The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri raised a point of order challenging claims of fraud in coal procurement. He asked the Member who made the allegation to specify to whose account any money was paid, and argued that such claims should be supported by examined files and cheque numbers, including those relating to China.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order. The Hon. Member said this situation also occurred in 2014, 2021, and 2022, and that coal arrived outside specification and therefore double penalties were imposed. My specific question is this: you said several times that there was fraud in the coal procurement. Into whose account did the money go? To whom did it go? If you had earlier said you would do this after examining all the files, and after tabling the cheque numbers from China, that would be acceptable. But you did not say that then, Hon. Member. Now please answer this question.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 4 March 2026 ·No. 23360 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2026. No. 23360. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13514