(Lanka-e-News- 03.July.2015, 11.30PM) Even as president Maithripala is ridding himself of some of his powers , his brother Kumarasinghe Sirisena the chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel who is basking in the glory of the president , on the other hand has acted high handedly and threatened the chief financial officer (CFO) with death , according to reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.
The CFO (his name is not disclosed lest he may be harmed) who was so frightened following the dire and deadly threats has tendered his resignation letter , and gone away from Colombo along with his family to a remote area.
This is only one in a series of many such disgraceful ugly incidents that began about a month ago involving the president’s brother.
Kumarasinghe who forcibly took over the post of chairman made an individual by the name of Wegapitiya a Director . Wegapitiya is a businessman who was notorious for his massive frauds committed in close association with the regime of Rajapakse for whom he would have gladly laid down his life . Such was his loyalty to the Rajapakses. Like birds of a feather they were frauds who got together.
Thereafter, Kumarasinghe tried to hand over a Rs. 200 million worth generator contract of Mobitel to Laugfs engineering Co. belonging to Wegapitiya , but owing to the irregularities in this procedure , the CFO of Mobitel cancelled the contract. Kumarasinghe who was anxiously waiting to collect his illicit commissions by entrusting the contract to Laugfs , was naturally disappointed and infuriated .
Meanwhile , Kumarasinghe tried to get the ‘stickers’ contract worth Rs. 58 million to Kumar sticker Co. which made all the cutouts of Mahinda Rajapakse in the past. Since the tender procedures were not duly followed , that contract to Kumar Co. was also cancelled by the CFO
Kumarasinghe the chairman of Mobitel who became aware that if an honest CFO who respects laws is in his Co. that is going to militate against his rackets ,enlisted Director Wegapitiya ,a lickspittle of his for the first time to threaten the CFO with death in the early part of June. That threat he made to the CFO through a manager of Laugfs Co. for depriving him of the generator contract. There is evidence to substantiate this.
Subsequently ,Wegapitiya himself summoned the CFO and the managers and made oral threats thus : ‘If I take out the swaord I do not put it back in the case without shedding blood, and if I take the pistol out I do not put it back without firing. None of you here know about me. Hence , don’t oppose me.’ Indeed , the threat was more directed towards the CFO.
Later on , at the last Dircetor board meeting , Kumarasinghe and Wegapitiya together brought a resolution to dismiss the CFO. However , because the Directors of Malaysia Co. which owns a majority of shares in the Mobitel Co. strongly opposed the move , the CFO could not be dismissed.
Having failed in their attempts to eliminate the CFO , Kumarasnghe and Wegapitiya together adopted the theory of the Rajapakse brutal era – threatening the CFO with most deadly and dangerous threats to his life .When these threats were posed,the CFO in fear having no option , has tendered his resignation letter today (02) and run away from Colombo with his family to a remote corner.
With great difficulty the CFO after fleeing has told a friend of his via phone , ‘yahapalanaya may be there , but above all Kumarasinghe is the younger brother of the president of the country . To me lives of my children are paramount’. After telling that he has disconnected the call ..
It is a well known indisputable fact that Maithripala in his life has so far never indulged in corruption or murderous activities. He was appointed as the common presidential candidate for the first time because people reposed faith in him. Hence ,it is very unfortunate , Kumarasinghe Sirisena a brother of his is completely eroding that faith.
The Rajapakse brothers also thought the clandestine and illegal activities they secretly engaged in will not be known. But now all those are exposed.
To Kumarasinghe what matters is not safeguarding the Institution or his brother . His ambition is ,’ while my brother is in power for five years I must earn as much as possible even beating Basil.’ He is now like a lunatic searching for ways and means to achieve that ambition. The Rajapakses too tried that and met their Waterloo , but a trifle too late to the detriment of the nation.
When one is blinded by the craze for filthy lucre and position , one does not see even one’s own brother . If this is not true , Kumarasinghe would not join hands to rob by teaming up with Ranjith Rupasinghe a most notorious corrupt CEO of Mobitel who conducted himself most un lawfully and is extremely close to Rajapakses for whom he would even lay down his life.
Kumarasinghe even after being aware that it is the Rajapakses who resorted to all the tricks to defeat his own brother Maithripala , and even tried to destroy the latter’s family had no qualms about partnering Rupasinghe for joint fraudulent activities. Though a committee comprising a retired judge was appointed to probe into the rackets of Rupasinghe , until today the judge has not been provided with a table to carry out his duties.
Kumarasinghe instead of protecting his brother and his reputation isnow in the habit of taking rolls and buns (stooping to peon level) when he goes to meet this crooked Rupasinghe in his office - not to eat them together but for other reasons : to indulge together in the most deceitful fianancial crimes together with the biggest fraudsters of the Rajapakse era who are experts in the ‘game’
If the younger brother of the president is so high and mighty as to threaten his officer under him with death when the elections are around the corner , only god can save the elder brother .
Read also following connected reports published earlier under the following captions :
‘Is this the beginning of a ‘Maithri regime’..? watch out..!
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PM should report this fellow to FCID ..
-- by MaaluMiris on 2015-07-06