Dilith Jayaweera’s ‘Citrus’ likely to be 

forfeited to Dhammika Perera!

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ated On Sunday, 06 April 2014 18:48

Category: General

The Citrus Group, owned by Colombo share market mafia’s convener and Triad Advertising co-owner Dilith Jayaweera, is likely to be forfeited to wealthy casino businessman and Transport Ministry secretary Dhammika Perera’s Pan Asia Bank.

Citrus Group comprises of three star-class hotels in Waskaduwa, Kalpitiya and Hikkaduwa, George Steurt Finance Company and several other ventures. Dilith Jayaweera has obtained loans of more than Rs. three billion, which is much higher than the worth of the total assets of Citrus Group.

On the instructions of the president, the Bank of Ceylon has given another Rs. 500 million loan to the already-indebted Dilith Jayaweera. The BoC management is puzzled over the basis for the granting of the loan. According to internal sources of the bank, no loan granting procedure or yardstick was followed when giving the loan.

Dilith Jayaweera has mortgaged shares of his Citrus Group to Dhammika Perera’s Pan Asia Bank and to Royal Ceramic Company.
If he fails to obtain the backing of his boss, defence ministry secretary Nandasena Gotabhaya, it will be unavoidable that Dilith Jayaweera’s Citrus Group will be forfeited to Dhammika Perera.

Thonda expels president’s media spokesman!

 Sunday, 06 April 2014

Ceylon Workers’ Congress leader and minister of livestock and rural development Arumugam Thondman has lectured and driven away president’s media spokesman Mohan Samaranayake, who had gone to the ministry seeking a personal favour recently, said ministry sources.

The president’s media spokesman had gone to the Thondaman’s ministry to ask for support to obtain a job for his brother’s daughter at Milco.

Minister Thondaman had intentionally treated Samaranayake in the same manner he is treated when he visits the Presidential Secretariat. After spending several hours in the queue of persons wanting to meet the minister, Samaranayake was permitted in, and he had mentioned that he is the president’s media spokesman, but the minister has ignored him, saying that was irrelevant.
Coming to the matter, Samaranayake has told Thondaman about his requirement, and the latter has told him to apply for the job in question in the normal procedure as a large number of applications have already been received. Not satisfied with that reply, the president’s media spokesman has asked that his request be given preference.

Angered by that, minister Thondaman has said, “When we come to the Secretariat, you don’t care us a red cent. Now, you are coming here expecting help from us. Please, go. Apply in the normal procedure. I cannot do anything special for you,” and showed him the door. Severely embarrassed this disgrace, the president’s media spokesman has returned to his office and with tearful eyes, related to his colleagues about the manner he was treated by minister Thondaman.