‘I’m the one who sent Shirani home within a day’, says thief who sells president!

 

Thursday, 05 February 2015 

“I was the key witness in Shirani Bandaranayake’s removal as the CJ. Without me, Mahinda Rajapaksa couldn’t have sacked her. Without me, the entire no-confidence move would have been a failure. President Maithri wanted to reappoint her and retain her. I stopped that. I did it through Pradeepa Kariyawasam (ex-CJ’s husband). I did that with just one telephone call. I can balance anyone from the president downwards.”  These are the boastful remarks of a ‘thief’ who frequents night clubs these days, according to reports reaching Lanka News Web. He is none other than Janaka Ratnayake, former chairman of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) and the main witness in the no-confidence motion against the now retired CJ.

Information we have received regarding this man is very lengthy. All the information is supported by documentary evidence. We will publish them in the future. We have published several reports about him in the past too.

According to the information, Janaka Ratnayake joined Mahinda Rajapaksa’s electioneering in 2005 through a SMS campaign. Although he claimed he carried out the campaign with his own money, it is well known that he got the money from Basil Rajapaksa. A grateful Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed him as the MBSL chairman.

He also created the financial crisis in Lalith Kotelawala’s Ceylinco Group in 2008. Promising to resolve the crisis, he obtained money in the following manner – Rs. 50 million from The Finance, Rs. 35 m from Asian Finance, Rs. 30 m from Ceylinco Savings Bank, Rs. 40 m from Standard Credit, Rs.15 m from Fingara Country Club, Rs. 45 m from The Finance and Guarantee, Rs. 600 m from Ceylinco Housing and Real Estate, Rs. 40 m from Nation Building Society and Rs. 40 m from Sussex College.

After receiving money from directors of these companies he advised them to flee the country.  He says he shared the money with the Rajapaksas. Ratnayake also says publicly that he had spent several millions of Singaporean dollars to buy a house in Singapore for ex- governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal.

If the new government intends to investigate Ceylinco Group and depositors’ money, the first thing that should be done is to question this Janaka Ratnayake. Expect a detailed report on his corrupt deals and the other persons involved.