Top Lankan-born barrister hired by the CB

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The skeletons are quickly coming out of the Central Bank (CB) cupboard with news of another high profile contract involving a well-known barrister from the UK with Sri Lankan roots.

Sir Desmond de Silva, QC, the Sunday Times reliably learns, was paid a fee of UK sterling pounds 60,000 per month (about Rs.12 million) to prepare a strategy for the regulator on how to counter human rights issues against Sri Lanka. In addition the bank is paying for his food and lodging at Jaic Hilton.

CB sources said Sir Desmond is currently working in Sri Lanka and also visited Jaffna on a few occasions.They said that Sir Desmond has been in Sri Lanka since June 2014. “He is staying here till next the Geneva UN meeting on Human Rights (around March/April),” one source said.

Sir Desmond was also appointed to a government advisory committee investigating the last phases of the war that ended in May 2009. – Ends -

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