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Story behind Hicorp and General Fonseka
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admin on 05 January, 2010 10:12:00
 
The website drew attention to certain allegations made in Parliament related to
transactions with the Army. The Company clarified the issues related to the
transactions. It said the Company followed proper procedures when bidding for
tenders with the Sri Lankan Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
Danuna Tilakaratne, as President of Hicorp International and the British Borneo
Defence said he was taking the full responsibility of all tenders bid for by
them, namely partner companies, British Borneo Defense, Satpro Communications
and Hitrone LC. He said they believed that these tenders were granted due to the
lower bids they consistently offered to the Sri Lankan Forces.
Contradictory Statements.
“I Survived To Do My Duty By My Country” – General Sarath Fonseka
Dec 13, 2009
Source: The Sunday Leader
Q: Corruption is a key platform of your campaign but there have been allegations
of corruption leveled against you… particularly concerning your son in law’s
involvement with Hicorp.
A: These allegations are absolutely baseless. Hicorp Sri Lanka was a local
company founded by some young Royalists, many of whom were known to my son.
However my son had no direct connection with the company and despite submitting
tenders it never won any contracts. Hicorp of the USA was registered in
Oaklahoma and my son was a point of contact for the company though he was not
involved in founding it. The company needed a US address and Danuna’s was
provided as a contact address, that was the extent of his involvement.
While that company did win a tender to supply security cameras to army
headquarters — documents prove that this tender was awarded while I was
recovering from the 2006 suicide attack. I was in hospital and played absolutely
no part in awarding the tender.
These allegations are part of an empty smear campaign and government money is
being paid through one of our embassies to the Asian Tribune to perpetuate these
lies.
But all anyone needs to do is look at where we live and how we live to see that
we have not been involved in any corruption. Then look at the people making the
allegations – the government — look at their life styles. I think its clear
who is involved in corruption.