Sri Lanka's Attorney General filed the indictments today at the Colombo High Court charging former Army Commander retired General Sarath Fonseka, his son-in-law and President of Hicorp International Danuna Tilakaratne and the Director of the company Wellington De Hoedt.
The suspects have been charged with causing losses to the Sri Lanka Army via the handing over of a tender to HiCorp during the period November 1st, 2006 and 31st May 2009. The loss incurred is estimated as USD 299,000. The AG has cited 48 persons as witnesses and produced 15 documents to the court.
Another case has been filed against the mother of Danuna Tilakaratne, Ashoka Tilakaratne for breaching the Exchange Control Act by depositing over 70 million rupees in a private bank safe without prior approval from the Central Bank.
Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department in February recovered 75 million rupees from four safety deposit boxes in a private bank belonged to Asoka Tilakaratne.
According to the CID the money had been transported from General Fonseka's office at Rajakeeya Mawatha, Colombo 7 to the private bank for safe-keeping.
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