PRECIFAC summons Yasara and other Carlton Sports top officials

by Dhaneshi Yatawara

Several top officials of the Sri Lankan Airlines and the Carlton Sports Network - the Cable TV Station - including Yasara Abeynayake are summoned this week to give statement for the current investigation over the allegations against Sri Lankan Catering Service.

Nearly 80% of the preliminary investigations conducted by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources, and Privileges (PRECIFAC) have been completed so far.

A serious misuse of state power that has been taken place in the National Housing Development Authority has come under investigation of the PRECIFAC, as its newest investigation.

According to Lacil de Silva, Secretary to the PRECIFAC, the special police team has started the investigations, based on the public complaint received by the Commission. Accordingly, relevant personnel and officials will be summoned to the Commission in due course to get statements.

Seven houses have been given in a tainted deal to family members and friends of former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, who was the then Minister of Housing and Common Amnesties.

Former Minister Weerawansa has handed over houses from Mattegoda, Polgasowita and Maligawatte housing schemes to two of his nephews' wives Wathsala Kumarasinghe and Tharangamala Muthuranaweera, wife's sister-in-law Wasantha Rupasinghe, one brother -in-law M. Hemasiri and to another brother-in-law Ananda Priyadarshana.