Minister Johnston Fernando gifted with 20 expensive shirts - Given by coordinating secretary, Dida

One of Minister Johnston Fernando's coordinating secretaries, Mohommad Iliyas alias Dida who uses the Cooperatives and Internal Trade Ministry for his rackets, has recently gifted the Minister 20 high quality shirts valued at US$ 279 each.


It is also reported that Dida had allegedly earned millions of rupees fraudulently when he worked as a coordinating secretary to former deputy tourism minister Faizer Mustapha and had joined Johnston's ministerial staff after paying him a large amount of money.


A senior ministry official told us that due to his involvement in all exports and imports carried out by the Ministry, as part of the minister's personal staff, the racketeering has had an impact on the prices of essential commodities.


Though Minister wears blazers most of the time, he had studied only up to grade 8 which was revealed during hearing of one of the bogus cases in a court martial against General Sarath Fonseka.