The Hon. Chandana Thennakoon
Chandana Thennakoon questioned a land leasing transaction involving C/S Hiriyala Farmers’ Company, noting that its chairman was former MP Manjula Disanayake and that former Deputy Minister Salinda Dissanayake had intervened in the lease. He alleged that public funds were misused, citing around Rs. 38 million spent on land acquisition and Rs. 56 million by the BOI for development, and asked the Deputy Minister to state his view on what he described as a major fraud.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, according to your reply, the Chairman of the C/S Hiriyala Farmers’ Company is former MP Manjula Disanayake, and the person who intervened in leasing was former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Mr. Salinda Dissanayake. This appears to be a transaction between husband and wife. Around Rs. 38 million was spent to acquire the land and about Rs. 56 million by the BOI for development. This dubious transaction has misused government funds and land. There is clearly a major fraud behind this. What is your view?
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Cite as: The Hon. Chandana Thennakoon. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 June 2025. No. 1751430648025512. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27437