COPE Probe on Rice & Coal Frauds

Chairman of the COPE ,  JVP MP  Sunil Handunnetti said, that  based on reports submitted by the Auditor General on rice import  during the period 2014/ 2015 and recent  coal tender frauds,  COPE   proposed to carry out  a probe . Reports submitted  by  the Auditor General in  this connection on  Tuesday (3) were distributed among the COPE members. In the next sitting of the COPE  AG’s  reports   will  be taken  in to discussion.

In the meantime, CaFFee administrative Director  Keerthi Thennakon  released  a press statement  to the effect,   that  4,145 million  lose   was incurred by the state in this  coal tender fraud. He stated that  this was revealed in the AG’s report. Further he said,  that  he made a  request to the President to cancel the tender  to supply coal  to Lukvijaya power station