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COPE to take up Lotus Tower scam inquiry

18 Sep 2019

Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) VP MP Sunil Handunnetti  said  the COPE will take up inquiries into the Rs 2 Bn  Lotus Tower scam revealed by President Maithripala Sirisena. President Maithripala Sirisena speaking at the opening ceremony of the Lotus tower on Monday(16) said in 2012 a Chinese company; Aerospace Long-March International Trade (ALIT) had been paid a sum of Rs. 2 bn by the Rajapakse Government as part of the deal for the lotus tower project. Sirisena alleged once he became President there was no sign of ALIT nor the Rs. 2 Bn. However Opposition Leader Rajapaksa in a press statement today denied such allegations.


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