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From SB to CBK: A billion-rupee letter of demand
Samurdhi Minister S B Dissanayake's lawyers have sent a letter of demand to President Chandrika Kumaratunga for Rs. 1,000 million for accusing the minister of plundering 2 billion rupees from savings of Samurdhi beneficiaries, while the ministry was under him.

The letter of demand was sent to President Kumaratunga on Friday by Minister Dissanayake's lawyers Samararatna Associates. The letter of demand states that President Kumaratunga had made the defamatory statement at a public meeting held at Ragama.

“Our client has instructed us that during the election campaign leading to the 2001 Parliamentary Election, you took over the functions of the Samurdhi Ministry and even appointed a Secretary to the said Ministry.

“Thereafter a complaint was made to the Commission to inquire into allegations of bribery and corruption. The Bribery and Corruption Commission conducted a full inquiry into this complaint and exonerated our client” it said.

The legal action is to be taken when the President ceases to hold office as President of Sri Lanka and thereby loses immunity from legal proceedings the President enjoys at present.
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