Sri Lanka, July 10 -- The Opposition Leader was given Rs.100 million in cash by Charith Abeysinghe after winning the election. A person who is taking ransom from the underworld was going to become the Deputy Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) shortly if our Government didn't come into power, Mass Media Deputy Minister Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne revealed in Parliament.

She made this statement while addressing the House yesterday (9) during the debate on the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill, Financial Transactions Reporting (Amendment) Bill and Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing

(Amendment) Bill. "A former Provincial Council member named Yohan Wickramasinghe from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLP...