Nissanka Senadhipathi relesed fom floating armoury case

Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi was acquitted today in the floating armory case. He was acquitted along with seven others accused over the arms trafficking case. Nissanka Senadhipathi was acquitted today by the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar appointed by the Colombo High Court.

 

He was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department upon his return to Sri Lanka from Singapore in October 2019. The case created Controversy as then Solicitor general  Dilrukshi Wickramasinha  had a conversation with Senadaipathi and later it was leaked to the media by Senadhipathi himself. Dilrukshi is still under interdiction.

 

The Conversation

 

Here are a few choice excerpts of the conversation spoken in a mixture of Sinhalese and English: I never expected your business to collapse in this manner because it was one of the best businesses in the country.

 

Mama dannawa, Nissanka, if I ever had the slightest knowledge – mata nikamata hari hithuwanam may wage deyak siddha waye kiyala – If I just for nothing even thought that this kind of thing will happen. Mokada mama jeevithayata wath hithunanam oya ge business eka nathi waywe kiyala, mama jeevithayata oya naduwa danne nay – if, for the life of me, I thought that you will lose your business as a result, I would never, for the life of me would have put this case.

 

You know that I am one who has read over 7500 letters that were there in your office. I have personally read each one of them. I know how when your officers were in your ship how you looked after their families. Other people only think but I am not like that.

 

Mama atthatama Nissankanka harima duk vuna, mama puduma vidhiyata duk vuna – Truly, Nissanka, I was unbelievably saddened. Mama Gotabaya Rajapaksata wath viruddha nadu danne nay – I wouldn’t even have filed action against Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Mama atthatama karapu mewa eka ganama REGRET venawa – I truly regret the entire episode. I know how to make the law and break the law both.