June 5, 2013,
By Hemantha Randunu and Shamindra Ferdinando
A special team tasked with tracking down property belonging to Golden Key Company (GKC) director Mrs S. P. C. Kotelawala has acquired a land valued at Rs. 500 mn, situated at Fonseka Road, Colombo 04.
Acquiring of the land was carried out on a directive given by Supreme Court.
Authoritative sources told The Island that parallel to the revival of the management of the GKC, a separate operation had been launched to swiftly identify personal assets including shares belonging to prominent GKC officials, as they have violated bail conditions as per Supreme Court and High Court Orders relevant to them.
Sources said that personal assets of J. L. B. Kotelawala, Mrs S. P. C. Kotelawala, S. K. M. Perera, J. L N.Fernando, D. G. S. P. Sumanasekera, A. D. Jegasothy, Mrs P. K. Karunanayake, S. T. Karunaratne and W. G. B. M. Ranaweera would be taken over to pay GKC depositors.
Sources said that targeted assets included both moveable and immovable properties the aforesaid persons had alienated, sold, transferred or gifted on or after June 30, 2008. The GSK collapsed six months later.
Having informed the Supreme Court, the special team would take steps to transfer seized property to GKC for appropriate action, sources said.
The team is headed by a DIG appointed by IGP N K. Illangakoon, in consultation with Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, two senior Central bank officials, nominated by Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, a military intelligence officer, a senior State Counsel and a senior officer from the Urban Development Authority.
The Island learns that the GKC would have to meet the operational costs of the ongoing hunt for property belonging to ex-directors.
By Ananda Weerasooriya-2013-06-05
The chief suspect involved in the robbery of Rs 10 million from a businessman in front of Nawaloka Hospital last February has been arrested at the Bandaranayake International Airport in Katunayake today.
On 12 February, some persons impersonating officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) abducted a person dealing in foreign currency, along with his driver, in their vehicle and robbed the said sum of money that was in his possession, in front of Nawaloka Hospital car park at Sir James Peiris Mawatha, Colombo 2.
The suspect was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division after arriving in the country from abroad.
The suspect has been held by the Crimes Division for interrogations on detention orders.
Meanwhile, six suspects among 8 involved in the robbery were identified during an identification parade at the Fort Magistrate’s Court on 30 May. (Ceylon Today Online)
