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Lanka News Web learns that popular actress Sangeetha Weeraratne is planning on entering motherhood. It is reported that she is now more involved with her family business, Voice of Asia Company, in which she is a director and is taking some time off acting.

Sangeetha is married to Roshan Kariyapperuma, who is a close confidant of the President. Roshan is the brother of Priyantha Kariyapperuma, who is the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC).

The TRC allocates radio and TV frequencies to broadcast companies. Priyantha Kariyapperuma is the real owner of Voice of Asia. In a clear case of abusing powers vested with the head of the TRC, he has illegally allocated frequencies to the Voice of Asia company, which operates private radio stations under his brother’s name.

Before Priyantha Kariyapperuma assumed office at the TRC, Voice of Asia was allocated only three radio frequencies. However, after he became director general, the company has been allocated 13 radio frequencies and five TV frequencies.