‘Mahinda was the biggest thief, and he was also in my government’ - CBK

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said that Mahinda Rajapaksa was a minister in her government and is the biggest thief in the country.  She made these comments to the media yesterday during a trip to observe the renovations progress of the Veyangoda public fair. 

She made the statement in response to a media personnel posing a question to her regarding the recently arrested P. Dissanayake on a bribery charge who was a former secretary of her’s. 

According to her, there was nothing she could do about corruption by officers and that she never advised them to do so.