11 questions from Vijitha Herath regarding Rs. 15.9 billion sugar tax fraud

Sajath Mausoon, the owner of Wilma, a Shangri-La company owned by Shangri-La, who was a campaigner for Mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa during his presidential campaign, embezzled 15.9 billion rupees in the sugar business. At a media briefing held at the JVP party office in Pelawatta yesterday (14th), Information Secretary of the JVP Vijitha Herath questioned whether there hasn’t been any fraud as claimed by the ministers and pro-government ministers.
he questions are posted below, and as a responsible government Gotabaya Rajapaksa government should answer them, says Mr Herath.
If there was no fraud
01 Why was the Rs. 50 tax levied on sugar to boost the national economy suddenly lowered to 25 cents? Doesn’t it cause a disruption to the national economy?
02 Why did Wilma Company, owned by a friend of the government, Sajath Mausoon, import large quantities of sugar on the eve of the sugar tax reduction month?
03 Did Sajath Mousoon suddenly become greedy for sugar without a government tip?
04 Wasn’t providing apartment facilities by Sajath Mouson to Gotabaya Rajapaksa While he was getting residential treatment in Singapore, related to the sugar deal?
05 Why did the government get special love and greed to import sugar when it had restricted a large number of other imported goods?
06 Why was sugar imported in large quantities when the country already had enough stocks of sugar?
07 Despite monthly sugar requirement in Sri Lanka being 46,000 metric tons, why did the average monthly import of sugar go up to 80,000 metric tons during the tax deduction period?
08 When there are about 67 companies importing sugar to Sri Lanka, why did only Wilma import about 40% of sugar?
09 Why did the CWE buy sugar from Wilma at higher prices such as Rs. 120, Rs. 122 and Rs. 127 when a gazette had been already issued stating that sugar should be sold at Rs. 85?
10, why was the CWE chairman removed from the institution and taken to the President when there was a rumor in the country about the sugar fraud?
11 Why did the Ministry of Finance submit a report to the Parliamentary Finance Committee alleging a loss of Rs. 15.9 billion had occurred due to sugar fraud?