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It also said that losses made on just the six stocks listed on the Secondary Board of the CSE in violation of its own EPF guideline that investments should be made only on ‘blue chips’, has resulted in a loss of Rs.2.7 billion or 22.5 percent of the total loss.
“Of this amount, the largest losses are from the investments in Laugfs amounting to Rs. 1.8 billion, Vallibel One amounting to Rs.740 million and Lighthouse Hotels amounting to Rs.87 million,” the statement said.“Some of the other massive losses are from the investments in LOLC Rs.1 billion, Browns Rs.945 million, Ceylon Grain Elevators Rs 713 million and Galadari Hotels Rs 470 million,” it added.“In t he meantime we will assert that officials of the EPF Department of the Central Bank be summoned urgently to t he Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to answer queries on alleged improper transactions at the CSE over the last two years and general queries for the last six years,” the statement said.