PB says he was unaware of VAT scam
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- Created On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 07:11
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Secretary to the Treasury and Finance Ministry Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has in a letter informed a court hearing the case of a massive Value Added Tax (VAT) scam that he was not aware of the fraud.
Responding to a Colombo High Court notice issued on July 11 for Dr. Jayasundera to appear in Court on the 23rd to testify in Rs. 4 billion VAT scam case, the Treasury Secretary has sent a letter to the court through his representative saying he has no idea of the information regarding the scam taken place in the country from November 2002 to April 2004.
The suspect, former Inland Revenue Commissioner A. Gnanasiri de Soyza, is in remand over the VAT scam.
Commissioner General of Inland Revenue Mallika Samarasundara appearing in court to give evidence has also said she has no idea about the incident.
However, she has reportedly provided the names of four heads of different divisions of the Department to obtain the necessary information, and the court has issued notices for them to appear before the court to give evidence in the case. The four individuals are Senior Commissioner P.B. Jayasekera, Deputy Commissioners W.S.A. Costa and Selston Soyza, and assessor N.P. Abeysekera.
Commissioner of Inland Revenue A.A. Wijepala has been summoned to the court when the case will be taken again for hearing today.
Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General Buwaneka Aluvihare has informed court that Dr. Jayasundera could be summoned on other day. He has also informed the court that according to the Inland Revenue Act, a court order is essential to release documents of the Inland Revenue Department.
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- Created On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 07:11
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Secretary to the Treasury and Finance Ministry Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has in a letter informed a court hearing the case of a massive Value Added Tax (VAT) scam that he was not aware of the fraud. The suspect, former Inland Revenue Commissioner A. Gnanasiri de Soyza, is in remand over the VAT scam.
Commissioner General of Inland Revenue Mallika Samarasundara appearing in court to give evidence has also said she has no idea about the incident.
However, she has reportedly provided the names of four heads of different divisions of the Department to obtain the necessary information, and the court has issued notices for them to appear before the court to give evidence in the case. The four individuals are Senior Commissioner P.B. Jayasekera, Deputy Commissioners W.S.A. Costa and Selston Soyza, and assessor N.P. Abeysekera.
Commissioner of Inland Revenue A.A. Wijepala has been summoned to the court when the case will be taken again for hearing today.
Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General Buwaneka Aluvihare has informed court that Dr. Jayasundera could be summoned on other day. He has also informed the court that according to the Inland Revenue Act, a court order is essential to release documents of the Inland Revenue Department.
CID delaying radio carbon tests on skeletons from Matale mass grave
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- Created On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 07:14
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The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is delaying carrying out radio carbon tests on the skeletal remains unearthed from the mass grave in Matale.
The JVP says that the CID has failed to carry out directives issued by the Matale Magistrate on the investigations in to the Matale mass grave.
The JVP has noted that the CID has not yet carried out the magisterial order to conduct radio carbon testing on the skeletal remains discovered from the mass grave.
Former Central Provincial Councillor Gamagedara Dissanayake has said the CID had not conducted the tests and published advertisements in the media calling on family members of missing persons to come forward and lodge complaints.
He said it is the JVP that carried out a campaign to make the relatives aware of the court case and the opportunity to find information regarding relatives that had gone missing during the time.
Matale Magistrate Chathurika Silva who was initially hearing the mass grave case and Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. Ajith Jayasena who carried out the initial tests on the skeletal remains were eventually transferred out of Matale.
The 154 skeletal remains exhumed from the Matale mass grave have been dated to a time period between 1986 and 1990, the period of the second JVP insurgency.
The JVP has noted that the CID has not yet carried out the magisterial order to conduct radio carbon testing on the skeletal remains discovered from the mass grave.
Former Central Provincial Councillor Gamagedara Dissanayake has said the CID had not conducted the tests and published advertisements in the media calling on family members of missing persons to come forward and lodge complaints.
He said it is the JVP that carried out a campaign to make the relatives aware of the court case and the opportunity to find information regarding relatives that had gone missing during the time.
Matale Magistrate Chathurika Silva who was initially hearing the mass grave case and Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr. Ajith Jayasena who carried out the initial tests on the skeletal remains were eventually transferred out of Matale.
The 154 skeletal remains exhumed from the Matale mass grave have been dated to a time period between 1986 and 1990, the period of the second JVP insurgency.
