The President has reportedly received a confidential letter from a resident in Kandy, which cites that a sum of Rs. 05 million has been given to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the CID to sweep the infamous OnmaxDT pyramid scam, under the rug.
The resident, a one E.G. Perera from the Yatinuwara area in Kandy, has also requested to direct copies of the letter to CBSL governor, the Attorney General and the DIG heading the CID.
The letter states that a person named ‘Mahanuwara Kasun’ has handed over the aforementioned money to the CBSL and the CID through a one ‘Priyantha Boteju’ of the Rajagiriya area.
Meanwhile, it is also alleged that 3 OnmaxDT Directors including Saranga Randika Jayatissa have given a sum of Rs. 60 million to a son of a minister.
The letter also points out that Mr. Jayatissa is able to provide further details on ‘Priyantha Boteju’ while a certain Director of OnmaxDT has already left the country.
The letter also raises doubts as to why the Directors of OnmaxDT, (namely Kahandawa Arachchilahe Athula Indika Sampath, Sinhala Pedige Gayashan Abeyratne, Lenduwage Sampath Sandaruwan, Galabada Vidhana Arachchilage Saranga Randika Jayatissa and Mallawa Appuhamilage Dhananjaya Jayan), are not arrested over charges of committing a fraud of Rs. 32,000 million.
MPs involved?
Meanwhile, speaking in Parliament today (20), State Minister of Tourism – Diana Gamage has stated that certain Parliamentarians are also embroiled in the OnmaxDT pyramid scam.
The state minister said that while relevant bank accounts with Rs. 3000 million have already been frozen, a staggering Rs. 30,000 million has been siphoned out of the country through this scam.
Noting that the investigations of the CID and the Attorney General’s Department have been slow, the State Minister said that OnmaxDT has collected Rs. 2,920 million from the public, even after being banned.
The aforementioned letter and a clip of the State Minister’s speech in Parliament are as follows :
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says power outages have been reported in several areas including Colombo, due to strong winds that affected the region last night (May 29).
CEB media spokesperson Dhammika Wimalaratne stated that teams have been deployed to promptly restore power in the affected areas.
The CEB has requested the public to report any power outages via the 1987 hotline or the CEB Assist mobile app.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court yesterday (May 29) ordered to remand an inebriated air passenger who had sexually assaulted a flight attendant onboard.
The passenger, a 49-year-old ship captain named Kanagasabhapathi Kushanthan, was accused of sexually assaulting a South African flight attendant while being intoxicated on the flight.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali ordered the suspect, a resident of Vatukotai, Jaffna, to be remanded until June 05.
Katunayake Airport Police OIC – CI Elmo Malcolm Pate, informed the court that the suspect was intoxicated when he sexually assaulted a 39-year-old South African flight attendant on Emirates flight EK 650 from Dubai.
Police informed the court that the flight attendant reported the incident to the pilot, and the suspect was arrested upon landing at Katunayake Airport.
Police stated that the suspect was examined by the Negombo Judicial Medical Officer, who confirmed he was intoxicated, before being presented to the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Several areas in and around Colombo sustained significant damage last night (May 29) as strong winds swept through the city, toppling trees and disrupting traffic movement.
Large trees were reported to have fallen along the Colombo–Galle Road, especially between Kollupitiya and Wellawatte, with similar incidents also occurring in other parts of the city, including Grandpass.
In one of the most severe incidents, a massive tree collapsed on St. Joseph’s Road in Grandpass, causing damage to at least six nearby houses.