Sri Lanka, April 28 -- Finance Ministry officials, including the Secretary to the Treasury Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, are to be summoned before the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), chaired by MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, on Thursday (30) over the USD 2.5 million cyber theft incident.

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance convened under its chair today (28) to discuss the alleged incident pertaining to the USD 2.5 million in funds obtained by cyber criminals who breached a computer system at the Finance Ministry.

It was decided during the meeting to summon the officials of the Ministry of Finance, including the Secretary to the Treasury Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, before the committee on April 30.

Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayati...