Golden Key depositors stage another protest

Several hundred depositors (some aged) of the now collapsed Golden Key Credit Card Company gathered opposite Fort railway station  Wednesday morning  and staged a protest demonstration against the failure to repay their deposits over a period of more than three years. .

 

The depositors also displayed a coffin symbolizing the plight of depositors chanting slogans against former Ceylinco Group Chairman, Lalith Kotelawala,  and demanding that he repay their deposits without further delay. They urged the authorities to put him jail once again as he had violated the undertaking given to the Supreme Court as  bail condition

While Golden Key depositors continue to suffer without their capital and interest for more than three years, there is dragging of feet to dispose of the assets and repay investors, Ms. Anusha Emmert, President of the Golden Key Depositors Society said. .
The maximum amount that a section of depositors have received so far is two installments of 100,000 rupees each,  Ms. Emmert said.

They have not been able to clear any deposits – even those up to one million rupees - in full so far, she said. "Even three years after, nothing substantial has been done to ease the suffering of poor depositors" she added.(Bandula).

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