The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri
Chaminda Wijesiri said his question had been delayed due to postponed answers and requested fairness in scheduling new questions. He asked the Deputy Minister about the sugar tax fraud, specifically the amount of revenue lost and actions taken since the current Government assumed office. He queried whether evidence files reportedly held by Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe were being used to prosecute those involved, whether they had gone missing, and what concrete steps the Government was taking to bring offenders to justice.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I thank the Hon. Deputy Minister. Before my first supplementary, I must note that I am raising this question for the second time due to postponement of answers previously, which has delayed listing of my new questions. I seek fairness in scheduling.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Minister, while your answer is satisfactory as to actions taken under the previous Government, after you assumed office there were files with evidence necessary to prosecute those involved in the sugar tax fraud, reportedly with Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe in his capacity as State Minister. Yet you did not refer to these. In part (iv) I asked the quantum of lost revenue, and in (v) the action taken so far. You are now in Government and can act. Does the file held by Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe not contain the necessary evidence? Are you taking action to bring offenders to justice, or has that file gone missing? What concrete steps are you taking?
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Cite as: The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8668