Infamous assassinations that have been covered up and hidden by Rajapakse

The body of Rajeev Jayaweera, who revealed information about the Airbus deal involving Mihin Lanka during the Mahinda Rajapaksa era, was found by the Kurunduwatte Police near Independence Square, Kurunduwatte on January 12, 2020. While searching for the root cause of this mysterious murder, which was not even recorded on the CCTV cameras in the vicinity, there is ample evidence that the Colombo Telegraph website was prompted by the detailed document on the infamous Airbus deal written by Rajeev Jayaweera, a former executive officer of Sri Lankan Airlines who was murdered. The document he published below about this fraudulent racket by the Rajapaksa family.

Sri Lankan Airlines had decided in 2013 to purchase six A330-300 aircraft, four A350-900 aircraft and to acquire four more A350-900 aircraft on lease. The Board of Directors during the re-fleeting exercise were: Siriliya's younger brother Nishantha Wickramasinghe, Chairman, Kapila Chandrasena (Director/CEO), Nihal Jayamanne, Shamindra Rajapaksa, Manilal Fernando, Sanath Ukwatte, Susantha Ratnayake, and Lakshmi Sangakkara. Kapila Chandrasena has been convicted by the London Crown Court in connection with this fraudulent transaction. There was a huge foreign exchange crisis in the country when an amount of Rs. 2528.12 million was paid as advance payment to the relevant airline without the approval of the Cabinet.

SriLankan Airlines had cancelled the lease agreement to acquire these 04 aircraft on a lease basis. As a result, the airline had to pay an amount of Rs. 16,924,36 million as compensation to the relevant company. These are not cashew nuts and jackfruit seeds. Although a few people made their money due to such frauds, in the end, the public of the country had to pay this compensation.

SriLankan Airlines had entered into an agreement with S. A. S. Airbus to purchase aircraft and had paid an amount of Rs. 16,924.36 million as advance payment to S. A. S. Airbus for the aircraft transaction. This payment was made by the then CEO of the airline, Kapila Chandrasekhara, through his wife’s company. The commission transaction involved was three million dollars. It was revealed at the London Crown Court that it had been credited to a Singapore company by the French Airbus company. Imagine if the Rajapaksa Neelakasa thieves would allow Kapila Chandrasekhara to obtain this huge amount of wealth at his behest.

Although the airline sought advice from the Attorney General’s Department on whether civil action could be taken against Kapila Chandrasekhara, the former CEO of the airline, the Attorney General’s Department, which is under the control of the Rajapaksa family, did not take any action in this regard. It was in such an atmosphere that Rajiv Jayaweera had to make this long revelation to the people of the country. Rajiv had to pay with his life for the crime of revealing the truth and the killers escaped by leaving a micro pistol near his body. The then Gotabaya regime suppressed the investigation into this incident.

(Edirimanna)