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probe accuses Maharoof-Milinda group of deceit The report which was due to be handed over to the party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday by the committee comprising lawyer Mahinda Haradasa and former treasurer Milroy Perera has cited Mr. Moragoda’s private secretary S. Collure as the key suspect in the incident. An earlier report handed over to Mr. Wickremesinghe had been rejected on the basis that the investigation was incomplete and the fact that the inclusion of an under-age candidate had not been given much attention, party sources said. The under-age candidate Supun Lakmal is the son of a municipal overseer and Baseline Road Ward organizer said to be a close aide of Mr. Maharoof. The Retunring Officer upheld an objection that he had not reached 18 as per the electoral list of 2004, but party lawyers argued otherwise before the Court of Appeal. Although Mr. Maharoof had reportedly requested Mr. Wickremesinghe not to include veteran municipal councilor T. M. Sangadasa’s name, the party's nomination board had agreed that all sitting MMCs be included on the list and given an opportunity to re-contest if they so wished. But it was Mr. Sangadasa’s name that the suspect had tippexed and replaced with the name of Mr. Lakmal. Meanwhile, party secretary N.K.K.V. Weragoda had offered to step down following the rejection of the list as it was he who signed the nomination papers. He had not queried the tippexing of Mr. Sanghadsa's name or the inclusion of an under-age candidate as he was busy with Moratuwa organizer G.L.Peiris, preparing the list for the Moratuwa Municipal Council. UNP leader Wickremesinghe is reported to have advised Mr. Weragoda not to resign as the probe was pending. |
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