Rajapaksa treats Shavendra well for his false evidence against Fonseka!

Tuesday, 24 March 2015 

The previous Rajapaksa regime had treated Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva for having given false evidence against Sarath Fonseka, now a Field Marshal, at the court martial, say sources close to him.

A big palatial house is under construction in a 60-perch block of land near the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte parliament given to Shavendra with the mediation of former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Such a house can be built only by a very wealthy person, not a major general who gets paid monthly by the Army. We suggest to the bribery commission to immediately investigate this.

Shavendra also has given on a monthly lease of Rs. 600,000, without obtaining even a license of compliance with coast conservation, a restaurant by the name Barracuda in a nearly one acre block of land at Vasala Road, Dehiwela, owned by the Railway Authority.

A partner in this restaurant is Dehiwela-Mt. Lavinia mayor Dhanasiri Amaratunga. Shavendra and Dhanasiri are getting the restaurant run by a third person without obtaining a restaurant licence from the urban council.