REFUGEE

It is reported from our sources at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation that a sum of over Rupees Twenty Million and accumulated interest amounting to well over Rupees Ten Million are still with the accounts of the corporation. These monies collected to for the welfare of the victims of 26th December 2004 Tsunami have not been used for the purpose they were collected for. It is also reported that these monies collected from the public after the deadly Tsunami struck Sri Lanka killing over 40,000 people are now going to be used for building a library in Tangalle, on the orders of the President. However, the non-governmental organization, World Vision has already completed a scheme of construction of libraries covering all the Tsunami affected areas in the country.

Our sources at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation inform us that this will be another ploy to plunder these funds from the corporation just as monies disappeared from the infamous “Helping Hambantota” fund prior to the last Presidential elections in 2005. Public who contributed their hard earned money for a worthy cause in 2004 are now asking whether their monies would be safe in the hands of the current Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation management