Nihal Sri Ameresekere

Nihal Sri Ameresekere
Born	16 July 1947 Kandy, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Occupation	Professional &litigation support consultant, public interest activist & author on combating fraud and corruption.
Title	FCA, FCMA, CMA, CGMA, CFE

Nihal Sri Ameresekere is a Sri Lankan professional & litigation support consultant, author on fraud and corruption and public interest activist.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He once served as an advisor and consultant to the Ministry of Finance & Planning and Plan Implementation, and thereafter as Chairman of Public Enterprises Reform Commission and Chairman & Director of Private Sector Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd. and Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd. under the nomination of Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.^[7]

Litigation Support Consultant & Public Interest Activist

Nihal Sri Ameresekere has litigated in the general public interest..^[8]

Ameresekere once challenged the Sri Lankan Government's Appropriation Bill in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and raised several cogent issues on the Government's Fiscal transparency and accountability to the public.^[9]

He is a member of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities and an associate member of the American Bar Association.^[1][6]

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the world's leading provider of anti-fraud training and education, has awarded Ameresekere, 'Certified Fraud Examiner(CFE)' designation.^[10]

Ameresekere has been appointed a Director on the board of directors of the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management.^[11][12]

Controversy

Former Minister of Justice G. L. Peiris, now Minister of External Affairs, having been an affected party made false and misleading statements pertaining to Ameresekere. Such statements were proven to be utter falsehoods by a statement made to the Parliament by Rajitha Senaratne M.P., now Minister of Fisheries.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Subsequently, Minister of Justice G.L. Peiris, himself, admitted to the Parliament of Sri Lanka that Ameresekere’s actions had been of benefit to the Government, whereby he had obtained a write-off of Jap. Yen 17,586 Mn., (US $ 207 Mn.) on fraudulent claims made by the Japanese from the Government of Sri Lanka, under Government Guarantees, with the re-scheduling of the balance for further period of 15 years. Minister G.L. Peiris informed Parliament of Sri Lanka that consequent to Ameresekere’s actions, Show Cause Notices had been served on several persons for commission of acts fraudulent and detrimental to the interest of the Government of Sri Lanka.^{[17][14][15][16]}

In December 2015, Ameresekere was involved in controversy due to a then unpaid overdraft of LKR 100Mn drawn on a state bank in December 2014, during the previous regime. Ameresekere stated he could repay the money within one month because he was owed a larger sum by the Treasury, supplying a letter from the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, S.R. Attygalle, to that effect. ^[18][19][20]

Bibliography

He has authored series of professional books on real case studies dealing with corruption, fraud, economic crime, public finance, governance and the rule of law.

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction – Fraud on Sri Lanka Government – Sri Lanka's First Derivative Action in Law, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-7294-9

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Derivative / Hedging Deals by Citibank, USA, Standard Chartered Bank, UK, Deutsche Bank, Germany, with Sri Lanka Government's Petroleum Corporation – Dubious & Illegal?, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-7204-8

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation – Sri Lanka Insurance Privatisation, handled by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young – Annulled as Unlawful & Illegal by Supreme Court, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-7808-8

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation – Colombo Port Bunkering Privatisation – Annulled as Illegal & Fraudulent by Supreme Court, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-7293-2

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation – Pillage of the Plantations in Sri Lanka, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4520-6260-0

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Transparency & Public Accountability – Fiscal Mismanagement & Lack of Public Accountability – Case Study – Sri Lanka, a Country under the Purview of IMF, World Bank, ADB, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-8283-2

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), UN Convention Against Corruption – To Combat Fraud & Corruption – a Cancerous Menace, with mere Rhetoric, subverts UN Convention, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4567-9673-0

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction – Fraud on Sri Lanka Government – Criminality Exposed, but Perversely Covered-up, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4670-1100-6

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), IMF, World Bank & ADB Agenda on Privatisation – 'Dubious Deals' in Sri Lanka – What a Paradox!, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4678-8733-5

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Settlement of a Fraud – Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction – Fraud on Sri Lanka Government, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4678-9720-4

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2012), Overseas Corporate Structures, which Hide Real Owners – Foreign Business Empire of a Sri Lankan Entrepreneur?, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4772-1508-1

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2012), Socio-Political Realities – Hilton Hotel Fiasco & Ad Hominem Legislation – Expropriation Law: Fraud on the State & the People! Lame duck Political Leaders? Abuse of Legislative process! Judicial Independence & Bias?, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4772-1393-3

• Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2013), Politics, Justice & the Rule of Law – Presidential & General Elections 2010 Political Realities, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-48178-176-3

References

1. Nihal Sri Ameresekere interviewed by GAP project
2. Nihal Sri Ameresekere publishes six books
3. Nihal Sri steps up pressure on ‘economic front’
4. Nihal now a member of American Bar Association
5. Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong welcomes author Nihal Sri Ameresekere
6. Whistle-blower Nihal Sri Ameresekere releases six books internationally
7. PERC Chairman resigns
8. Litigating in the public interest
9. Nihal Sri questions Government’s fiscal transparency and accountability
10. Nihal Sri awarded CFE designation
11. ICGFM Board of Directors – Biography
12. Board of Directors
13. Sri Lanka Parliamentary Debates – Hansard of 15 December 1995 – Columns 2954 to 2965
14. Hansard – Parliament of Sri Lanka
15. Hilton Hotel and the Government
16. Ameresekere, Nihal Sri (2011), Settlement of a Fraud – Colombo Hilton Hotel Construction – Fraud on Sri Lanka Government, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4678-9720-4
17. Sri Lanka Parliamentary Debates – Hansard of 13 December 1996 – Column 2935
18. Anti-Corruption Activist Nihal Sri Ameresekere In Rs 100 Million Scandal/
19. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/real-action-nihal-sri-ameresekere-out-of-action-on-accusations/
20. http://www.ft.lk/article/508153/Hunter-gets-hunted