Sunday, January 24, 2016

Defender belonged to the "Siriliya Saviya" was painted twice by Yoshitha’s instructions

Defender belonged to the "Siriliya Saviya" was painted twice by Yoshitha’s instructions

Jan 23, 2016
Colombo magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya ordered the CID yesterday 21st to investigate and submit a report was the defender belonged to the “Siriliya Saviya” donated by the Sri Lanka Red Cross under the instruction of the former minister Felix Perera which was painted twice and used for any crimes.

The magistrate ordered the CID to obtain a statement from the former social service minister Felix Perera. Despite the two defender vehicles were registered under the Red Cross director generals name and parking the vehicles at a private place is doubtful. Therefore in order to search the vehicles the CID has visited Sisil Sevana, Habarakada, Homagama address on 20th February 2015
 
The CID told the courts they saw a defender WPKA 0642 parked in the garden of the house and there were two people present by the name of Lathika Kumuduni Perera and Rupasinghe Simpson Perera.
 
When the CID questioned, they have told the chief occupant of the house Majuvana Gamage Jayantha Kariyawasam is working at the Red Cross as the transport supplies manager and Lathika Perera ws the wife of Jayantha Kariyawasam and Simpson Perera was working as a driver for the Red Cross. The CID informed the courts.
 
The police informed the courts this defender was owned by the Sri Lanka Red Cross and the vehicle was given to Siriliya under the recommendation of the former social service minister felix Perera for the request made by the secretary of the Siriliya Savia, Seetha Kalyani Kumari on August 11th 2011.
 
Chairman of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Jagath Bandu Abeysinghe giving a statement to the police, told a white color defender vehicle owned by our organization was donated to the Siriliya Saviya on 27th July 2011 to use the vehicle for their programs under the written request made by the former social service minister Felix Perera and following the presidential election in 2015, the said vehicle was asked to return and when the vehicle was returned the color has been changed and he doesn’t know why the color of the defender was changed.
 
Although this vehicle was not owned by the presidential secretariat, it was revealed the vehicle has been fueled and maintained by the presidential secretariat.
 
The police told the courts the former secretary of “Siriliya Saviya” Seetha Kalyani Kumari has given a statement to the police saying that she requested to obtain the defender vehicle but the vehicle was not used for the “Siriliya Saviya” project.
 
Obtaining a statement from constable Chatura De Silva attached to the presidential security, the white color defender was painted blue by the instructions of Yoshitha and in December mid 2012 under the instruction of Deen who was working as the marketing manager of the CSN network, the defender was once again painted black at a garage located in Colombo 3 the police told the courts.
 
Information revealed that this defender was first used by Yoshitha Rajapaksa for his personal use and later it was used by his close friend Deen.
 
The CID told the courts according to the investigation this defender was never used for any social work and the color has been changed for the necessity of Yoshitha.
 
The CID told the courts without any prior permission the color of the defender has been changed twice and the cost has been borne by the presidential secretariat.
 
The CID told the courts that they would further investigate and obtain reports from the motor vehicles commissioner and the government analyst as to why the color of the defender was changed? Did the vehicle met with an accident? Was the vehicle repaired? Why the vehicle color was changed and used for?