Converted black money to white through an invisible radio channel !

 May 08, 2016

The Financial Crime Investigation Department (FCID) has started a special investigation about a radio channel operated by parliament MP Namal Rajapaksa supposedly aiming money laundering.

A relevant license was issued on May 16th 2008 and the license was obtained to start a radio and a TV channel. Investigations have already begun about two addresses used to convert black money in to white through an invisible radio channel by the name of Vis Broadcasting Network. One address is 366B, Pipe road, Koswatta, Battaramulla and the other is 17A, Ocean Tower, Station Road, Colombo 4.

 

Ranganie Hettiarachchi, a relative of Namal Rajapaksa has functioned as the chief of Vis Broadcasting Network pvt Limited and Nishantha Ranathunga has served as the administration manager. Menaka Leanage and Kassapa Senarath have served as the members of the director board. The police investigation team has able to reveal, Vis Broadcasting Network has signed an agreement with CSN channel, singha FM and Red FM in 2011.

 

When we inquired Kassapa Senarath an active member of a radio channel owned by the Vis broadcasting network pvt Ltd  which was alleged to be indulged in money laundering the latter said since there is an investigation conducted he cannot give any comments.