"Pandora Papers were published by an LTTE diaspora company" - Basil Rajapaksa
Occurred in Sri Lanka on Oct. 6, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.
Reported by Nishadi Gunatilake via Internet on Nov. 2, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.
Reported by Nishadi Gunatilake via Internet on Nov. 2, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.
# corruption
This report is Confirmed false
and is of
Low Priority.
Here is why -
An external fact checker has confirmed that Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Finance, has not made such a statement on the 4th of October after a meeting at the Ministry of Finance, as was reported. The Secretary to the Minister has also confirmed that. Read more here (Sinhala): https://srilanka.factcrescendo.com/2021/10/07/basil-rajapaksa-did-not-say-pandora-paper-leak-is-published-by-a-ltte-diaspora-company/.