Lankaweb: Sri Lanka: Tuesday,
January 31, 2017.
The Attorney
General (AG) should expose the individuals responsible for the Central Bank
bond scam, the lawyers’ body affiliated to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
(SLPP) said today.
“The AG has a
legal obligation to expose those responsible and take steps to punish those
found guilty,” SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam told a news
conference.
“On June 1,
2015 Crime Investigation Division (CID) Director B.R.S.R. Nagahamulla informed
the Attorney General’s Department of a possible financial fraud that had taken
place involving a company called Perpetual Treasuries (pvt) Ltd. and the
Central Bank (CB). Thereafter the AG’s Department was said to have opened a
file to investigate the matter,” he said.
He said the
report had been sent to the Criminal and Civil Deputy Solicitor Generals by the
AG, who in turn recommended that immediate action be taken against the parties
involved.
“Both Deputy
Solicitor Generals were of the opinion that the bond issue should be
investigated further. However, their recommendations were ignored and no
investigation followed. The AG should not stay silent any longer and should
order a thorough investigation into the matter,” Kariyawasam said.
Meanwhile, he
said that the people of the country need to know the truth about the bond issue
and under the Right To Information (RTI) Act the AG is duty bound to reveal to
the people what really took place.
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