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Secret discussions between accused Weeratunge and judge Kusala halted Weeratunge’s arrest – shame on judiciary !

(Lanka-e-News -23.Sep.2015, 3.00PM) The high court judge Ms. Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena took the decision to let Lalith Weeratunge the former secretary to the ex president Mahinda Rajapakse off the hook without being arrested despite the colossal fraud allegedly committed by him in a sum of Rs. 600 million is because of the clandestine discussion  between her and Lalith that was held at her residence , based on reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.

Private discussion between an accused and a judge hearing the case is absolutely forbidden in law. Mind you even the lawyers for the accused Weeratunge had not participated in this secret discussion .

Lalith Weeratunge is charged with transferring a sum of Rs. 600 million public funds of the SL telecom regulatory commission to the presidential secretariat illegally . On top of this illegal action , this huge sum of people’s monies has been used illicitly to distribute Sil cloths as part of ex president Mahinda Rajapakse’s presidential election campaign. 

No one knows for sure even today , what amount of these ‘robbed’ monies were spent on Sil cloths or to whom they were distributed. There is no report whatsoever in that regard. Mind you , unbelievably all these irresponsible actions and rackets were indulged in by a secretary to the president , holding the highest position in a country’s hierarchy. Little wonder the country earned the worst disrepute unprecedented in its history as the most corrupt and criminal during the era of Mahinda Rajapakse .

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by     (2015-09-23 09:57:25)

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This whole lot of judges from the high court should be sacked and a new lot who understand how sacred their duties are need to be appointed!
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