Sri Lanka, June 21 -- The Vice Chairman of the Eppawala Cooperative Society, Lakshman Jayawardena has lodged a formal complaint with the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) concerning the alleged misappropriation of public funds by former President Maithripala Sirisena.

The complaint relates to an incident in 2019, during former President Sirisena's tenure, in which Rs. 27.5 million was reportedly misused from the President's Fund for the construction of a conference hall building on land belonging to the Eppawala Cooperative Society.

According to Jayawardena, the cooperative society initially submitted a request in 2017 for the construction of a conference hall. Following this request, construction commenced in January 2019 ...