JKH deputy chief accused of giving news against chairman!
Oct 13, 2015
John Keells Holdings deputy chairman and Union Assurance chairman Ajith Gunawardene has been accused by the JKH director board that he had used his political influence to give negative news regarding their chairman Susantha Ratnayake to several websites, including ours, say sources at JKH.
Ajith is the elder brother of former Odel owner Otara Gunawardene, a wealthy businesswoman who has close ties with Sri Lankan politicians.
He is accused of spreading malicious falsehoods through Otara, since he had failed to become the JKH chairman as he is one year older than Susantha.
Minor shareholders of JKH are perplexed over our news and have sent us many an email. They are stressing that the JKH has no responsibility over the corrupt deals alleged. Only Susantha had acted in a manner that damaged JKH’s reputation. He is today suffering for the deals he had struck with the corrupt in the like of Sajin Vaas Gunawardena.
We have published what Sajin Vaas had confessed to the CID. We have much more, but we cannot reveal them, as it will disrupt the investigations. Our objective is to assist in the punishment of the corrupt, rather than publishing news.
What Susantha should do is to make a public statement with regard to the allegations leveled against him. Only through that he will be able to minimize the damage caused to his good name. If he sends us such a statement, we will give it the same prominence that had been given to the news published about him.
