Danuna Tillakaratne lashed out at Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, saying that he is trying to confuse the public by making false claims, with the intention of attacking Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.

Speaking to Asian Mirror, Tillakaratne recalled that Rajapakshe had recently made a claim that he had made a request from Rajapakshe to secure the release of an account with a deposit of Rs. 88.7 million. Rajapakshe was using this claim as an excuse to attack his former father-in-law Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Tillakaratne said.

He pointed out that he had made a request regarding only his private accounts which were frozen during the Hi-corp case.  After his acquittal from the case, there was no reason to keep those accounts frozen, he said.

The account Rajapakshe is referring to must be the party fund during the 2010 Presidential Election campaign, Tillakaratne also said, adding that he made no request to release that account.

Rajapakshe is confusing the whole matter, perhaps for his own interest, Tillakaratne said. He also pointed out that he could see no reason why his accounts cannot be released, since he was recently acquitted in the Hi-corp case.