Arjun Aloysius imprisoned for six months for tax default

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Colombo, October 14 (Daily Mirror) - Three Directors of W.M. Mendis and Company Ltd. Arjun Aloysius, A.R. Dinendra John, and Prasanna Kumarasiri de Silva were sentenced today to a six-month jail term by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court for defaulting a payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to Rs. 3.5 billion.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Bandara Ilangasinghe issued this order, taking into consideration that the three respondents had failed to pay the specified amount to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), as ordered by the court on November 14, 2023.

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Gabriella Monday, 14 October 2024 03:40 PM

Many more people will now be shivering in their boots. Long time to wait for next presidential pardon !

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CitizenP Monday, 14 October 2024 03:48 PM

I think staying prison for 6 months is better than paying Rs,3.5 billion

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Ara Monday, 14 October 2024 03:58 PM

Only sic months for 3.5 billion, good to know

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sam Monday, 14 October 2024 03:59 PM

What about the tax money?

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melbournian Monday, 14 October 2024 04:08 PM

great news, but just 6 months for 3.5B fraud? Oh Man, I will take it, check in to prison hospital problem solved... not only the government even the judiciary is insane in Sri Lanka.

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Eper Monday, 14 October 2024 04:14 PM

Make him pay the 3.5 billion of tax payers money irrespective of the jail term

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Nancy Monday, 14 October 2024 04:28 PM

The country to improve and come up DISCIPLINE should be established. The judicial court will have to maintain such discipline.

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Patcitz Monday, 14 October 2024 06:10 PM

The main culprit and a guy who aided

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Soori Maripalan Tuesday, 15 October 2024 10:23 AM

Where is the stolen money? Are they with your father-in-law? We need money to develop the country!

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