State Minister of Primary Industries Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, who has periodically made the news for his controversial actions, has recently been accused of having severely abused and threatened the Human Resources and Administration Assistant of the Lanka Phosphate Company in the presence of ministry and company officials.

The Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya affiliated to the company has reportedly informed Dasanayake that it would resort to trade union action in case a similar incident took place in the future.

Meanwhile, the official concerned had reportedly requested the Chairperson of the company, Sandhya Ambanwala, to hold a formal investigation of the incident.

The official concerned had said she had been called for a meeting at the ministry and that she had been threatened and severely abused in the presence of the Chairperson and several senior officials of the company over an allegation of harassing a casual employee.