.S 765/-$ Per Metric Tons FOB Karachi Port PAKISTAN
IRRI-6 Long Grain parboiled (SELLA) Rice
U.S 485/-$ Per Metric Tons FOB Karachi Port PAKISTAN
The offer price of 5 percent broken grade Vietnamese rice rose to $440-$450 a tonne, on a free-on-board basis, from $435-$445 last week. The price of 25 percent broken rice also rose to $405-$425 a tonne, from $390-$405. 'Quotations are higher now following the new floors, which slow trading,' a trader in Ho Chi Minh City said.
From April 9, the food association raised the minimum export price for Vietnam's 5 percent broken rice nearly 6 percent, to $450 a tonne, on a free-on-board basis, from $425 earlier. The floor price of 25 percent broken grade white rice was also increased a little over 6 percent, to $425.
http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1177469/
No one cant buy even 100% broken rice for USD 200...
This basted...born with a lie and living with lies.....is he thinking that LNP bloggers are blindly believe his lies...
Just FK off rather than trying to find reasons to criticise Sri Lanka...
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Edited By - AstroLTTE - 17 Jun 2012 09:56:26 GMT |
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17 Jun 2012 10:13:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hiks...How many LNP users are following this rule.... -)))
Hikz, there are credit cards and NRFC accounts, internet money remittances across borders.
Who bothers to carry cash? |
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17 Jun 2012 10:24:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hikz, there are credit cards and NRFC accounts, internet money remittances across borders.
bank fees AUD 15 per ATM transaction overseas |
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