It is upto a competent court to make a conviction based on corruption allegations. The task of journalists is to highlight possible corruption so that investigations can proceed until the process of the law takes over from there. Danuna Tillakaratne started a business in USA in 2001. This is his first company. Its name is Tidal Trading. It stated with exporting used computers, monitors, laptops to Sri Lanka. Its address is the same as Danuna’s other businesses including the notorious HiCorp. It’s 17545 Gold Dr, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Interestingly he has stated the name of the legal representative as “Dan” and contact person as “Dan Til”. It is not rocket science to see that it is none other than Danuna Tillakaratne! Here’s the link - http://www.bizearch.com/company/Tidal_Trading_213766.htm (Picture-1)
In describing their business, they had this to say, “We Export used computers, monitors, laptops to Sri Lanka. We will be interested in purchasing used computers from USA, in quantities of 40Ft containers. Used computers should be tested and working. We have a company branch located in USA. Please send us your company details, information and price quotation for bulk orders”.
However, in 2005 Tidal Trading changes its business from a low profit used computer business to a weapons trading company. This is what they had to say then. “We are from a company that supplies military equipment to the Military (Army, Navy, Air force) in Sri Lanka. IWe are in the process of fining new military suppliers from Russia/china/USA/Ukraine/etc.” Link - http://www.ecvv.com/offerdetail/A252170.html
Here Danuna fails to give his details but the address is the same. Please note the date of publishing.
Why did he suddenly change the nature of business? To find answers, one has to travel to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka army has a tender procedure. According to the procedure the Army Chief of Staff is the one in charge of tenders. In 2005 Sarath Fonseka was appointed the Army Chief of Staff! Father-in-law to be and son-in-law to be started this weapons selling venture in 2005.
Fonseka was so engrossed in weapons selling he reshuffled the tender procedure in the army when he became the army commander. Unther these changes, he himself took the task of buying weapons for the army. In another article we reported how he himself gave the purchase order to buy 22 defective Al Khalid tanks from Pakistan at a total cost exceeding US$100 million.
http://www.gmdu.net/corp-196729.html
They further advertised their trade in the following popular website. http://catalog.globalimporter.net/company/92/106107
In that Danuna correctly identifies himself as the contact person (Mr Danuna Tillakaratne). And the address is the same. A confident Danuna gives the company profile as following - “We an authorized distributor/wholesaler for a few companies.
Our products include tea that we could supply from any quantity, quality to any kind of packaging.
We also are a distributor/wholesaler for a large urea (fertilizer) manufacturing company. Our company is also interested in military products. (We buy small military equipments to large equipments such as tanks and planes.” Of course!
In describing their business, they had this to say, “We Export used computers, monitors, laptops to Sri Lanka. We will be interested in purchasing used computers from USA, in quantities of 40Ft containers. Used computers should be tested and working. We have a company branch located in USA. Please send us your company details, information and price quotation for bulk orders”.
However, in 2005 Tidal Trading changes its business from a low profit used computer business to a weapons trading company. This is what they had to say then. “We are from a company that supplies military equipment to the Military (Army, Navy, Air force) in Sri Lanka. IWe are in the process of fining new military suppliers from Russia/china/USA/Ukraine/etc.” Link - http://www.ecvv.com/offerdetail/A252170.html
Here Danuna fails to give his details but the address is the same. Please note the date of publishing.
Why did he suddenly change the nature of business? To find answers, one has to travel to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka army has a tender procedure. According to the procedure the Army Chief of Staff is the one in charge of tenders. In 2005 Sarath Fonseka was appointed the Army Chief of Staff! Father-in-law to be and son-in-law to be started this weapons selling venture in 2005.
Fonseka was so engrossed in weapons selling he reshuffled the tender procedure in the army when he became the army commander. Unther these changes, he himself took the task of buying weapons for the army. In another article we reported how he himself gave the purchase order to buy 22 defective Al Khalid tanks from Pakistan at a total cost exceeding US$100 million.
http://www.gmdu.net/corp-196729.html
They further advertised their trade in the following popular website. http://catalog.globalimporter.net/company/92/106107
In that Danuna correctly identifies himself as the contact person (Mr Danuna Tillakaratne). And the address is the same. A confident Danuna gives the company profile as following - “We an authorized distributor/wholesaler for a few companies.
Our products include tea that we could supply from any quantity, quality to any kind of packaging.
We also are a distributor/wholesaler for a large urea (fertilizer) manufacturing company. Our company is also interested in military products. (We buy small military equipments to large equipments such as tanks and planes.” Of course!
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