Report that FCID officers who visited

US to investigate fraud of Gotas son

and daughter in law escaped arrest is
an absolute lie !

(Lanka-e-News-14.Feb.2017, 11.30PM) The

story which was circulated that the officers of the FCID ,
senior DIG Ravi Waidyalankara and chief police inspector
Anura Premaratne were nearly arrested in the US by the
FBI when the officers went to US to investigate a criminal
misappropriation of public funds committed by
Gotabayas son and latters wife who are in California, has
been proved as absolutely false. The weekend newspaper
and the website belonging to the same owner which
reported this near arrest bogus news are to be sued under
section 5 of the right to information Act . based on
reports reaching Lanka e news.
This totally false report had been published at the behest
of Gotabaya Rajapakse , and this was orchestrated
following a discussion between Gotabaya and the
unscrupulous owner of the newspaper and website .
According to section 5 of the right to information Act , information
that can damage the diplomatic relationship between Sri Lanka
and a foreign country shall not be published. Hence , when the
owner of the newspaper and the website became aware that legal
action is going to be instituted pertaining to the mendacious and
malicious reports , he had through another website belonging to
him has made another report that what was published earlier by
himself is a lie.
Complaint and investigation against Gotabaya
The officers Ravi Waidyalankara and Anura Premaratne of the
FCID left for California following a complaint made by foreign
minister Mangala Samaraweera to the FCID on 3 rd December
2016.
According to the complaint ,payments have been made in
respect of the residence that was used by Dr. Hector Weerasinghe
who was the Consul to California even after he left the residence
and returned to SL . That is, payments have been released
towards this residence after July 2013 even when it was not being
used, and there was no Consul.
Malraj De Silva residing in California, who is engaged in
the money laundering activities on behalf of Gotabaya
was given appointment from Colombo after the return of
Weerasinghe , but American authorities did not approve
Malrajs appointment.
In other words there was no legally appointed consul. Yet the
monthly rent of US dollars 8000.00 had been continuously paid
for the house used earlier by the Consul. Whats more ? payments
have also been released to meet expenses in respect of
internet , telephone and television facilities in the house. What is
most rudely shocking is , the internet facilities had been obtained
 after Weerasinghe returned to SL which is suggestive what
amount of murky activities have gone on.
Meanwhile two officers Lakshman and Indika of the
army were dispatched purportedly for duties at the Consul office
.But these officers have never reported for work at the Consul
office and have stayed at the residence aforementioned. Besides
they have been paid double salaries monthly by foreign
ministry and the army.

Such payment twice over by two government departments is

absolutely illegal . The stark truth is , it is Gotabayas son and
daughter in law who were residing in that house .Even the vehicle
of the Consul had been used by this couple, while the two army
officers have been working as driver and security for Gotas son
and daughter in law.

What is most intriguing about this racket is , the vehicle that was
used had almost daily travelled to one location, the Pamona
University based on records. During that period , it was Gotas
daughter in law who was studying at Pamona University, and the
two army officers aforementioned served as driver and security
personnel for Gotas son and daughter in law. Salaries and
overtime for these two army officers were paid illegally out of the
Sri Lankan peoples funds.
Though payment can be made only for a maximum of 100 hours
overtime for a month ,these two officers have each collected
payments for over 150 hours overtime monthly . These two
culprits had been in that house for two weeks even after the
collapse of the corrupt crooked Rajapakse regime . They have
returned to SL only thereafter.
This corruption of the Rajapakse crooks came to light for the first
time only after Swarna Premachandra , a sister of Bharatha
Lakshman ( allegedly murdered by Rajapakses ) was appointed as
the new Consul to California and this fraud was discovered by the
audit officers she took from Colombo to her California office. The
foreign minister upon coming to know of this racket made a
complaint to the FCID.
The monumental falsehoods published by the newspaper
and web
Based on the complaint made by the foreign minister ,Ravi
Waidyalankara senior DIG and Anura Premaratne CI of the FCID
left for California after informing the US government through the
foreign ministry. The news reports in the newspaper and the
website that Ravi and Anura had not followed the diplomatic
protocol governing foreign trips is therefore an absolute lie.
In any event the diplomatic office or Consular office of a country
in a foreign state belongs not to the country where it is located
but to the country which is running the diplomatic service
.According to international law , if there has been a fraud or
corruption in such a diplomatic office , the right to conduct the
investigation belongs to the country to which the diplomatic office
belongs and not to the country where it is located.
Some years ago when the Burmese ambassador shot and killed
his wife within the embassy in Sri Lanka . The SL government did
not have any right to investigate that murder . Moreover the
remains of the victim was taken to Burma and the ambassador
too was summoned to Burma for investigation.
That being a good example to illustrate how the international law
operates , the right to investigation into the corruption and fraud
that took place in California in the SL consular office in the US ,
belongs absolutely to the SL police . Though the newspaper and
website owner aforementioned does not know the law , the US
Officials are fully aware .
Hence there was no attempt made to arrest the FCID officers of SL
while in California as reported by the newspaper and the website
and the news reports were totally fabricated and false . On the
contrary what happened was , the local FCID officers were
assisted in their investigations when they were in the US.
In the investigation report it is mentioned , Malraj De Silva the
dual citizen (SL and US) who was involved in the money
laundering on behalf of Gotabaya could not be met , neither was
he interrogated by the FCID officers. The police officers who
phoned Malraj had requested the latter to arrive at the California
consular office and voluntarily assist in the investigations
conducted by the government , and make a statement. Malraj
however has declined the request.

When Malraj told the FCID officers to come and meet him at the
place where he is , the police officers have rejected the request
and told him , if he is not prepared to make a statement
voluntarily , that is no issue , but since he is a dual citizen , they
will meet him the day he comes to SL.
The FCID officers who then left for Washington from California ,
returned home after completing their assignment.
While this is the true picture , the infernal newspaper and
website concocted an entirely bogus story that the FCID
met an individual without meeting him ; the FBI
attempted to arrest the FCID officers ; and following the
arrest at the American airport they had to return to the
country after leaving back all the documents relating to
investigation they took along including their baggage .
Moreover, when the foreign government was
investigating , the local police officers did not know
protocol , the false report further mentioned.

In addition , the country was awash with posters which

were pasted saying FCID chief who went escapes by a
hairs breadth
Gotabaya of course who knew for a long time that an
investigation is going to be instituted against his son and
daughter in law scooted to America. When the FCID was
conducting the investigation , Gota was in Malrajs house
aforementioned. Not only Gota even Basil his other notorious
 brother was in California at that time. The venal sordid media
which was under the pay of Gotabaya for a long time made sure
the truth was distorted and publicized.
Was the right to information enactment introduced to
permit sordid media scoundrels to publish news canards ?
Sadly, this is not the first time such newspapers and their
websites have carried bogus news . Some weeks ago too ,
there was a newspaper canard supported with posters
and photographs published by a weekend newspaper and
the website belonging to it , that the civil organization
leaders are going to accept ministerial portfolios.
Let it be known that the good governance government
enacted laws regarding right to information not to permit
the sordid media scoundrels to indulge in a profusion of
lies and distortions, but rather to reinforce the peoples
right to information . The officials should therefore take
measures to put a full stop to these deadly and dangerous
mendacious activities of the media scoundrels and
villains , and ensure that the peoples right to information
is given full play , without allowing scoundrels , villains
and rascals to exploit the Act to their advantage , and
against the citizens. Otherwise no mattter what laws are
enacted , the people are not going to reap its benefits ,
and good governance will only be playing into the hands
of the crooks, traitors and unscrupulous media Institution
owners.

(Await a comprehensive report on the corruption and fraud

indulged in by any diddle will do son and daughter in law of
yankee doodle do Gotabaya)
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by (2017-02-14 19:21:37)
Posted by Thavam