General Fonseka says 200 Kgs of gold recovered in LTTE areas

(September 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The DNA MP and Former chief of Army General Sarath Fonseka told Parliament that during his tenure as Army Commander for four years , 200 kilograms of gold had been unearthed from the Vellamullivaikkal area in the Mullaitivu district , during operations there.

Speaking during extension of the emergency Mr. Fonseka said even larger stocks of gold had been recovered after he stepped down as commander, but no one knows what happened to that gold.

He added that K.P alias Kumaran Pathmanathan also had access to a lot of money the whereabouts of which are still unknown.

“KP had said in an interview that he and the Defence Secretary think alike. So we can read a lot into that comment”, he said.

The former army commander said if KP revealed such sentiments when the war was on going, then the lives of 5,000 soldiers could have been saved.

“People like Karuna and Pilliyan who helped us during the war have been sidelined now and KP has become the favorite”, he added.