4341/’13
Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) an account bearing No.2323246 was maintained in the Independence Square branch of the Bank of Ceylon, in addition to the account bearing No. 2323310 maintained in the same branch by the Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy;
(ii) the Executive Director and the Finance Manager of that Council ordered the transfer of a sum of Rs. 4,293,253.00 credited to the general account of that Council bearing No.4530801719 on 15.04.2005 and to some other account bearing No.004530207663 on 03.05.2005;
(iii) it had not been revealed in the audit as to what purpose the said sum of money had been used since the institution mentioned above did not have particulars of that additional account; and
(iv) the said institution does not have any particulars about the account bearing No. 2323246 mentioned in (i) above?
(b) Will he inform this House of—
(i) the reason for maintaining another account bearing No. 2323246 in addition to the account bearing No. 2323310;
(ii) the corrupt officials who engaged in fraudulent transactions through accounts mentioned in (a) (i) and (a) (ii) above; and
(iii) the action taken against such officials?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2014-04-22
Asked by
Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy - Fraud
Answered Date
2014-06-03
Answered by
Hon. Y.G. PADMASIRI, M.P.,, M.P.
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