Every bullet fired at innocent Tamil civilians fetched kickbacks to Gen Fonseka family
Asian Tribune has found that Hicorp/British Bourne - Companies registered by Danuna Tilakaratne (son-in-law of General Sarath Fonseka and son of retired Brigadier Tilakaratne) in Oklahoma, USA, had submitted false evidence to win tenders they had submitted in Sri Lanka to the Army, Navy, Air force and the police
Danuna registered the business in Oklahoma, as well as in Texas. Also he registered his business in Colombo too.
He registered Hicorp Company in Oklahoma in his name, but suddenly on Nov 16, 2009, he changed the registration in favor of some other person apparently after he got the wind of Asian Tribune’s investigations into his dealings.
In Colombo Danuna registered his business under the name of Lakshman Abeysekara.
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Lakshman Abeysekara is just a name. The actual registration was done through a lawyer Mr. A.S.H.A Hanan. This lawyer made some kind of deal with Danuna Thilakaratne as a silent partner of the company in Sri Lanka. Detail of this registration is given in this column.
Danuna’s company in Oklahoma shows Ruwinda Gunaratne is a director with effect from Nov 16.
Ruwinda is the son of Vice Air Marshal Channa Gunaratne, Director Planning in the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Ruwinda used to live with Danuna. That was long time back. On Nov 16, he was not in the US as he had returned home by then, according to Asian Tribune’s investigation.
Yet, Danuna, on 16th November went to the State Secretary’s Office and changed the name of the company to Ruwinda Gunaratne’s name.
How could he do this? By simply forging the documents! Danuna forged the signatures of Ruwinda and got the company changed to his name. But Ruwinda was not aware of these changes. Danuna also put some other Sri Lankans’ addresses without the knowledge of those Sri Lankans.
Danuna Thilakaratne does not have an Alien Residency in US (Green Card), but he does have a H1B visa. (If you are a Foreign national who wants to live and Work in the USA, you need to get HIB Visa)
He had filed that H1B visa through a company which does not even exist in the US.
What Danuna did for the tax? It is suspected that he forged documents and on that basis submitted his tax returns.
Danuna stayed in his home in Oklahoma (his wife stays there) and made phone calls to all the generals. There is a gang in this field – a brigadier identified as Fydel Meedin, Colonel Col Rohan Wijesundara and many others.
Danuna Thilakaratne minted millions of US dollars from contracts secured from the security forces of Sri Lanka. He supplied a wide variety of items and munitions starting with the security systems for army headquarters, surveillance cameras and related ancillaries, and gas masks to binoculars.
For the past 3-4 years, he was the fountain head of all military supplies. And he minted millions of dollars. All because his father-in-law was the Army Commander!
Company Registered in Oklahoma USA (Document Hicorp 1 and H2 attached)
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Hicorp International Inc.,
Danuna Thillakeratne
17545 Gold Drive,
Edmond, Oklahoma 73003.
Particulars about the company –its paid up capital, nature of business etc are available on the internet at www.sooneraccess.state.ok.us/corp_inquiry/corp_inquiry-find.asp
After this company information surfaced on the internet, Danuna Thillakeratne went to the State Secretary Office in Oklahoma at 4.59PM November 16th/ (or through one his agents, it is unclear he managed it) and forged the signature of Ruwinda Gunaratne and changed the name of registered agent by signing as a president for the company and forging Ruwinda Gunaratne’s signature and address as (Ruwinda was in Sri Lanka when he changed the agents name and address) –
If you look at H2 and H4 documents you will see 2 different signatures for Ruwinda Gunaratne. Danuna forged the signature. He should go to jail for this. He also changed the address to 1925 Bradford Way.
Company In Texas
Danuna Thilakaratne registered another company in Texas as British Borneo Defence.
Its address is shown as -
British Borneo Defence
L/A : M/S Hicorp (Pvt) Ltd
3215 Mission Ridge Drive
Flower Mound
TX 75022
Particulars about the company can be found at www.sooneraccess.state.ok.us/corp_inquiry/corp_inquiry-find.asp
Does this Company exist at all?
Asian Tribune doesn’t think so? It appears to be a fictitious company created with forged document. The company appears to have been floated for the exclusive purpose of cornering orders/tenders from army, navy, air force, and the police
(See attached BB1 and BB2)
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Kickbacks from Every Bullet Fired
Danuna Thilakaratne, who married Apsara, eldest daughter of Gen Sarath Fonseka, (she lives in Oklahoma) profited from every bullet fired in the war as the exclusive agent of the Pakistani arms dealer and ISI agent Ahmed Nissar.
The ISI agent stays rent free in Danuna Thilakeratne’s flat in Central Colombo. Danuna purchased the flat for 1.5 million US dollars.
As agent of Pak arms dealer, Danuna received 2 cents for every bullet procured and $ 20 for every shell.
How much could be the kickback?
Must be in millions as the Wanni War was a very major military campaign that lasted for more than three years, when President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared a fight to finish humanitariagn Campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) .
The Wanni confrontation created him a multi millionaire overnight. The bullets fired by our soldiers in the defence of the country and to remove terrorism scourge enriched the pockets of the family of the very General, who was leading the campaign of the Sri Lankan forces.
Is this what our valiant soldiers shed their blood for?
Danuna Thilakeratne’s company Hicorp is made up of relatives of former army Commander. It was involved in the purchase of MIGs from Ukraine, uniform and telecommunication equipment from China, food rations from Malaysia and tank transporters from Russia.
Hicorp also supplied ration packs, which were past their shelf life and bought cheaply from a Malaysian Tamil who had imported them from China. That put the Sri Lankan soldiers in the front line at risk while from the profits and kickbacks from the sale enabled Danuna Thilakaratne and his friends feast on Caviar and champagne at the best restaurants in Europe and USA.
Forged Bank Guarantee documents
Even the bank guarantee forms Danuna Thilakeratne’s company submitted were fudged. Hicorp altered and printed fudged bank guarantee forms, it appears, without the knowledge of the bank.
In the Army HQ offices, we learn, a few Generals and others got involved in the Hicorp deals under the instruction of Gen Fonseka and covered up the issue. Gen Thoradeniya and Gen Mahesh Senanayake , Gen Jayanath Perera, Brig Fydel Meedin and Col Rohan Wijesundara are the names mentioned in this connection.
Army Hq Security System
Contract for Army Hq security camera system was awarded to Hicorp (Nexsel – British Borneo Defence) under the influence of Gen Fonseka. The company failed to implement the system as specified in the agreement but Gen Fonseka ordered the Army to allow them to finish the work at extra cost which helped Hicorp and some Brigadiers make millions.
Gen Fonseka ignored the fact that Hicorp never had any experience in installing a security camera system. In fact, it has no office space in Colombo!
The system started to fall apart even before the Army made the payment to Hicorp. But nobody questioned fearing the ire of the General.
Col Rohan Wijesundara influenced the decisions of the tender boards; he also issued a special pass to Randy DeHoedt, (Danuna Tilakeratne’s manager) to come and go as he wished to the Army Hq.
Gas Mask Deal too
The Gas mask deal was also given to Danuna Thilakeratne’s company.
The tender board was pressurized by General Sarath Fonseka to favor his son-in-law’s company; he threatened to charge officers if they did not cooperate with his son-in-law and his manager Randy DeHoedt.
Now a few questions arise and only General Sarath Fonseka can answer them
Questions to Gen Fonseka
How about millions of dollars in commission from Tanks deal?
-You asked your Director Plans to work directly with your son-in-law and not with any other party.
How about the commission from satellite deal?
-Your son - in -laws’s Company still supplies satellite images to Sri Lanka army and made millions of dollars in commission
How about the commission from uniforms and boots?
-You awarded the boots and uniform tender to your son- in- law’s company who represented as an agent for Brig Thilakeratne’s company (your son-in-law’s father’s company)
How about the commission from MBR?
How about the commission from your own Mercedes Benz?
How about commissions from MIG deal?
How about communication equipments deals from Brig Bashir and NRTS?
How about the commissions from the compasses your son-in-law supplied to army?
Hicorp provided false bank guarantee certificates and other affiliation documents with most of the tenders they submitted; when army HQ offices discovered it, Gen Fonseka intervened, hushed it up and even transferred some officers to isolated places.
Even today those documents are available at army HQ. Most of these documents clearly show that Hicorp – British Bourne and Nexsel submitted documents for tenders are altered and false.
For submitting false documentation Army can arrest Lakshman Wijesekara and Randy Dehoedt. Their interrogation will help to find out who gave those instructions and all the details of Gen Fonseka’s Wrong doings.
Danuna’s Dubious Investments
Danuna Thilakaratne started a new Salon in Kirulapana, Sri Lanka besides a Salon at Las Vegas, USA, Night Club at Holiday Inn, Sri Lanka, Beach Hotel in Negambo Sri Lanka, Communication Company in London, and Salon in Galle Face Hotel. He invested millions of dollars in the American and Sri Lankan stock markets. Where did he get this money? Gen Fonseka should be asked for a reply.
The Former Army Commander got President Fund scholarship for his daughter to study in the USA though the scholarship is meant for poor students. He used to get his son-in-law’s economy class air ticket upgraded to the first class on the National Carrier Sri Lankan Airlines. This upgrading was not limited to his son-in-law alone. The General’s entire family and their friends got upgrades for more than 50 times when Sarath Fonseka was the Army Commander.
The General’s official vehicle with commando guards in tow was used by the son-in-law for his personal purpose and for his business visits.
The General granted SL Army intelligence money to political campaigns.
(More will follow soon – Editor)
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