Keerthi Tennakoone Insists Kabir & Malik Should be Brought & Probed Before the Bond Commission.

Centre for Human Rights and Research (CHR) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon said yesterday, State Enterprises Development Minister Kabir Hashim and Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama, who have participated in the first discussion with regard to the issuance of Central Bank Bonds in 2015, should be summoned before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI).

He has traced the origin of the bond scam started from a meeting attended by Minister Hashim and Mr. Samarawickrama, who did not have any portfolio at that time but they had not been summoned before the commission so far.

He told a news conference that there was an attempt to suppress the investigation of bond scam by passing the buck to Ravi Karunanayake, who was Finance Minister for the name sake, while Minister Kabir Hashim was the Subject Minister of State Banks and Central Bank was under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

They should appear before the commission and reveal what they know about the bond issuance.They may not have involved in the scam but they are the best witnesses to reveal the truth, he said.