PM told Parliament that Intelligence Agencies were in the Process of assessing LTTE Assets & once the process was completed,it would be made public!!

Reveal captured LTTEassets – UNP

by Saman Indrajith


Chief Opposition Whip Joseph Michael Perera asked the government to reveal to the House what it proposed to do to prevent the confiscated assets, frozen bank accounts and gold acquired from the LTTE from becoming the property of a single family.

If those assets were going to be utilised for the benefit of the country, then how was it going to be done, MP Perera asked.

Making a special statement in Parliament, MP Perera said that the armed forces who had recovered a massive stock of gold belonging to the LTTE, following the killing of its leader Prabhakaran, had handed over this stock to the government on November 26. Similarly there were reports that former LTTE financial head Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP had revealed details of LTTE wealth and assets to the Sri Lankan government following his capture.

It was also reported that according to the information provided by KP, there were over 600 bank accounts worldwide where the LTTE’s money had been deposited. It was also reported that the LTTE had 20 ships and the Sri Lanka Navy had destroyed one of them. So far, the nation was in the dark as to what had happened to others.

"We want to know under whose custody these 19 ships are and where they are now," Perera said.

MP Perera asked the government whether it had prepared a report of wealth, gold and assets recovered from the possession of the LTTE. If so, he asked the government to reveal it to the House.

He also asked what action government had taken taken to acquire the massive wealth that once belonged to the LTTE in countries like Canada, the Netherlands and Germany. "Has the government made any written request to these countries to obtain these wealth and assets?" MP Perera asked.

Seized LTTE assets will be made public when investigations complete – PM


Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake yesterday told Parliament that intelligence agencies were in the process of assessing LTTE assets and once the process was completed, it would be made public.

"If we reveal the findings of these investigations now, it will hinder their progress," the Prime Minister said.

He was replying to a question raised by Chief Opposition Whip Joseph Michael Perera, who requested the government to reveal the recoveries made since the collapse of the LTTE, including gold, their bank accounts and ships.

Premier Wickramanayake said the LTTE’s wealth belonged to the nation and said that they should be made use for the development of the country.


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