Sri Lanka, May 6 -- The Government, through the international investigation of the Finance Ministry and law enforcement (including the CID and CERT), has been investigating the incident, with assistance from Australian authorities, a month before the Opposition found out cyber theft of US$ 2.5 million, as the responsible government, since March 24, Chief Government Whip and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament yesterday.

"The Opposition came to know about this incident on April 22. By then, we had done a great deal of work. After the revelation of the incident, the External Resources Department (ERD) Director General lodged a complaint with the CID on March 24. On the same day, the Finance Ministry appointed a technical investi...