Yoshitha Finds Himself On A Sinking Ship?
- With revelations his school buddy too got a free ride in the Navy, the former President’s son is diving deeper into trouble
Yoshitha Rajapaksa
by Nirmala Kannangara
Monday, March 07, 2016
Startling details of how taxpayers had to bear the cost of a British naval training not only to Yoshitha Kanishka Rajapaksa but also to his school friend D. A.K.V. Dissanayake amounting to millions of rupees have now come to light.
Startling details of how taxpayers had to bear the cost of a British naval training not only to Yoshitha Kanishka Rajapaksa but also to his school friend D. A.K.V. Dissanayake amounting to millions of rupees have now come to light.
Although it is common knowledge that Yoshitha Rajapaksa received training in the United Kingdom with public money, it is now revealed that Dissanayake too had received the same training in UK together with Yoshitha. Both did not have the necessary qualifications to be employed at Sri Lanka Navy nor to go to UK for naval training, highly reliable Navy sources said on condition of anonymity.
It is learnt that the Dissanayake and Rajapaksa families enjoyed a close friendship. It is also revealed that Kavishan Dissanayake who is now in remand custody with Yoshitha on money laundering charges is the brother of D.A.K.V. Dissanayake who had left the Sri Lanka Navy some time ago.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa who will remain in remand custody until March 10th was arrested on January 30th by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) regarding alleged financial irregularities at the Carlton Sports Network (CSN). Former CSN chairman Rohan Weliwita, former CEO Nishantha Ranatunga, Kavishan Dissanayake and Ashan Rabinath Fernando were also remanded on an order by the Kaduwela Magistrate. Yoshitha Rajapaksa was suspended from all naval duties last week.
Navy Spokesman Captain Akram Alavi told The Sunday Leader that Yoshitha’s salary and allowances had been stopped with immediate effect pending inquiry and added that Yoshitha would be sacked if found guilty of the money laundering charges levelled against him.
