Education Ministry misuses Govt funds: Wijeyadasa tells PCoI

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Former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa has provided a statement to the Police Unit attached to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate allegations of large scale corruption between January 15, 2015 and December 31, 2018, last week.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror sources from the Commission said that the former Minister had provided a statement about two complaints regarding the Education Ministry for allegedly using the funds allocated to ‘Suraksha’ insurance scheme and corruptions related to Mahapola scholarship fund.

In addition, currently the PCoI investigates corruption of the current administration is examining matters regarding to the import of high-yielding pregnant milk cows in 2014, import of ‘Herticad’, the new Russian controversial oncology medicine to treat patients with breast cancer and regarding the misuse of government funds in renting out a building to Agriculture Ministry. (Yoshitha Perera)

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MODA BURUWA Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:15 PM

This well known DEALdasa is trying a DEAL .

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BuffaloaCitizen Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:20 PM

When their are Sinhalese in positions of authority, corruption, thuggery and criminality is bound to happen. Only yesterday this same fellow went on a paid family holiday by Avant Garde.

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Buddhist Wednesday, 17 April 2019 06:13 PM

There are politicians who are like those living in trees jumping from branch to branch. He is one of those. Next election he should be kicked out of the Parliament.

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liyanage Wednesday, 17 April 2019 07:13 PM

Former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa was higher education minister during that time . probably he would aware about corruption at the Mahapola scholarship

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SL Wednesday, 17 April 2019 07:44 PM

Education minster Akila had appointed 40 odd labour to my school and nd many other schools Those political henchmen are no use and why these people are politized the schools after destroying Railway.Langama.etc.

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