43 former MPs claim Rs. 1.2 Bn compensation for houses damaged during Aragalaya period: Nalinda

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Some 43 former MPs have obtained compensation for a tune of Rs. 1.2 billion for the damages caused to their houses and property during the Aragalaya incidents, Chief Government Whip Nalinda Jayatissa alleged in Parliament today.

He told Parliament that they have claimed massive compensations by influencing government officials to overestimate damages caused to their houses.

Dr. Jayatissa said 43 former MPs have claimed a total of Rs. 1.224 billion by influencing government officers to overestimate damages caused to their houses.