US asked to probe Danuna Tillakeratne

As evidence continues to mount that Danuna Tillakeratne indulged in unethical business practices, demands are mounting that the United States should inquire into the dealings since the son-in-law of former army commander has the base of his business empire in that country.

In identical letters to various functionaries in Texas and Oklahoma and also the US administration as such, open appeals were made citing as many as 16 grounds for the probe.

The Asian Tribune, which is at the forefront of the campaign, has submitted documentary evidence to press for the US probe and citied as many as 16 to 17 grounds for the inquiry.

Interestingly, this demand for an open inquiry kicked off just when a legal notice was slapped on the Asian Tribune on behalf of Danuna Tillakeratne. The notice takes exception to the AT report titled “ Every bullet fired at innocent Tamil civilians fetched kickbacks to Gen. Foneska Family” published on 22nd November 2009.

The letter of demand was sent via courier service on Mr. K.T.Rajasingham and on the World Institute For Asian Studies by Mr. Charitha N. Galhena, Attorney –at – Law, of 544/A, Lake Road, Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka, on behalf of his client Danuna Tilakaratne of 109 Kirulapona Avenue, Colombo 5.

According to our investigation, until yesterday (05 December 2009) Danuna Tilakaratne is very much in Oklahoma.

Our lawyers are working on this aspect and will report once we get the legal opinion from them.

It is not clear whether laws that govern print media apply to Internet publications which have no geographical limitations.

Excerpts from the text of open requests for US probe:

Governor Brad Henry
State Capitol Building
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 212
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
USA

02 December 2009

Dear Governor Brad Henry,

Independent Enquiry Into Illegal Business Activities of Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne

It is with great respect I, K.T.Rajasingham , Chief Editor of Asian Tribune, an online news daily, published by World Institute For Asian Studies , request for a independent inquiry into the business activities conducted by Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne, 17545 Gold Drive, Edmond, OK 73003. . His Sri Lanka address is 19, Kirulapona Avenue, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka. He is the son-in law of General Sarath Fonseka, Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.

It has come to our attention that Danuna Tillakeratne has conducted illegal arm deals as well as received commissions for supplying war related materials to Sri Lankan government, which violated Sir Lankan laws, as well as international laws, USA law and regulations including. Please consider the following facts while conducting your investigation.

1. Documents forged including signatures, names, and address when registering bank accounts, business entities, visa filing and filing of taxes.

You can see how Danuna Tillakeratne has forged signature of Mr. Ruwinda Gunaratne in 2 documents H3 and H4 (attached) with Oklahoma Secretary of State while filing the business registration for Hicorp International Inc. This is a crime that demands the arrest of Danuna Tillakeratne pending further investigation.

2. Visa Status – Danuna Tillakeratne has violated the USA visa status by submitting forged documents to immigration and homeland security to obtain H1 visa.

Please review his visa status for the past 3 years. Also investigate the company that sponsored his visa status

3. Bank accounts opened with forged documents

Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne opened Bank accounts in Oklahoma and Texas with forged addresses and identities - information to transfer money in between countries and business accounts.

4. Travelled out of the US on illegal H1 visa

Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne travelled from the US to Sri lanka, UK, China, may be even Pakistan and other countries holding an illegally obtained H1 visa from USA to conduct defence related business.

5. Find out source money

Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne has created huge asset base. It is essential to evaluate his assets and to find out the sources of money for the assets he possess today.

6. Stock Market investments

Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne has made big investments in the stock markets of US and other countries.

7. Offshore bank accounts

Our information is that Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne deposited the money he obtained as commissions in defence deals in his off -shore Bank accounts. All the signatures of his bank accounts, tax filings for his personal as well as business entity Hicorp International Inc should be investigated along with British Borneo Defence.

8. Forged documents for defence deals

Our information is that Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne registered his companies with the US agencies to trade in defence related materials by submitting forged documents.

9. Credit Card transactions too

Mr. Danuna Tilakeratne’s credit card transactions show that money has been spent to purchase defence related materials. (Please review past CC transactions for years – 2004 to 2009)

10. Misrepresentation of identity

Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne is said to have misrepresented his identity to different companies, government organizations to gain business advantages.

11. Investigate all bank transactions

All the bank account transactions of Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne, Apsara Fonseka and other family members, who stay with them in Oklahoma should be investigated.

12.Also should be investigated are whether the bank account signatures of Ruwinda or any other persons were forged by Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne when transferring money or engraining business activities; we have reasons to believe that he did so.

13.He has used the following address for correspondence. But our enquiries reveal that there is no business registered as British Borneo Defence at the bellow address with Texas secretary of state.

British Borneo Defence
L/A : M/S Hicorp (Pvt) Ltd
3215 Mission Ridge Drive
Flower Mound
TX 75022

14.Mr. Danuna Tillakeratne has forged documentation for address forwarding as well as providing false addresses to cover up his identity with United States Postal Service and other mail services. He did so, according to our inquiries, purposely to cover us his identity from Sri Lanka authorities as well as US government when dealing as a arm dealer

15.Danuna Tillakeratne has conducted or engaged in conducting defence related deals with the following companies

Raytheon -USA

ComsTrac – United Kingdom

CETC International - China

Spectrex Corporation – USA

Salman & Associates – Pakistan

Neumark Trade & Consultancy Services – Israel

Simentra Ltd, UK

POF – Pakistan Ordinance Factories

NRTC - Pakistan

www.steiner-binoculars.com

NORINCO – China

Nomadics - USA

Poly Technologists – China

16. Investigation should be focussed to identify the sources of his income and how he obtained the money to pay for his assets, investments and other expenditures and bring him to justice!

I do here by humbly request you to again order an independent inquiry and look forward hear from you

Sincerely

K.T.Rajasingham,
Chief Editor,
Asian Tribune,
World Institute For Asian Studies,,
Gottstavagen 4A, (Box 60),
763 41 Hallstavik,
Sweden.

Copies to:

U.S. Department of State
PM/DDTC, SA-1, 12th Floor
2401 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
USA

Ed Kelley - Editor
9000 North Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK 73114
P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125
USA

NewsTips - KOCO-TV
1300 East Britton Road
Oklahoma City, OK 73131
USA

Ambassador
U. S. Embassy
210 Galle Road,
Colombo 03,
Sri Lanka

Editor - Washington Post
P.O. Box 17370
Arlington, VA 22216
USA

KFOR-TV
444 E. Britton Rd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
USA

Secretary Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
USA

NEWS
7401 N. Kelley
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
USA

Anderson Cooper
CNN News Room
Washington bureau:
820 First Street NE, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20002
USA

Kerry Pettingill, Director
Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
P.O. Box 11415
Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0415
USA

Suspected Tax Violations
Internal Revenue Service
Fresno, CA 93888
USA

Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
Oklahoma City Division
3301 W. Memorial Road
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
USA

Bank of America Corporate Center
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
USA

MidFirst Plaza
501 N.W. Grand Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118-6054
USA

Major Keith Mann
Person and Property Crimes Division
701 Colcord Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
USA

Doug Stump & Associates
1900 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73118-1821
USA

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