Sri Lanka, April 25 -- The government and the Prime Minister are concealing the truth regarding the $2.5 million cyber theft while blaming the opposition for raising concerns, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa claims. He observed that the Prime Minister accused the opposition of seeking attention through these allegations, despite the government now admitting the funds are missing.

According to Premadasa, the government-not the opposition-was responsible for paying this debt, yet they hid the incident from Parliament, the Finance Committee, and the public for four months. He noted conflicting statements from the Treasury Secretary, the Deputy Finance Minister, and the Prime Minister since the exposure of the theft. He emphasized that th...