Commission Appointed To Investigate On Serious Frauds And Corruption Has Instructed Authorities To Remove Six Higher Officers Of CWE

The Commission appointed to investigate  Serious Frauds and Corruption has today(05) instructed the Secretary To The Ministry Of Industries And Commerce to remove Six Higher Officers attach to Co-Operative Wholesale Establishment(CWE)who are said to be influencing the current investigations carrying out to find out the large scale fraud and corruption occurred at CWE.

As the evidence need to be gathered  from Employees who are working under the said Six CWE Higher Officers there are unnecessary delays when getting some reports related to Large Scale Fraud And Corruption occurred at CWE the Commission has informed the Secretary to the Ministry Of Industries And Commerce.

Accordingly the Chairman of the Commission Preethi Padman Surasena has instructed the Secretary To The Ministry Of Industries And Commerce to remove the CWE Higher Officers ,Chief Engineer K.Ariyawansha,Deputy General Manager(Finance) Asiri Fernando,Additional Secretary (Trade) G.Jeewananda,Deputy General Manager(Purchasing) Anjana Nissanka,Senior Manager Jayaweera Bandara and Legal Adviser(Purchasing) Vaijyanthimala Wijethilake from the CWE with immediate effect.