A weekend newspaper reports that former chairman of the air port and air port services Tiran Allas who arrested by the TID on the 30th of April has revealed all detains pertaining to the financial deals that he had with the LTTE on the request of president Mahinda Rajapakse.
He has also said that he became the coordinator for the North and East for the presidential campaign on the request made by then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse. He has stated these details when the TID offices arrested him before he was being arrested at the Nawaloka Hospital.
Tiran Allas was arrested on charges of granting funds for a member of the LTTE intelligence unit called Emil Kanthan.
The statement made by Allas states that he was not informed by the security forces that Emil Kanthan was a LTTE intelligence unit member when the discussions were going on and that current presidential advisor Basil Rajapakse, presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga and secretary of the treasury P.B. Jayasundara were also present at the discussions. Allas has also said that Basil Rajapakse held several further rounds of talks with Emil Kanthan.
TIran Allas has told the offices that he has handed over a detailed statement through an affidavit and that he could hand over another, once he is discharged from hospital.
Tiran Allas who is a witness of the Rajapakse � LTTE deal to boycott the presidential election in the North and East remained tight lipped for a long time but broke the shackles on the 30th.
Earlier former minister Sripathi Suriarachchi disclosed that the government handed over 200 million rupees to the LTTE before the election and 800 million rupees after the election.
Meanwhile LeN learns through reliable sources that DIG of the CID D.W. Pratahapasinghe had phone Allas the day before he was arrested and asked him to make a statement excluding the names of Basil and Mahinda Rajapakse from the LTTE deal, which was refused by Tiran Allas.
He has also said that he became the coordinator for the North and East for the presidential campaign on the request made by then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse. He has stated these details when the TID offices arrested him before he was being arrested at the Nawaloka Hospital.
Tiran Allas was arrested on charges of granting funds for a member of the LTTE intelligence unit called Emil Kanthan.
The statement made by Allas states that he was not informed by the security forces that Emil Kanthan was a LTTE intelligence unit member when the discussions were going on and that current presidential advisor Basil Rajapakse, presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga and secretary of the treasury P.B. Jayasundara were also present at the discussions. Allas has also said that Basil Rajapakse held several further rounds of talks with Emil Kanthan.
TIran Allas has told the offices that he has handed over a detailed statement through an affidavit and that he could hand over another, once he is discharged from hospital.
Tiran Allas who is a witness of the Rajapakse � LTTE deal to boycott the presidential election in the North and East remained tight lipped for a long time but broke the shackles on the 30th.
Earlier former minister Sripathi Suriarachchi disclosed that the government handed over 200 million rupees to the LTTE before the election and 800 million rupees after the election.
Meanwhile LeN learns through reliable sources that DIG of the CID D.W. Pratahapasinghe had phone Allas the day before he was arrested and asked him to make a statement excluding the names of Basil and Mahinda Rajapakse from the LTTE deal, which was refused by Tiran Allas.
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