International warrant issued to arrest Lanka’s ex-diplomat to Russia
An international warrant has been issued for the arrest Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) of Sri Lanka police has informed the court.
The FCID informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday that they were yet to ascertain the ex-diplomat’s exact address in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and steps have been taken to execute the warrant against him, reports Colombo Page.
Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne had earlier issued a warrant through Interpol for the arrest of Weeratunga.
Weeratunga, a relative of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, is alleged to have committed financial misappropriation to the tune of USD 14 million while purchasing four Ukraine-built MIG-27 aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force in 2005.
The FCID told the court that it was investigating whether the former Ambassador had invested money earned through the Mig-27 transaction in a company called Sri Lankan Limited Liability Company in Moscow.
(ANI)
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About time you get this rouge behind bars.
The Yahapalana chest beating Chimpanzees have not been able to get even one so-called corrupt official, so-called murderer or so-called corrupt ex-politician behind bars in 2 1/2 years.
This Yahapalana is all fart and no shit.
We need a DICTATOR to solve our issues created since independence in 1948 by a stupid bunch of leaders.
Kang,
You hit the nail on the head when you stated that these jokers are all Fart and no shit. This guy happens to be a relative of MR so he is alleged have Commited fraud like every other person they arrested. This another waste of money. He will not be jailed. This is nothing but political revenge. They should first find enough proof to jail the guy befeore they send a warrant to arrest him.
I think these joker are still so scared that the MR family will come back to power they are trying to show the Sri Lankans that any body who is connected to the Rajapakse’s are crooks. One must not throw atones at others while living in a glass house.