Rs 4012 Million Went Astray? President Disclosed & FCID Investigates

President Maithreepala Sirisena in a meeting held in Galle has recently disclosed that in respect of Matara Nilwala Ganga Project, Rs 4012 Million cheque had been issued to a Chinese Company just prior to the Presidential election. He queried as to what happened to this money?

Further, President said,: “I was able to retrieve a dossier on the project and according to it in 2012 a cheque for Rs. 1,000 million was issued to a Chinese company for the Nilwala Project while on the eve of the last Presidential election another cheque for Rs. 3012 million was released.

To investigate this matter, FCID has filed a B report in Colombo Magistrate Court. B report states that it was filed to obtain details of Nilwala Ganga project Bank of Ceylon account transactions, which will facilitate investigation.