Tension is high between the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption

Tension is high between the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) Jagath Balapatabendi and its Director General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremesinghe over the investigations of some caMr

Mr  Balapatabendi has allegedly stifled an attempt by the Director General to reach an agreement with the US Government to investigate assets and wealth, which are alleged to have been hidden in foreign countries by several powerful politicians.
An official of CIABOC, who wished to remain anonymous, said, under these circumstances the Director General of CIABOC had sent a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena on 24 July in connection with the continuous obstacles the Commissioners and the Chairman of the Commission were putting forward to obstruct the investigations being carried out by her, into large-scale frauds and corruption.