Golden Key depositor climbs tree in protest
December 20, 2012 12:23 pm
A man climbed a tree
and engaged in a protest outside the Hulftsdorp Court Complex in Colombo against
the Golden Key fraud which affected around 1200 depositors, an Ada Derana
correspondent reported.
Speaking to Ada
Derana from atop the tree, K.R. Saman Shantha, a resident of the
Rambukkana-Hiriwadunna area stated that his protest was in demand of justice
for the depositors who had been cheated.
He stated that he had
deposited over Rs.30 million which he had saved over 30 years in the Golden Key
company while expressing his dismay at the fact that the hearing of a petition
brought forward by the victims of the fraud had been temporarily suspended in
the courts due to Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake’s impeachment case.
Saman Shantha stated
that the government should look into these sorts of schemes whether the company
is registered with the Central Bank or not while he also said that the
government should grant the victims justice.
He told Ada Derana
that he will not end his protest until President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence
Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa or Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa assures
him of justice.
