Yahapalana MPs Now Boldly Advertise Duty Free Vehicles For Sale In The Open Market
November 15, 2016
Ruling United National Party party member, member of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Legal Affairs (anti-corruption) and committee member on Public Finance and current Galle District MP Wijepala Hettiarachchi has got caught red handed advertising his brand new Toyota Land Cruiser to be sold in the open market, where he used his tax concessionary terms extended to members of parliament to import duty free vehicles.
Wijepala Hettiarachchi MP
According to the Sri Lanka Customs import papers the actual cost of the imported vehicle is stated as Rs 9.2 million even though MP Hettiarachchi has advertised to sell it for Rs 39.5 million.
Unlike others he has even used the print media and websites to boldly advertise the vehicle for sale in the open market.
A whopping sum of Rs 33,457,500.00 is the total loss to the government as the stated amount in the customs import papers that has been waived off for this purpose.
According to Sri Lanka’s pioneering MP Monitoring Website (Manthri.lk) Wijeyapala has only participated 40 times in parliament.
Readers can compare the Engine Number and the Chassis Number of the vehicle in the advert (for sale of Toyota Land Cruiser imported on MP permit) with the same information provided in the import declaration presented for Customs purposes and the tax-waiver granted for this vehicle
The relevant Customs Declaration presented for this vehicle is re-produced below:
