ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Anura Dissanayake has appointed a particular presidential investigation committee to probe alleged incidents of fraud, corruption and irregularities at SriLankan Airways Restricted and Airport and Aviation Companies (Sri Lanka) (Non-public) Restricted.
Dissanayake met with the members of the committee Tuesday (22) on the Presidential Secretariat, his media division mentioned.
“The absence of a correct investigation into the irregularities at SriLankan Airways Restricted Firm and Airport and Aviation Companies (Sri Lanka) (Non-public) Restricted has rendered these establishments largely ineffective,” the assertion quoted the president as saying.
He urged the committee to “perform a swift investigation by inspecting all of the details associated to those incidents and to offer a report with important suggestions geared toward correcting the scenario”.
The Secretary/Convenor of this Particular Presidential Investigation Committee is Ok N M Kumarasinghe, Further Secretary to the President, whereas the opposite members are Retired Auditor Basic, H M Gamini Wijesinghe, Retired Further Director Basic of Customs, Gnanasiri Senanayake, Chairman of the Nationwide Financial savings Financial institution, Dushantha Basnayake, Legal professional-at-Regulation Don Chaminda J Athukorala and Further Director Basic of the Division of Public Enterprises N A H Ok Wijeratne.
The Committee will examine alleged offenses dedicated between 2010 and 2025 inside SriLankan Airways Restricted and Airport and Aviation Companies (Non-public) Restricted, together with:
– Abuse of energy and illegal privileges by the Board of Administrators and senior administration of SriLankan Airways
– Irregularities in awarding service contracts and recruitment process
– Aviation safety lapses
– Discrepancies associated to duty-free store transactions and abroad gross sales agent’s transactions and actions
– Administrative errors, corruption, irregularities and/or exterior interference that negatively impacted the environment friendly operation of SriLankan Airways
– Corruption and irregularities within the procurement and/or leasing or acquisition of plane, in addition to items and providers exceeding ten million rupees, by SriLankan Airways throughout the interval from the 12 months 2000 to 2025.
The committee can be tasked with figuring out these accountable for the inaccurate selections, in addition to the fraud, corruption and irregularities highlighted within the J C Weliamuna Committee Report and the Auditor Basic’s Particular Investigation Report. (Colombo/Jul23/2025)
