FONSEKA AID NOW PROBED BY BELGIUM FOR ALLEGED MONEY TRANSFER
By Sugath Lyanage
An aid of Ex-gen, Sarath Fonseca, Senaka de Silva is now being probedy Attorney General’s department on behalf of Belgium, who is allegedly wanted in that country over an illegal money transfer case.
According to the CID sources Belgium authorities are likely to visit Sri Lanka soon to file action through the Attorney Generals department to recover the money which has been allegedly transferred to a local branch of an international bank in Sri Lanka by Senaka De Silva, a coordinating secretary of General Sarath Fonseka who is now in custody.
The Coordinating secretary of General Fonseka had been reportedly sentenced in absentia and imprisoned for two years in Belgium for illegal money transfers, which he is said to have conducted using the internet, the CID sources added. The news was published in the Daily Mirror recently.
So far, Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry had not made any request for Senaka De Silva to be extradited to face the charges against him.
The Belgium embassy in Colombo also said they were not aware of any requests to send Senaka De Silva to Belgium to be tried in Court over money transfer allegations.
Senaka de Silva was arrested together with General Fonseka over conspiring to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family as well as several other allegations. Senaka de Silva was a captain of the STF and had retired from service several years ago.
