Harsha preassurised not to include word ’fraud’ in COPF report: MP
One daysingle sourceOne outlet reported this, in 2 reports over 1 day - no second voice in this corpus.
All 2 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026
What it is about
Chithral FernandoAjith SiriwardanaYohan PereraCommittee On Public FinanceColombo, Western, Sri LankaKaushalya AriyaratnePublic Debt Management OfficeCentral BankUnited StatesBureau Of InvestigationAustralia
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
dailymirror.lk
5 Aug, 12:31over 2 hours5 Aug, 14:35
How it spread - 2 original reports
Wed, 5 August 2026
2 reports- dailymirror.lk12:31first to report
Ruling party members of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) preassurised Commitee Chairman Harsha de Silva not to include the word ’fraud’ in the report he submitted to Parliament on the USD 2.5 million theft, Opposition MP Chithral Fernando alleged today. ..
- dailymirror.lk14:35
The US$2.5 million theft could have been avoided if the Central Bank (CB) had been more vigilant, a Deputy Minister told Parliament today. ..