October 27, Colombo (LNW): Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe has served a Letter of Demand to Waruna Rajapaksha concerning statements made on a YouTube channel, which are alleged to be defamatory regarding a distillery licence.
According to a statement from the Deputy Minister’s Office, the online content contained false claims targeting Deputy Minister Abeysinghe, prompting the legal notice as a means to seek redress for reputational harm.
The dispute centres on recent reports suggesting that Deputy Minister Abeysinghe, along with MP Najith Indika, met a businessman at the Kingsbury Hotel to discuss matters related to a distillery licence under allegedly irregular circumstances.
