Sri Lanka, April 23 -- The President of the Free Lawyers Organisation, President's Counsel Maithri Gunaratne, has claimed that both the President and the Secretary to the Finance Ministry should be held responsible over the disappearance of a USD 2.5 million payment owed to Australia.

He further alleged that the incident would not have come to light if not for the intervention of his organisation, accusing the government of continuing to cover it up.

Addressing the media yesterday (22), the former MP had revealed that the USD 2.5 million, paid by the Treasury as part of a debt settlement linked to a USD 22.9 million loan, had not reached the intended recipient and had instead ended up with cybercriminals or a third party.

Gunaratne sta...